Uh, oh, looks like Verizon has indeed
distanced itself from Microsoft after the
Kin debacle: the carrier confirmed to
Bloomberg Businessweek today that it won't offer any
Windows Phone 7 devices at launch this year, instead waiting until 2011 to support the new OS. That certainly ties right in with AT&T's claims that it'll
be the "premier carrier" for Windows Phone 7 and the
flood of
Blue-tinted device leaks we've seen, but it also leaves Microsoft in a seemingly tough spot to start -- we haven't heard more than the
slightest whisper about WP7 devices on Sprint or T-Mobile yet, and until we do it's going to be the iPhone and WP7 head-to-head on Ma Bell while Android continues to dig in everywhere else. We'll see -- this launch can't come quickly enough.
