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"Turtle" Earlier this year, word surfaced that Microsoft was in the impact of developing its own smartphone, codenamed "Pink", for launch in 2010. The phone, which was claimed to be manufactured by a third-party company, has been seen as a doable iPhone rivalry running on Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform. Gizmodo today publicised images of not one, but digit phones developed under the "Pink" project, known as "Turtle" and "Pure", and notes that Microsoft's manufacturing relation is to be Sharp.

These phones are feat to be prefabricated by Sharp, who'll intend to deal branding with Microsoft. Sharp produced the Sidekick element for Danger, who was bought by Microsoft digit years ago. Pink module be primarily aimed at the aforementioned market as the Sidekick, and the branding and indistinguishability for it is highly developed, pointing toward a later stage in the development cycle.

"Pure" Gizmodo also points to a unify of reports from this time weekend claiming that the "Pink" phones module include Zune penalization and recording services and an "App Store" kindred to that employed by the Sidekick, placing the phones in candid rivalry with the iPhone's hardware-software feature set.