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Microsoft reveals Windows Phone platform
Monday, June 29, 2009 @ 1:55pm
The Windows Mobile cellular platform is being rechristened as Windows Phone, says Microsoft's French product chief for the software, Audrey Zolghadr. The name change should come with a fall OS update -- formerly known as Windows Mobile 6.5 -- and harmonize the interfaces for updated services including Marketplace, MyPhone and the various Live options, such as Messenger and Hotmail. When it launches the Marketplace should contain some 600 certified applications, a fraction of the approximate 20,000 apps in wide distribution.

In searching for apps people will be able to sort titles according to screen resolution, as well as whether or not touch commands are supported. Buyers should also have access to a 24-hour refund period, and payment linked either to a credit card or a carrier account. Games, such as Maxis' SimCity, may in some cases be available for free, depending on the phone. A deal is said to have been signed with SimCity publisher EA Games.

Phones expected to launch with Windows Phone installed include the HTC Diamond 2 and Diamond Pro 2.

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    Reader reaction
    Found 22 comments

    Fresh coat of paint...

    258182 6/29/09, 2:25 pm EDT

    ...same outhouse underneath.

    Comment posted by: phillymjs

    phone?

    258183 6/29/09, 2:28 pm EDT

    to call it "phone", I dont think is very forward thinking, they may eventually need to change it again as devices evolve/converge.

    Comment posted by: mullum

    Microsoft...

    258184 6/29/09, 2:29 pm EDT

    ...always ditching names to avoid associated stigmas. I'm surprise they didn't call it Windows Phone Platform Live.

    Comment posted by: koolkid1976

    Wow!

    258186 6/29/09, 2:32 pm EDT

    Another Me-Too-Moment™ courtesy of Microsoft!

    Comment posted by: JeffHarris

    Bing!

    258187 6/29/09, 2:34 pm EDT

    You mean it's not called "Windows Bing Phone"?

    Comment posted by: 64stang06

    Re: Microsoft...

    258189 6/29/09, 2:40 pm EDT

    The model that comes packed with 100 free songs will be called: Windows Phone Platform Live Zune Extreme Edition

    Comment posted by: cmoney

    Ooh! Hexagons!

    258192 6/29/09, 3:23 pm EDT

    That changes EVERYTHING!

    Comment posted by: jpellino

    Pffft hexagons

    258194 6/29/09, 3:46 pm EDT

    Everyone knows the shape of strength and stability is the triangle... except the poor sap that is forced to play it in the orchestra because everyone else took the cool instruments.

    Comment posted by: lowededwookie

    LOL

    258196 6/29/09, 3:51 pm EDT

    Bua-HaHaHaHaHa!!!! Effin Microsoft and their retarded naming conventions!

    Comment posted by: G4_Kessel

    Maybe...

    258198 6/29/09, 3:56 pm EDT

    Maybe they're hoping it starts getting called wphone, in which case people might think that since iPhone is before Wphone, then the Wphone must be newer and shinier.

    Comment posted by: Salty
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