Project Pink to be heading to Verizon?

Project Pink is still being played fairly close to Microsoft’s chest; however, this week Mobile Blogs have seen several pieces of the eluding puzzle come together. Engadget having been tipped by an extremely reliable source, they were told that two Sharp-made handsets would launch exclusively on Verizon -- possibly on the 20th of April.

They’ve also got good word, that Project Pink devices will be aimed towards teens; rumours aplenty it’s been long suggested that Microsoft’s Project Pink is poised to take over the failing Sidekick market. Until launch we don’t have any more information other than Pink appears to be a limited feature phone platform (this jives with the theory of recouping the failing Sidekick market).

On an international level Pink is expected to be travelling to Vodafone, which in lieu of explains the inclusion of a possible GSM variant.

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Video: Thanks Microsoft, the future of Mobile Gaming looks mind-boggling

The future of mobile gaming just got better; with that being said, Microsoft’s Eric Rudder whilst speaking at TechEd Middle East demoed a cross platform game developed by Visual Studio. Using about 90% shared code; the simple Indiana Jones platformer is playable on Windows with a keyboard, WP7S with the accelerometer and touch controls and the Xbox 360 with the gamepad. If that doesn’t impress you enough, this most certainly will. Microsoft included a rather nice feature that allows you too pick up where you left off, no matter which platform you change to.

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