It looks likes someone at Microsoft is terribly sloppy with where they leave their important files sitting around.
Gizmodo has gotten its hands on two images allegedly of the
Pink smartphones that we've been hearing about lately. If you believe your orbs, these represent two distinct iterations of devices which the big M is looking at. Taking a glance at the renders, it's clear that at least one model is that Pre-like phone
we spied the other day, supposedly (and creatively) codenamed "Turtle." The other device is dubbed the "Pure," and unfortunately for Microsoft, looks like the G1 having a bad hair day... in 1988. Both devices bear a kind of child-like, simplistic look, which actually makes us wonder if these aren't some concept pieces geared toward the youth market. As
Giz says, "Project Pink is Microsoft's new phone for regular people," and "Pink will be primarily aimed at the same market as the Sidekick." Much of that info jibes almost exactly with the news Mary-Jo Foley recently speculated on. Then again, with all the heat the company has been getting about this top secret project, these could very well be reference designs (as opposed to proper models) for a forthcoming lineup of devices. Whatever the case may be, we're definitely underwhelmed from an industrial design standpoint. If this is Microsoft's play for the mainstream consumer smartphone buyer, they've got a pretty big boulder to push uphill.
posted Sep 23rd 2009 7:26PM
Just turn the Zune HD into a phone and we will all be happy!
they look nice for a low price range... oh wait, they're on Verizon.
This is so similar to Nokia Twist. except the slider and swivel design.
Microsoft Pre?
I imagine this is more of a Danger Sidekick device than a MS phone.
Could these pics have been leaked intentionally to throw us off track in order to keep the "secret project" a secret? Seems to me that something so hush-hush as Project Pink would be conceived to produce a Sidekick-like device. Just saying.
You can see the family resemblance, especially in the terrible keyboard, curved rows, round, relatively flat keys, more style than substance.