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The good news: Microsoft is loosening its strict spec standards to push some highly affordable Windows Phones to the market. The bad news? Those phones are going to be a little bit, shall we say, compromised.
CES is now behind us, but in its wake is a cavalcade of fantastic new tech gear. We covered it all during — and in the past week since the show — and compiled this handy list to keep you up-to-date. Without further ado, here are the new phones, headphones, tablets, televisions, laptops, cameras, lounge room AV gear, desktops and speakers you need to know about!
When Steve Jobs took to the stage at MacWorld and announced the very first iPhone, heads around the world turned at just how innovative and consumer-friendly the product was. Microsoft’s initial reaction was dismissal, a decision that has hurt the company ever since.
HP CEO Leo Apotheker has some crazy interesting things to say about the best neglected platform in smartphones: webOS. Like that he’s open to licensing webOS to other phonemakers – HTC, for instance.
Word out of CES is that Intel execs revealed their true feelings about Windows 7 on tablets at an event last night. Apparently, they lobbied for Microsoft to make a more tablet-friendly OS. Microsoft said no.
As Bing’s available on Android’s Market, it’s only fair Google should have a search app for Windows Phone 7, right? The free app is now available in the Marketplace, with real-time search suggestions and localised results. [GoogleMobile via BGR]
This is the same phone that leaked in Microsoft’s puzzling Windows Phone 7 ads, with the square corners and three-button bottom. With Microsoft’s WP7 unveil slated for the 11th, we’re sure HTC will be revealing all then.
The Windows Phone 7 release date buzz is going on in earnest these days, and while this latest rumour won’t solidify things just yet, they do serve to help us hone in on when the new mobile OS could launch.
