Yesterday Microsoft unveiled its new smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 7. And Microsoft's partners—Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung—showed off the new devices that will be available for holiday this year.
Operating system aside, these phones look remarkably like the many Android phones that have been hitting the market, which means they’re sleek, highly covetable devices.
There are a few standard features you’ll find on all Windows Phone 7 devices: 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, capacitive touchscreen display, 5MP camera and dedicated buttons for the home screen, search, back, power and camera. However you’ll find plenty of unique features that will help you decide which model is best for you. Here’s the current lineup.
Dell Venue Pro (T-Mobile, available holiday 2010)
Integrated portrait QWERTY keyboard
Scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass display
4.1-inch AMOLED display
16GB internal memory
HTC 7 Surround (AT&T, $199.99, November 8, 2010)
3.8-inch dipslay
Slide-up speaker bar
Built-in kickstand
16GB internal memory
(UPDATED 10/20/2010: Read our Full Review)
(UPDATED 11/8/2011: Available on Amazon for $99.99)
HTC HD7 (T-Mobile, mid-November 2010)
4.3-inch display
Built-in kickstand
16GB internal memory
LG Quantum (AT&T, $199.99, November 8, 2010)
Play to technology to streaming audio and video to TVs, Blu-ray players and other DLNA-DRM devices
Integrated QWERTY keyboard
16GB internal memory
3.5-inch display
(UPDATED 11/8/2011: Available on Amazon for$99.99)
Samsung Focus (AT&T, $199.99, November 8, 2010)
4-inch Super AMOLED display
Thinnest WP7 phone at 9.9mm thick
Scratch-resistant display
8GB internal memory
