AT&T to Launch Windows Phone 7 Devices on November 8
AT&T to Launch Windows Phone 7 Devices on November 8
Posted 10/01/2010 at 8:51am
| by Paul Lilly
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Citing "people familiar with the launch plans," The Wall Street Journal reports Microsoft will officially unveil a handful of Windows Phone 7 devices on October 11, 2010, with AT&T offering them for up sale four weeks later (November 8, 2010).
AT&T will initially be the exclusive carrier of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 series and will help Microsoft market the devices in return. At launch, AT&T will offer three handsets provided by Samsung, LG, and HTC.
It isn't a big shock that AT&T scored an exclusivity deal with Microsoft, giving that the Redmond outfit named the carrier its premier Windows Phone 7 partner in the U.S. back in February. But it's at least interesting considering AT&T also carries Apple's iPhone.
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publicimage
October 02, 2010 at 2:15pm
According to tmonews.com, the speculation is that the Windows Phone 7 HD3 (aka HD7) might be in T-Mobile stores on Nov. 17th, that's a mere 10-days after the AT&T launch. A leaked T-Mobile document also shows HD3 accessories arriving in their stores on Nov 1, so one would think that Nov is the release month. Verizon and Sprint will follow when CDMA support is added in early 2011.
Glycerin
October 02, 2010 at 12:48pm
Windows Phone? Awesome. AT&T? Sucks ass. I will absolutely not get a phone with AT&T's crap service.
auwingr1
October 01, 2010 at 12:47pm
I can't believe I've been waiting all summer long for the new Windows smartphone, only to discover that AT&T will be the initial carrier to offer the phone.
Well, guess I will go down to Sprint and pickup my new android phone. I sure as hell don't intend to switch back to AT&T just for an OS, otherwise I'd have an Iphone.
bling581
October 01, 2010 at 9:51am
Microsoft already has a challenge competing with the iPhone and Android for market shares, so picking AT&T for their carrier probably wasn't a good move.
ChutesAndLadders
October 01, 2010 at 11:03am
I was hoping to hold out for Windows Phone 7 to come out on the Verizon network but I guess I'm going to be going with the Droid X as my AT&T contract is up and AT&T's 3G coverage is pitiful.
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