Microsoft unveils a Samsung Windows Phone 7 handset

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has shown Samsung's upcoming smartphone running its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) operating system.

The Vole decided to give the Samsung WP7 handset its first outing at Microsoft's Woldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles. It was shown briefly alongside other WP7 handsets from Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE.

Steve Geggenheimer, corporate VP of original equipment manufacturing at Microsoft said, "Last but not least I'm very happy to show this the first time, this is the new Samsung that's coming. It's very thin and light and that's the theme you're going to see."

The handset came out of Geggenheimer's pocket for only a matter of seconds but it was obviously running WP7. He gave no details whatsoever on the name or its specifications but suggested that the processor will be fast and the screen will have "phenomenal resolution".

The phone, as you can see, looks pretty similar to the Galaxy S II but with a Windows button instead of the normal Home button. We guess that it will be similar in specifications to the Android handset from Samsung.

We predict that Samsung will keep the Galaxy name and might call the upcoming handset the Galaxy S7.

Samsung has been unable to answer our request for more information on the smartphone. No doubt the time difference to Korea is too much of a barrier, much like it was with the actual sales numbers for its Galaxy S II handset, which we're still waiting for an answer about over a week later. µ