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According to Pocketlint , “ multiple sources familiar with the matter ” have confirmed Windows Phone 7 will launch officially in New York on 11 October 2010. Pocketlint claims their unnamed sources were all senior figures within the industry that they know and trust. The Austrian DerStandard.at also report that Microsoft will be holding separate presentations in Germany on the same date,  with handsets available on Orange in late October, T-Mobile from the 20th October, from 3 by the end of October, with the other carriers indicating they would also launch  handset running the OS but unwilling to commit to the date due to NDAs

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Windows Phone 7 launching October 11th, coming to Austrian stores 20th October

According to TMonews.com some Windows Phone 7 smartphone is coming to T-Mobile USA on the 17th November 2010.

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Some Windows Phone 7 device coming to T-Mobile USA on 17th November?

Via Neowin we hear that Microsoft UK is holding a developer meetup in London on the 5th October 2010.

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Could Microsoft UK Special Event mean Windows Phone 7 launch on the 5th October?

Now this likely qualifies as the most tenuous of rumours, but TamsPPC reports that the usually well-informed German magazine c’t has posted this little snippet in its current issue: Toshiba showed the TG-02 and K-01 in February running Windows Mobile 6.5. It is possible that we will see them now (aka at the IFA) as the first Windows Phone 7 devices.

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Toshiba still in the Windows Phone 7 game?

Now this likely qualifies as the most tenuous of rumours, but TamsPPC reports that the usually well-informed German magazine c’t has posted this little snippet in its current issue: Toshiba showed the TG-02 and K-01 in February running Windows Mobile 6.5. It is possible that we will see them now (aka at the IFA) as the first Windows Phone 7 devices. The TG-02 and K-o1 are of course both perfectly capable of running Windows Phone 7, both only needing minor upgrades in terms of camera and buttons, so the idea is not very far fetched (we wrote about the same just a few days ago )

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Toshiba still in the Windows Phone 7 game?

More confirmation that the LG Optimus 7 is coming to AT&T has just popped up, with the device successfully navigating the FCC with full AT&T bands. The handset, which is rumoured to have a full metal build (rather than the plastic suggested by the pictures), and will of course otherwise have the full Chassis specs required by Windows Phone 7

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LG E900 passes through FCC with AT&T frequencies

What have we here?

As enthusiast bloggers we know the thrill of uncovering a hidden but intriguing angle in an otherwise mundane story. This must have been exactly what Business Insider Jay Yarow experienced when he completely misinterpreted a statement by Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg that the OS will launch on devices by HTC, Samsung and LG. His supposed “scoop” was that Dell had dropped Windows Phone 7 , and his story has spread like wildfire, leaving forcing Dell to release a statement confirming that they are, in fact, releasing a Windows Phone 7 handset.

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Dell re-affirms commitment to Windows Phone 7, Business Insider fails to apologize for rogue reporting

Long Zheng, who makes a job out of Microsoft’s information security slip-ups, have come across this brief look at MyPhone for Windows Phone 7 at TechEd Australia, running on a screen demoing the features of the OS. The screen clearly shows a software with similar functionality to the Windows Mobile version, but featuring the fresh Windows Phone 7 look. Unfortunately there is no sign of the Silverlight -based UI of the KIN , but who knows, that may come in the future.

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MyPhone for Windows Phone 7 glimpsed

In a previous article , some information on the HTC PD26 series was gleamed.

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HTC PC40100 passing through FCC