http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft's 'Turtle' and 'Pure' phones linked to Tegra chipset, expected in both GSM and CDMA varieties http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Though that would have been an awesome, "There is just one more thing..."]]>Feb 16th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Part of me was really hoping he'd say something like "oh yeah, there's one more thing, we've got this other new device, we like to call it the Courier."]]>Feb 16th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
I was also expecting an announcement, but the 2 phones that leaked are so.... underwhelming.]]>Feb 16th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Common sense would tell you they would make a UI specifically for it.]]>Feb 16th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
So, hey, Windows Mobi--err Phone 7 is amazing, it'll change the way you think about people! About information! About your mobile communication device! Check out all these hubs!

Here, check out this phone, it lets you see like, one and a half hubs at a time. See that app there? That's Flight Control. You can tell because "igh ntro" is on the screen at 72 point font.]]>Feb 16th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Ignoring all of the BS after your first paragraph, It's not that hard to adapt the full WP7 interface to a smaller screen.]]>Feb 16th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
WP7 is all about swiping, and displaying lots of information on the screen in an inventive way. That's cool, and having a smaller-screened, portrait QWERTY device is going to be nice, because that's worked very well for Blackberry and Samsung on WM6. But with this OS, those phones are now going to be a niche. Let's be real here. WP7 is Microsoft's do-or-die move for the mobile space. The stakes are high with WM6.5's disappointments, and the delays.

And Microsoft's driven the stakes even higher by breaking backward compatibility in WP7, and delaying ANOTHER 10 months.

By the time WP7 finally launches, HTC and Android will have gained traction, Apple will have a fourth iPhone out, and we might even see a Sony Ericsson X10 by then. That means the hardware on WP7 launch devices needs to play to the strengths of the software. It needs to dazzle. It needs to be killer. It has to surpass even the Zune HD in terms of making you WANT it. Otherwise, people will turn to MotoBlur, Sense UI, Palm's universal phone book, or whatever Apple does to jump on the bandwagon for their integrated information needs.

But you'll probably say that's all BS.]]>Feb 16th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
It has to surpass the Zune HD in terms of making you want it? That's not really setting the bar high. Sure, a lot of peeps were impressed by the Zune HD, but not many bought it.]]>Feb 16th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Now, this shot of the Turtle is old, and something tells me it might not be accurate anymore.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7-series-faces-off-against-its-windows-mobile-past/
This article says that the minimum resolution for WP7 is WVGA. That would make at least the specs wrong on the Turtle.]]>Feb 16th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
And with Tegra, they might have nice interfaces and decent gaming capabilities, so they could be interesting...]]>Feb 16th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/I agree. There's no way these are WP7S devices. I'm kind of wondering why they need the power of a Tegra in there, though.]]>Feb 16th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
Because 6 billion people on this rock have a tendency to like more than what you do.]]>Feb 16th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/you are quite right, but still does not make those 2 devices any more appealing.]]>Feb 16th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/

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These are not all that bad of devices from the looks of everything. A lot better then everyone thinks they will be. ]]>Feb 16th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
http://www.x-entertainment.com/updates/pics/turtlecom/2.jpg]]>Feb 16th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Feb 16th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/
I know your focus is on WP7, and rightfully so (it did look pretty damn awesome), but don't let your Danger acquisition go to waste. Take what you've learned from Windows Mobile, take what you've learned from the competition with Android, iPhone, and WebOS, take what you've learned from LG, Samsung, HTC, and Motorola and make a new generation Sidekick.

Take the LX '09, shrink the sides, bezel, and the keyboard, make it thinner and lighter, make the screen capacitive multi-touch, give it a 5MP camera with dual LED flash, auto focus, image stabilization, and decent zoom, give it 720p video recording, up the internal hardware, price it at $150, and sell it on all four major carriers. The Sidekick demographic is huge. Walk into any school in America and you'll know that. Why are they pushing out this garbage?]]>Feb 16th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/ https://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=11508&NewsAreaID=22]]>Feb 16th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/16/microsofts-turtle-and-pure-phones-linked-to-tegra-chipset/Apr 11th 2010 6:44PM