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Microsoft About to Turn Pink

There are reportedly two Microsoft-designed Sharp-made phones, Pure and Turtle, that’ll be sold by Verizon Wireless
By Maureen O'Gara
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April 10, 2010 03:15 AM EDT
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Microsoft Session at Cloud Expo

Microsoft is supposed to trot out Project Pink, its long-awaited new smartphone platform with its new UI and social networking widgetry on Monday, April 12. Gismodo says it's Windows CE-based (not Windows Phone 7, which is due out later this year and will mean different applications). There are reportedly two Microsoft-designed Sharp-made phones, Pure and Turtle, that'll be sold by Verizon Wireless. According to comScore Microsoft currently has 15.1% of the U.S. market, Google 9% and iPhone 25.4%. Microsoft is depending on the Windows Phone 7 release for a tickler.

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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara

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