Verizon gets Microsoft phone, no one cares

Insiders say Verizon will launch a Microsoft branded phone next month. Code named Pink, the phone is an oddly shaped slider designed by Danger, makers of the popular and sometimes cursed Sidekick for T-Mobile. A year ago the Pink was positioned as an iPhone killer, but then the Droid and Nexus One came around while Microsoft dragged its feet on a release. It appears now it will be aimed at a young, consumer audience as a messaging phone instead, and not a real stand out of one either. It won’t run the much hyped Windows Mobile 7 (Microsoft has already announced it would like those phones to be offered by AT&T as its “preferred provider”) and its features, like those of the candybar version also on the way, can’t hold a candle to Android or iPhone. Many experts say Microsoft has simply missed the boat with this one.

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