[afolayan702]

Originally Posted by boe

So far the only two rumored devices coming to CDMA are the trophy - 3.x in screen, with an undersized battery and the pro which isn't exactly svelt. I'm not sure why we couldn't have something like the Focus or the EVO (with WP7). Hell, at this point why not something with a dual core processor? MS keeps dragging their feet and the hardware initially offered will seem more and more antiquated. That should ensure that Verizon and SPrint think WP7 is a dud since no one will want antiquated hardware. Does MS want WP7 to fail? First they release it on GSM which already has the iPhone and Android to compete with when they had a desperate market that only had one alternative salivating for WP7. Now they take forever to release it on CDMA and the initial phones they offer it on might have seemed OK a year ago and perhaps even cutting edge 2 years ago but what the heck is with releasing the red headed step child hardware when they have the iPhone on Verizon to compete with?

At&t I believe had a lot to do with actually being the "exclusive carrier" of Samsung Focus, HTC Surround, and LG Quantum for first 6 months. We can only speculate that since At&t knew they were losing exclusivity to Iphone, they were willing to jump and take their picks of GSM WP7s. GSM is used more globally than CDMA- from a standpoint of trying to sell the phone GSM potentially has more subscribers to pull from initally at launch. After what happened with Kin last year it isn't hard to see why CDMA Verizon would be hesitant to push for having the handsets at launch, hell Android is doing well for them,Iphone around the corner, and Sprint saw what "Droid" for Verizon last year and "exclusively" holds the "EVO" brand version of android with 4G just released Evo Shift. Both Verizon and Sprint are not hurting for WP7's yet. You could look at the release of Windows Phone in the fall as a "soft openning," a show to carriers and OEMs the potential the OS has. This is just the end of January and WP7 is starting to be seen in ads/tv shows. WMC in a couple of weeks will give a good idea of the roadmap.
Microsoft created a OS that doesn't require jaw dropping specs, but has a smooth UI that more than makes up for lack of hardware at this stage. If you mean specs to brag to fanboys over who has this or that then WP7 can't help that right now. I wish there was a Focus like phone coming to Sprint, who konws? Maybe in the fall, but getting the phone right now means being an early adopter, and with that awsome feeling of having the new UI before everyone/all carriers means waiting for updates and fixes.