Microsoft Pink: Not One, But Two Smartphones

Gizmodo’s being all secretive with its big unsanctioned reveal of Microsoft’s Pink phones, posting under the alias “Pretty Boy.” (That was following the unveiling of Microsoft’s “Courier” tablet under the name “Paperboy.”) Why all the secrecy? Because an inside source is leaking what’s been speculated about for months now. The Pink phones, Turtle (above) and Pure (after the jump), both have slide out QWERTY keyboards and touch screens. The whole design is decidedly not Microsoft, lacking the buttoned-down interface of Windows Mobile and having a decidedly youthful form factor. Gizmodo says this is because of Sharp’s involvement in the project, which originally produced hardware for the text-centric Sidekick. It’s been rumored previously that Pink will include Zune services and have a separate app store. It looks like the phones are in the later stages of development, so hopefully we’ll hear more soon — I’m guessing early next year.

[via Gizmodo]