Win Phone 7 Launching With 9 Handsets

Today big news if of course the launch of Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft have done their best to hit the ground running. They've unveiled nine handsets that will kickstart the platform and they have also revealed that thye have some 30 network partners around the world so far.

Windows phone 7 Devices:

• HTC Surround - 3.8 inch screen, 16 GB storage, slideout speaker
• HTC HD7 - 4.3 inch screen and the successor to the much praised Windows Mobile powered HD2
• HTC 7 Trophy - 3.8inch screen, will be the lowest specced of HTC's launch handsets
• HTC Mozart - 3.7inch screen, should be launching globally
• Dell Venue Pro - 4.1inch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard
• Samsung Focus - 4inch AMOLED screen, a rebranded Cetus
• Samsung Omnia 7 - 4inch SAMOLED screen, the previously rumoured i8700, will launch in Europe
• LG Optimus - 3.8inch screen, previously known as the E900
• LG Quantum - 3.5inchs creen, slider, debuts on AT&T

It certainly a bigger lineup than Android had when it launched back in 2007 with just a single handset, the G1. Adding to that choice is the number of networks that these handsets will be available on around the world.

• North America - AT&T, T-Mobile, TELUS, America Movil
• Europe - O2, Orange, SFR, Movistar, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone
• Asia-Pacific - Sing Tel, Telstra, Vodafone