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Breaking: Windows Phone 7 Series has three chassis designs
Daniel Carey
You've heard of Windows Phone 7 Series… You know that Microsoft's planning on dictating hardware specifications… Whilst this is all well and good; did you know that Microsoft has three chassis designs in the work?
Obviously, the first chassis design has already been announced. Shown as the prototype handset, it boasts a touchscreen display with no physical keyboard, a 1GHz processor (believed to be a Qualcomm Snapdragon) and dedicated graphics. The second design is currently believed to be a sliding QWERTY with a touchscreen. And lastly the third chassis remains a perplexing mystery, however it's set to be revealed not long after the official Windows Phone 7 Series launch.
Special recognition has to go to Microsoft Australia developers Michael Kordahi and Andrew Coates, who leaked the news via their podcast "Frankly Speaking".
With Microsoft allowing OEM's little internal differentiation, one has to hope that manufacturers are able to design handsets that are both physically attractive as well as practical. -- Expect to hear more of the mobile operating system at Microsoft's MIX conference in March.
