SanDisk calls it: Microsoft Pink being announced on Monday
By Chris Ziegler 
posted April 9th 2010 6:36PM
posted April 9th 2010 6:36PM
posted April 9th 2010 6:36PM
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Yah know. I really do not want to see MS's pink....That just congers up some REALLY nasty images. Please have a better name other then the code name. Anything. Anything at all.
@John Doe
of course that won't be the name...
it will probably be Microsoft Windows Zune Pink Phone Series Professional Edition xARM
@John Doe like iPink?
@John Doe at least its not Microsoft'S Pink...
iPink is better than pink eye...barely.
@Marbles
Delete all my posts some moar Engadget. :S
@John Doe
how 'bout the "Pinkie" ?
@John Doe
Sandisk... you attention whore!
@John Doe MS Pink Bits
@JeremyBenthem Don't forget the limited Microsoft Windows Zune Pink Phone Series Professional EXTREME GOLD edition
Breast Cancer?
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"Yeah, um, the new cell phones that are coming out, yeah, those will support memory expansion".
Big news, Sandisk.
@Zachdamac Not Windows Phone 7 devices, ironically enough.
@Zachdamac It would be big news for Apple
@Zachdamac My first reaction was also "wow, lame announcement". But then I realized that this is actually my first time hearing that WP7 phones will support memory expansion. Considering that WP7 follows Zune HD and Apple's path, I wouldn't have been surprised if Microsoft mandated all WP7 phones to include only set increments of storage.
@ndrwme
From what I've read this is the case. Pink will run ce6 but not the full wp7 and will allow micro-SD cards while wp7 will allow micro-SD cards but only if they are encased in the device ie. cannot be removed and replaced.
@choufleur47
It would be big news for any cell phone manufacturer if the memory card was not buried under the battery.
It's cool that with some phones you can replace the memory cards to add more memory... but it's easier to just put in a 32GB MicroSD card and call it a day.
@ndrwme This isn't WP7. WP7 is touchscreen only and need to have those 3 buttons. This crappy little flip phone definitely won't have a touchscreen.
i can do this in my 5800
So in other words, no Courier?
Don't fret. Courier will be here circa 2012. Or 2013. Sometime this decade.
@Peter Church
Wow.
We've only known about Courier publicly for a whole 4 months, but by God if they haven't had that thing ready to go in that time...IT WILL NEVER GET HERE!!!!
@LAY
Sorry, it's just that I remember reading about Windows Mobile 7 in 2008 (And it's still not out yet) and Vista (previously known as Longhorn) in 2003. That makes me think Microsoft might be late to the table. And don't get me started on the Zune, circa 2006, five years after the original iPod.
History is your friend.
To be fair, Apple has had been late a few times, but it's mostly with software and a year at the latest (like with push notifications).
@Peter Church
you forgot to mention other extremely unsuccessful products that were delayed by several years like
1. Windows 7
2. MS Office
3. Sharepoint
4. Xbox
etc. etc...
@Peter Church
How long has the mythical iPad been speculated about? Ten years now?
@bjsguess He's not bashing. Just pointing out space between design and finished product; and to be honest it's the truth. MS will be sorta late. But you have to admit, they do come through. Would you rather have the regular layer cake Windows Mobile 7 of yesteryear or the intuitive Zune like WP7 of today?
@Rajivsri
Windows 7 and Xbox are "extremely unsuccessful" products? Where do you live in, a cave?
Even I, the one with only a Gamecube last generation, know that Xbox was #2 by the end of that generation's console wars, and Windows 7 is having a really fast adoption rate, from what I hear. Win 7 is definitely nowhere near the market share that Windows XP has right now, but come on, it came out half a year ago.
@Peter Church
You are joking about Apple, right? iPad has been in the making for nearly 20 years.
@Metayoshi
younshould learn to read sarcasm.
yeah wm7 is a little late to the party but all wrongs are forgiven by their integration with skull their services and the fact that they developed an sdk before launch so when wm7 arrives we won't have to wait 6 months to see the apps
@Peter Church Only then..? WEEE but all the renderings showing off the Courier are sooo inspiring to me... I really hope this is not Longhorn revisited again.... or will it?
You know what.. scr*w MS, I'm ordering my iPad right now.
I'm a bit confused with all these code names lately from iPad to Microsoft Pink... I feel like i have to wear a tampon to fit in around here...
@DeFlanko
Well hipster "guys" do like to wear pink stuff.
Then again they have a thing for unicorns too for some reason.
That Turtle phone is bada$$.. NOT!
@n0ne Lol, Microsoft just broke every SanDisk MicroSD card in their office...
....not like it was gonna load on WP7 anyway. Hiyo!
The color Pink, not to be confused with pink eye or more commonly named conjunctivitis, which is the redness and swelling of the conuctiva, had it first recorded use in the 17th century referring to the flowers of pinks, which are flowering plants in the genus Dianthus.
@Dr Sheldon Cooper:
Conjunctivitis also started flourishing in mid-2010, after anyone who laid eyes on the "ugly" (Nilay Patel 2010) Project Pink phones would contract it immediately.
@Kirtay:
Let's hope that it's actually not so bad!! Hope!
So what's Pink exactly? A revision of the current WinMo OS? The first low-end device iteration of Win Phone 7? I'm confused...
@Impulses Sorta, it's a light OS based on CE for featurephones. You know how HTC has BREWOS for it's phone and Sense for it's Android/WP6 pacakging? It's something like that. I think it might have a slight look and feel of CE WP7, but more simple.
@N900
Bet it goes after the same market as the SideKick crowd. People who want a texting device first, phone second, and internet browser third. It will have support for the big social networking sites as well as some basic games.
Very simple, easy to use. Geared for people who live off texting and consuming texts.
@bjsguess I think you may be on to something here. In 2008 Microsoft bought out Danger, the makers of the Sidekick.
if it's not windows phone 7 or courier, who cares.
@krosref
dont care? dont comment
@Karate Tortoise ok
I don't see what the space allocation for the OS, swap, or apps has to do with whether a phone has a removable media slot or not, the two concepts are not mutually exclusive... I'd rather have the slot than not have it, means I can take files or photos straight off a camera/PC and into my phone to send 'em wherever I need. /shrug
@n0ne Your comments are consistently terrible.
SanDisk is lame. Way to ruin the surprise.
With friends like sandisk, who needs enemies?
"when your most exciting products are nondescript pieces of plastic half the size of a postage stamp"
LOL!!!! Beautiful.
Is it just me or should all MicroSD products be compatible with current cellphone hardware?