Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7 handsets from nine manufacturers that will run on 60 carriers in 30 countries worldwide, including Verizon and Sprint next year in the U.S.
The manufacturing partners include Samsung, LG, Dell and HTC. Besides U.S. launch partners AT&T and T-Mobile, WP7 will also be available on Deutsche Telekom AG, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, Telstra, TELUS and Vodafone.
Many of the phones, which will ship with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, will be available this holiday season with more to come next year. Microsoft plans to sell the select models at its Microsoft stores and online at Amazon.
Here are the devices you’ll be able to see in the holiday time frame:
In North America
AT&T
• HTC Surround, United States
• Samsung Focus, United States
• LG Quantum, United States
T-Mobile USA
• HTC HD7, United States
• Dell Venue Pro, United States
TELUS
• HTC 7 Surround, Canada
• LG Optimus 7, Canada
América Móvil
• LG Optimus 7, Mexico
In Europe
O2
• HTC HD7, United Kingdom, Germany
Orange
• HTC 7 Mozart, including France, United Kingdom
• Samsung Omnia 7, including France, United Kingdom
SFR
• HTC 7 Trophy, France
• Samsung Omnia 7, France
Movistar
• LG Optimus 7, Spain
• HTC HD7, Spain
• Samsung Omnia 7, Spain
Deutsche Telekom AG
• HTC 7 Mozart, Germany
• Samsung Omnia 7, Germany
Vodafone
• HTC 7 Trophy, including Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
• LG Optimus 7, including Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
In Asia-Pacific:
SingTel
• HTC HD 7, Singapore
• LG Optimus 7, Singapore
Telstra
• HTC 7 Mozart, Australia
• LG Optimus 7Q, Australia
Vodafone
• HTC 7 Trophy, Australia
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20+ different handsets
60 carriers
30 countries
…zero apps.
not. good.
You’re right…zero apps.
Are Om’s readers really that dense?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/windows-phone-7-launch-day-app-roundup/
Correction 13 ( thirteen ) apps.
Which is a statistical rounding error when compared to iPhone and Android.
So “zero” remains accurate description
@Todd.
Obviously you do not have any idea about apps on WP7. Try downloading the PC client so you’ll know that there are far more than zero (or thirteen) apps.
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Jeez. You mean Microsoft still builds a phone OS and manufacturers still install it?
Certainly you’d never know it given all the hype (and press) given over to ‘the others’…
Still – Microsoft and a phone OS? How very Palm…
Compared to the iPhone, which one is better?