Good golly miss molly, look what Gizmodo got their hands on: mock ups of the legendary "Project Pink" devices that are evidently branded Microsoft "Zune phones", made by Sharp.
The first Device above is "Turtle" (from 9to5Mac ) and "...the slide out keyboard houses the mic at the bottom and it is meant to be open when being used as a phone".
The second device, pictured below, is "Pure" and
They will continue to use the App Store model that the Sidekick has employed with over-the-air applications appearing on your phone bill. Danger's phone App Store predated Apple's by two years.
The weird thing is what will these be running: WM7, Zune OS, a combo of both? And how does that fit in with WM7 in general i.e. application capability? As to carriers, that is anyone's guess though Verizon was rumored early on to be carrying either one or both.
Hey, you asked for a Zune-like phone, looks like you'll get one. Now the question is, are these your taste? And is this a good idea? Sound off in comments!
Daniel Rubino is the Executive Editor of Windows Central, head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft here since 2007, back when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, Microsoft Surface, laptops, next-gen computing, and arguing with people on the internet.
