Developing markets to get pared down devices by the end of this year
Microsoft is working on a low-cost Windows Phone 7 handsets for emerging markets, according to reports from a developer event in India.
The Economic Times quotes Microsoft India's Visual Studio director of developer tools Sudeep Bharati as saying the low-cost version will have a different spec than Chassis 1 and will be launched by the end of 2010.
To re-cap, there will be three flavours of WinPho 7 device, pre-determined by Microsoft. Those based on the Chassis 1 spec will be heavy-duty touchscreen-only devices built around a 1GHz processor, while Chassis 2 devices will sport slide out Qwerty keyboards.
Chassis 3 has not yet been detailed by Microsoft, so it's not clear at this stage if the developing markets WinPho 7 handsets will live there, or be borne from a fourth as yet unannounced Chassis.
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