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'Turtle' and 'Pure' Phones? [Rumor]
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It looks like the
Project Pink rumors just won't die, but as
engadget points out , MS could be leaning more to make a self-branded phone than ever before thanks to WinMo partners like HTC and Motorola jumping on the Google Android bandwagon.
Apparently,
it's been leaked to 9to5mac (I know, not the surest place to find MS news) that two phones, one codenamed "Turtle" and "Pure," are being placed into the pipeline to emerge in 2010 - possibly for CES? They're said to be co-branded with Sharp and utilizing the acquired Danger corporation's app store...
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One device is "squircle" in shape like the past Zune's buttons. The slide out keyboard houses the mic at the bottom and it is meant to be open when being used as a phone. This device is code-named "Turtle" and looks like a dressed up Motorola QA1
They also cryptically mention a tablet device but give little than a weird clue... anyone know what they mean? They say they have images that they may post on
twitter or upon request.
Rest assured, we'll keep our ears open for any more information...
[via
9to5mac via
Engadget ]
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let me be the first to say, that thing is NOIIICCEE
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this project pink this just WONT DIE!!
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I don't like the danger app store. I have a sidekick.
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I don't know if I would buy it.
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Eh Zune should stick to Mp3 Players and not phones -_-
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If they kept the name Turtle and it was a great phone..I would be all over it.
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I won't believe it till I see some real facts and pix.
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well if they names it "SideKick "Turtle",that alone would guarantee them success among the teenage population...
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well if they names it "SideKick "Turtle",that alone would guarantee them success among the teenage population...
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Pure isn't by any chance the HTC Pure On AT&T?
"Pure" is just a codename... just like "Argos" was Zune's codename before they picked the marketing name they'd go with... (or "Draco" for the Zune v2, or "Scorpio" for the Flash Zunes)
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^ Oh I know. The AT&T TD2 was actually codenamed Warhawk before that. I was just wondering if this "Pure" is the same as that "Pure" being referenced.
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^ Oh I know. The AT&T TD2 was actually codenamed Warhawk before that. I was just wondering if this "Pure" is the same as that "Pure".
Dude, Warhawk would have been such a better name!!! Thats what they should name this "Zune Phone"
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I think companies should just stick with their codenames. The codenames usually sound SOOO much better than than what the provider chooses for it.
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I think companies should just stick with their codenames. The codenames usually sound SOOO much better than than what the provider chooses for it.
Except for Zune. Thats the best name ever. ever. ever.
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^I'd have personally named it "Microsoft Boomstick".
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^^ it is an awsome name isnt it. unless of course you are an ifanboy and every name except i-(insert name here) sounds stupid
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^^ it is an awsome name isnt it. unless of course you are an ifanboy and every name except i-(insert name here) sounds stupid
speaking of, I think its funny when someone uses an iHome Zune dock. just a big contradiction
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speaking of, I think its funny when someone uses an iHome Zune dock. just a big contradiction
who uses one. the last time a saw a zune dock the 'i' was replaced with a 'z'. i think it was made by kicker too...
plus its
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