Microsoft To Hold It’s Own Secret Event On April 12th

Earlier today Microsoft had sent out a "snail mail" invitation to select reporters for an upcoming event being held on Monday, April 12th in San Francisco. The notice itself doesn't mention much more than that the tag line "it's time to share," but speculation ran rampant as to what exactly Microsoft had in store.

Rumors aired that Microsoft's Courier may be shown off in an effort to steal some of Apple's tablet thunder. Another theory was - that the previous leaks have had two Project Pink phones, the Pure and the Turtle, shipping April 20th for Verizon -- which would line up nicely with an introduction the week before. The phones are rumored to be labeled as "Sharp+Microsoft," and have touch screens and slide-out QWERTY keyboards but none of that is official.

For now the rumors have been put to rest - Windows expert Paul Thurrott says definitively that this will not be a Courier event, rather it will be entirely focused on Pink phones, and so does CNET).

Meanwhile, Apple has its own event planned for this Thursday, where it is expected to introduce the next version of the iPhone OS.

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