Microsoft has sent out a bunch of invites for an event scheduled to be held in San Francisco on October 29. It is being speculated that Microsoft will officially unveil Windows Phone 8 OS at the event, less than a week after the company officially releases the much-awaited Windows 8 at an event in New York on October 26.
The invite does not reveal a lot of information as it’s not really an invite so much as it is a Save The Date. The event, slated to start at 10:00 PST (18:00 BST) in San Francisco, will be having more details about where consumers can get their phones running the company’s next-gen mobile OS.
The most high profile Windows Phone 8 devices are from Nokia, which recently unveiled Lumia 920 and 820 smartphones. Nokia is aiming to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung with its Windows Phone 8-based smartphones. However, the company has already drawn flak for pricing its Lumia 920 higher than Samsung’s flagship smartphone, S III. Read our report on the Nokia Lumia 920’s controversial pricing here.
Microsoft invite seeks to ‘Save the Date’ on October 26
Apart from Nokia, HTC will also be launching Windows Phone 8-based smartphones later this year. Last month, HTC announced its Windows Phone 8x and Windows Phone 8S smartphones. At the IFA 2012 event, Samsung also announced its Windows Phone 8 handset, the Ativ S.
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