Windows Phone 7
The 3 chassis details came to spotlight on Saturday’s Frankly Speaking podcast (kudos to ZDNet for the find via arstechnica.com). Here is the crux of the discussion by Microsoft Australia Developer Evangelist hosts Michael Kordahi and Andrew Coates:
We’re talking about three form factors at this stage. There’s going to be one available at launch, which is big touch screen, gigahertz processor, dedicated graphics chip. And only touch, no keyboard entry. Chassis two is going to be slide with a keyboard, so looking more like the Palm Treo, touch screen plus a Qwerty keyboard. Chassis three, I don’t think we’ve released any data as about yet but they’re the three in total we’re going to have. Candybar? I’d say so.
Microsoft has been saying for ages that the company will be more stringent when it comes to the specs that its mobile partners need to adhere to once Windows Mobile 7 arrives.Some of the requirement will be at least four-point multitouch, GPS, FM radio, a high-resolution screen, accelerometer, and a 5MP camera. The 3 hardware buttons Back, Home and Search. More on this will be coming in in the near future possibly ay MIX’10.
From what I have heard I think chassis 2 ( the one with the slide keyboard ) is my pick.. what about you ?
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