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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 to launch simultaneously in Canada, United States

Categories: Windows Phone
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 3:30 PM
United States, Canada to get simultaneous Microsoft Windows Phone 7 launch
United States, Canada to get simultaneous Microsoft Windows Phone 7 launch

Our friends in the great, white north will be happy to know that Microsoft Windows Phone 7 will be launching in the United States and Canada simultaneous this fall.

This is great news for Canadian mobile phone users, as they’ve grown accustomed to waiting for devices like the Apple iPhone. In the video below, you can hear Microsoft Canada Mobility Solutions manager Greg Milligan said that the Windows Phone 7 launch will be simultaneous and that this will include devices from LG Electronics, HTC and Samsung. Interestingly enough, he also said these will be coming to multiple networks, which may not be the case in the United States.

We know that AT&T will be the “premiere” carrier for Microsoft Windows Phone 7 and this may mean it gets exclusivity at launch. I’d expect Windows Phone 7 devices to be on every carrier eventually but it may jump out of the gates with just a single carrier for an undetermined amount of time.

I’m looking forward to this operating system because Microsoft completely revamped Windows Mobile and it is taking a big risk by scrapping its legacy users. One of the most interesting aspects of Windows Phone 7 is the new “Metro” user interface, which moves away from the icons-in-a-grid model to a bunch of hubs that update in real time. It’s too soon to tell how this will work in real-world scenarios but the early previews have been positive.

The Microsoft Windows Phone 7 app ecosystem is also slowly rounding in to shape, as the company has been paying developers to create apps for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. This should include multiple games that will tie into the XBox Live service for multi-platform gaming.

The company was still tight-lipped about the actual launch date but we’ve heard that the new platform could hit the shelves as early as the end of September. Whenever it hits, you can be sure we’ll give you our honest opinion on how it stacks up against the competition.

[Via WMPoweruser]

About The Author

Marin Perez

Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.

  • hysonmb

    AT&T has named itself the “premiere” carrier. Microsoft has not said anything to that matter and, in fact, has said clearly at multiple events that there will be handsets available on all of the major carriers on day 1.

    Also, they’ve announced over 50 game titles already, there will be a few that are expected to be real-time cross platform multi-player so you can expect to be able to play Uno on the road vs someone sitting at home on a 360.

    The launch days have not been set, but, they’ve said they’re launching in Europe in October and America in November.

  • ihos501

    i wonder why europe is gettin the launch first, lmao im in toronto, but yeah, US and CA Should be first, anyways thats just me

  • coyote

    it’s about time a company did that…usually by the time they launch a phone in your country the consumers loose the hype about that product….ie.the original Iphone ,palm pre. etc…when it finally came to the canadian carriers I personally didn’t want there product anymore and to this day have no interest…. good for microsoft…can’t wait…