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"After a few years of losing market share with its Windows Mobile platform, Microsoft developed Windows Phone 7 as its effort to re-establish itself in the hotly contested smartphone market. Now that we have the platform launch confirmed from our press invite, here's a recap of what you need to know about Windows Phone 7."

It is about that time for Windows Phone 7 to hit the market. In just a few days Microsoft will make its official announcement to introduce the new operating system, as well as some new hardware to the public. Gigaom has done a great job of summarizing the operating system for those who have been living under a rock since March. Hit the link for a great recap/summary of all you need to know for the unveiling on the 11th.

"One of our ninjas just dropped some tantalizing and blurry details for us to feast on. We've been informed that T-Mobile will be releasing the Motorola CLIQ XT on March 10th, the HTC HD2 (listed as "Dark Handset" on the screen capture) is confirmed on March 24th, and a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, complete with T-Mobile broadband access, on the 24th as well."

While technically a rumor since we haven't had an official announcement yet (Come on T-Mo...!), this looks pretty solid as we've seen other references to the HD2 as the "Dark" handset. I predict come March 24 I'll be visiting a T-Mobile store!

"Stephanie Ferguson, GM of Business Experiences at Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business is going to deliver the kick off launch presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 on Monday, May 11th at 1:00PM – 2:15PM. This TechEd 2009 session focuses on one of the biggest launches in the history of Windows Mobile..."

Start marking your calendars everyone! May 11th is not that far down the road and on that date we will finally get a new release to Windows Mobile! Now the real question is - how long do we have to wait to get our hands on some of these new Windows Mobile 6.5 powered handsets?