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Microsoft’s Project Pink finds a new ad agency
CrunchGear —
... . McCann also handles Windows Mobile.
According to ZDnetter Mary Jo Foley, Pink will be built on top of Windows Mobile 7, which MS plans to release the code for this fall when WinMo 6.5 devices start to flood the market. Foley goes on to say that she’s heard that Motorola will manufacture Pink alongside the Sidekick. Except she fails to realize that Sharp manufactures the Sidekick; Motorola built the Slide that has since been axed from the lineup. So does that mean Danger is in the mix? Maybe. On a side note, it’s pretty funny that the UI for Pink is codenamed “Purple” because ...
Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone to be Microsoft-branded?
Engadget —
Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft's mysterious "Pink" smartphone project? Good, cause we've got a few -- and the first is potentially huge. CNET's Mary Jo Foley says her best understanding of "Pink" is now that it's a Microsoft-branded phone running a custom UI on top of Windows Mobile 7, developed by what's left of the Danger team and targeted at the Sidekick market. Yep, Microsoft-branded -- as in, ...
Microsoft’s “Pink” smartphone to be Microsoft-branded?
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information —
Ready for even more rumors about Windows Mobile 7 and Microsoft's mysterious "Pink" smartphone project? Good, cause we've got a few -- and the first is potentially huge. CNET's Mary Jo Foley says her best understanding of "Pink" is now that it's a Microsoft-branded phone running a custom UI on top of Windows Mobile 7, developed by what's left of the Danger team and targeted at the Sidekick market. Yep, Microsoft-branded -- as in, ...
Microsoft Pink will be branded Microsoft?
Phones Review —
... The word is that Microsoft’s “Pink” smartphone will be Microsoft branded and sport a custom user interface on top of Windows Mobile 7 according to an article over on zdnet. ...
Microsoft pick ad agency for Pink phone
SlashGear —
... According to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Pink will be built on top of the Windows Mobile 7 core but be different in UI appearance from any other smartphone using the platform. Microsoft have apparently tasked the Danger team that it ...
Microsoft Pink phone runs like Windows ME?
Gadgetell —
... The division would likely be a shell UI difference, but might go a long way in differentiating their product as Apple and BlackBerry offer one OS to serve all markets. In light of Android’s open and no cost availability to manufacturers, MS has to pull something pretty cool here to make a dent. The Pink phone is expected to be that cool.
Will we see Zune integration? Xbox game porting? Hopefully we’ll learn more soon.
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Microsoft Picks Ad Agency for Project Pink?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... like vapourware for a long time now, but this certainly helps to cement its reality. The last we heard about Microsoft’s Pink was a list of preliminary specifications of the device, but it was still unclear if that encompassed the whole scope of the project. How it incorporates the Zune brand, if at all, and Windows Mobile 6.5 (or even 7) remains something of a mystery, but it would be no surprise to see all of these things come together somehow with Pink.
[via All About Microsoft]
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Microsoft in the Pink…Redux
Mobility Site —
... Of course, there are many indications that a handset of some kind is still in Microsoft’s future. Why else purchase Danger, the creators of the Sidekick phones, unless you will have them design you a phone of some kind? While they may be there just to give a new look and feel to WinMo, their strength was always in intuitive physical design. Also, Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet is still quite convinced this is going to happen…of course she was quite convinced that a secret project named Pink was going to be a Microsoft phone and was about to be announced six months ago as ...
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