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In less than two weeks time, Microsoft [MSFT] will be officially announcing the launch of the Windows Phone 7 platform. Shortly after, it is expected that manufacturers will start shipping handsets.

The launch in the UK is expected to be on or around October 21. We now hear that for those on the AT&T network in the US, they can expect to start picking up the new OS on smartphones on November 8.

The reason that only AT&T has been mentioned is that in the past, we heard that they have exclusivity on the handsets till early next year. [Read more…]

Some leaked information has revealed that the HTC Mondrian Windows Phone 7 smartphone will be also landing on a mobile network over in Germany. Up till now, we had only heard of the AT&T version.

Part of the giveaway is that the device has some of the German language on the screen shots. The information isn’t official just yet and there isn’t too much we know about the Mondrian. [Read more…]

Windows Phone 7 hardware is classified in “chassis”. The main Chassis that all current test devices have been are Chassis 1 devices which basically means a large screen covering the face of the device with just three physical buttons below the screen. An optional slide out QWERTY keyboard also falls in to the Chassis 1 category with the LG C900 and LG GW910 being the only Windows Phone 7 devices that currently use that option.

Chassis 2 details have now been revealed. The screen resolution on these devices will be 480 x 320 which leaves room for a physical QWERTY keyboard on the front of the device, ie like a BlackBerry or E series Nokia.

WP7 devices will have one of two screen resolutions – either 800 x 480 for large touchscreen devices with the potential for slide-out Qwerty keyboards, or 480 x 320 for ‘BlackBerry’ style handsets that can incorporate a Qwerty on the front of the device. Microsoft expects the majority of WP7 devices to have the larger screen resolution at launch, with smaller resolution handsets coming later, said Foster.

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New information reveals that Microsoft [MSFT] could be launching Windows Phone 7 on October 21. Neowin has spoken to people familiar with plans that suggest an event will happen on October 11 in New York City and then several events around the world will shortly follow in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Following those events it appears that Microsoft could give the go ahead to release several Windows Phone 7 devices to the market although it isn’t clear which countries will get the phones at launch.

Over here in the UK, Microsoft is planning for a London based radio station to promote the new operating system. Orange is also expected to be part of the launch. [Read more…]

If you want another look at the Windows Phone 7 operating system then check out the video below that features an LG E900 WP7 device.

The video is just over 20 minutes long and gives a walk through of many of the features of the device. [Read more…]

You need to have a pinch of salt type mind set when you read this rumour. We hear today that Nokia is looking in to using Windows Phone 7 on some of its smartphones in the near future. The information supposedly comes from Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia, who wants the company to investigate alternative operating systems to use on handsets.

A while back, a similar rumour spread about the possibility of Nokia using Google Android. This was denied and hasn’t happened yet. We are inclined to think that this rumour is just the same and that Nokia will continue to work the same way as they have been for a long time. [Read more…]

Some pictures of the HTC HD7 (or perhaps the HD3) have been posted online. The reason we are not so sure of the name at the moment is that it clearly says HD3 on the back of the device although earlier reports and documents leaked from O2 and other places indicate that the new Windows Phone 7 device will be called the HD7. It could be that this particular prototype is an early model before they changed the name of it.

The device its self looks just like the HTC HD7 drawings found on the web a few days back.

Either way, we know that the device above will run Windows Phone 7 and will be a step up from the popular HTC HD2. Hopefully this time around though, people wont want to remove Windows Phone 7 in favour of Android like they did with Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HD2. [Read more…]

An image of the HTC 7 Trophy has been spotted online. It isn’t clear which of the HTC Windows Phone 7 devices it actually is, ie the Schubert, Mozart, Mondrian, Spark or something different as it is listed as the HTC 7 Trophy on screen, which could also be a code name in its self.

The device is listed as having 7.2GB of total storage (8GB formatted we assume) and it is running Windows Phone 7 version 7.0.7003.0. [Read more…]

The HTC HD7 is a Windows Phone 7 based smartphone. Previously, it was thought to be the HD3 but perhaps due to the 7 in Windows Phone 7, HTC looks to have adopted the new HD7 name.

The images above (larger below), are drawings of what is believed to be the HD7. As can be seen in the drawings, a large camera lens can be found on the back and on the front, a large screen and the regular three button configuration that is a requirement in Windows Phone 7 devices. [Read more…]

According to CNET, Microsoft [MSFT] is delaying the launch of CDMA based Windows Phone 7 smartphones until next year. The launch this year will be for GSM variants that will be launched around the globe.

“We had to make some trade-offs,” senior product manager Greg Sullivan told CNET today. “Even Microsoft doesn’t have unlimited resources. We had to prioritize doing fewer things, really, really well.”

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The video below could be fake although we are not 100% in the know on either decision.

It supposedly shows a demo of what HTC Sense will look like when run on Windows Phone 7. The main problem here is that Microsoft doesn’t allow modifications to how the home screen functions, so right now it is believed that HTC will create an app to replicate functions on the phone.

Although it looks good and quite flashy, we are not too convinced this is what will be showing up on Windows Phone 7 as it seems a little too much in details for what users want in a mobile phone experience. [Read more…]

Microsoft [MSFT] ran a demo of Twitter and YouTube for Windows Phone 7 to give people an idea of how they work and how well they are integrated in to the new mobile OS.

As well as showing off Twitter and Youtube, TechFlash reports that other apps of sites such as Netflix, Flixter and Travelocity were also on show.

Windows Phone 7 running YouTube works with publicly available API’s and is capable of streaming the H.264 encoded files. [Read more…]