HTC Sense coming to Windows Phone 7, after all

 

Some cried and some cheered when Microsoft revealed that handset manufacturers couldn't reskin Windows Phone 7 devices wholesale. But as it turns out, at least one major OEM is still banking on software to help differentiate its phones. HTC's Drew Bamford told Forbes that Sense UI will still appear in the company's Windows Phone 7 creations, and believes it will live on in Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) as well.

"Microsoft has taken firmer control of the core experience," acknowledged Bamford, who added that Sense wouldn't be fully integrated into WP7 phones, but that HTC would "augment" the Microsoft experience with as-yet-undisclosed functionality of its own. As long as it doesn't eat up too much memory and processor time, right? 

Via Softpedia

Shanshui P72 is a phone that runs on Windows XP

Hmmm, cellphones tend to come with much slower hardware which makes running a full fledged desktop operating system a pretty challenging task, but that has not stopped the Chinese boffins from coming up with the Shanshui P72 model that runs on Windows XP. Looking pretty close to the iPhone, the Shanshui P72 is not a pretty sight considering its bulk and weight, not to mention a skin of the user interface that resembles iPhone icons (no idea on how the recent patent application for their icons will affect cases like this though). 

Check out its list of specifications in the extended post, but somehow something like this doesn't seem as though it will take off in a big way simply because it does not fit any consumer niche. Also, you can't do much with just 1GB of storage space, and that will be made worse if there is no inclusion of any external memory storage (microSD, SDHC, etc). What do you think?

• 1.2GHZ VIA C7 processor
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• 1GB SSD
• 1.3-megapixel webcam
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Windows XP tablet PC Edition 2005 OS
• 2500mAh battery (3 hours of working time)

Via clonedinchina