Windows 7 Phone has xbox live integration and looks awesome...

[Squilliam]

Grimes said:

Squilliam said:
This is a large reason why the EDD ran losses inspite of Xbox 360 success. They invested very heavily in this platform and im curious to see this all pan out. Man I thought we wouldn't see anything on this until later this year and then BOOOM they come out with this. God, Microsoft surely knows how to keep a secret. You can't predict anything about them just because you haven't heard a rumour.

It's not slated for realease til the holidays. I wouldn't exactly call it a secret or a major surprise. With Google and Apple in the weeds, this wait could be devastating. Apple and Google could launch major revisions and have them in the hands of consumers before a consumer is even able to buy it.

They can afford to wait. They can soak in the positive feedback from Windows 7 and that alone will get this product off to a good start, assuming it doesn't suck that is.