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HTC Trophy isn’t an entirely new name ’round these here parts — in fact, we’ve seen it twice now on two documents that have propagated the internet before their respective time. But this is the first claimed sighting of such a device, and according to Pocketnow, what we’re looking at is indeed the Trophy itself, packed with Windows Phone 7. And that’s about all we can say here, as there’s no indication of price, release date, or if this is actually one of the many other WP7 devices HTC has cooking. At any rate, have no fear, the manufacturer’s all but guaranteed to bring you numerous options from which to choose.

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HTC Trophy with Windows Phone 7 caught in the wild? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Believe it or not, we know most everything about the Samsung’s Windows Phone 7-powered Cetus — what it looks like, where it’s going and what’s inside, despite never seeing the device invoke a single pane of that Metro UI. Well, that’s just changed with a new video from WMPowerUser, who tricked with WP7 program manager Charlie Kindel showing off his personal device — albeit running a humble garage door opener app and thumbing through the dialer rather than showing a potent program of some sort. Still, that 4-inch AMOLED screen is very much in attendance, as you can see from the saturated orange squares above, and we’ll just have to hope the last pieces of the Cetus puzzle — release date and price — come together in good time. Video after the break.

Update: It appears this is actually a clip from Microsoft’s internal Channel 9 crew, going behind-the-scenes with part of the Windows Phone 7 team, as many have noted in comments. We’ve updated our links to reflect that.

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Samsung Cetus i917 is in this video, automating your homes (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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.

Verizon won’t sell Windows Phone 7 until 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Coming this holiday season to a Windows Phone 7 phone near you: Twitter, Netflix, Flixster, OpenTable, and Travelocity apps. The adroit coders behind those slices of software have managed to put together enough eye candy for Microsoft to highlight them as part of its announcement that the WP7 developer tools have been finalized. It doesn’t sound like anything dramatic has changed from the beta — which seems fitting given how close to the actual launch we now are — but a new Bing Maps Control SDK has been issued, allowing access to a cornucopia of map-related coding opportunities. We’re sure you’re just over the moon about that. Go past the break for a couple of Microsoft’s demo vids as well as a little Seesmic teaser or click the source for more.

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Microsoft demoes Twitter and Netflix apps for Windows Phone 7, releases final dev tools originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s well known around these parts that if you aspire to be a highly desirable smartphone, you have to leak out in three clearly delineated stages: pictures, video, and specs. We’ve seen the i8700 a couple of times already now, and the specs can probably be extrapolated from Windows Phone 7’s stringent hardware profiles, but the video, that was the bit that was missing. Until now, of course. Slide past the break to see it smoothly sailing through the now familiar WP7 interface. The video’s focus is soft, but it won’t get in the way of seeing some truly buttery processing of touch input.

[Thanks, Eggo]

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Samsung’s i8700 Windows Phone 7 handset goes through the video leak ritual originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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