It isn't really our area of expertise, but we've gotten word that Microsoft will unleash two new Smartphones, probably at CES in January 2010. Developed under the project "Pink" moniker, these two slider phones stem from the aquisition of Danger and will continue to use Sharp as the manufacturing partner (not HTC as previously rumored by the WSJ). In fact, they'll be co-branded as "Microsoft+Sharp" products.
One device is "squircle" in shape like the past Zune's buttons. The slide out keyboard houses the mic at the bottom and it is meant to be open when being used as a phone. This device is code-n
