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http://www.neowin.net/news/microsof…p7-announcement “Microsoft UK has announced, via Twitter, a “special event” on October 5th in London for developers in which the company will talk about “Windows Azure, Windows 7 and the soon-to-be-released Windows Phone 7 and IE9″.

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Let Us Now Start Wild Speculation Regarding Launch Date

http://www.wmexperts.com/verizons-w…e-end-life-list Every Windows Mobile device that Verizon is currently offering, including the HTC Touch Pro 2 and the Samsung Omnia 2, will be off the shelf by the first quarter of next year according to a leaked end-of-life document. You can take this one of two ways – either Verizon is completely fed up with Microsoft after the Kin debacle, or they’re placing a big bet on Windows Phone 7.

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Verizon Clearing The Deck

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20013978-56.html “After about a month of using a Windows Phone 7 device with no extra apps at all, it was fun to get my hands on some games. On Tuesday I had a chance to play with a handful of the titles that Microsoft just announced would be coming to Windows Phone 7 when it launches later this year. Though just a small sample, the quick look showed that Windows Phone 7 is quite a capable platform for games

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CNET Goes Hands-On With Windows Phone 7 Games

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/16/…ly-revealed-we/ “COLOGNE, Germany – Aug. 17, 2010 – Today at gamescom 2010, the world’s largest consumer-oriented games showcase, Microsoft Corp. premiered the first wave of Xbox LIVE games launching on Windows Phone 7 this holiday

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Xbox Live Details for Windows Phone 7 Unfold

http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2010/08/…nput-at-launch/ CNET Asia has posted a video focused on the keyboard in Windows Phone 7 and has come away incredible impressed. The editor found the keyboard to be “very fast and responsive”.

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Windows Phone 7 Keyboard One of the Best

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo…ws-Phone-7.html “Perhaps best, however, is the control Microsoft have put in place regarding adapting and skinning Windows Phone 7. HTC may work magic with Android and their Sense UI but some of the lesser offerings from Sony or LG could do serious damage to Windows Phone 7’s slickness. What is most likely is developers and manufacturers will make their mark on a handset by building apps that sit on the home screen rather than slowing the phone down with heavy UI changes.

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Brit Calls WP7 A Genuine Contender

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/20…rket_share.html It’s a tough time out there for Windows Mobile fans. Google has been releasing updates for Android seemingly every couple of months, and Apple has just released their latest OS and has sold well in spite of some hardware issues

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Windows Mobile Market Share Shrinking Fast

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/…ChangerFEA.mspx “Microsoft is raising the bar for mobile device interactions with the development of Windows Phone 7. Speech has been seamlessly integrated into the phone experience, for functions such as search, navigation and dialing.” I hate talking to people on the phone when strangers are near by

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Speech is Going To Change Everything?

http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti…_Phone_7_vendor Computerworld has confirmed that AT&T will be a premier partner for Windows Phone 7 when it is released this fall. Of the four major US carriers, only AT&T has come out and said that they will support the platform. This comes as little surprise, as AT&T was said to have been one of the largest sellers of Windows Mobile phones

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AT&T Supports Windows Phone 7

http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti…_Phone_7_vendor Computerworld has confirmed that AT&T will be a premier partner for Windows Phone 7 when it is released this fall. Of the four major US carriers, only AT&T has come out and said that they will support the platform. This comes as little surprise, as AT&T was said to have been one of the largest sellers of Windows Mobile phones.

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AT&T Supports Windows Phone 7