Microsoft to launch smartphones on Oct 11

Microsoft to launch smartphones on October

Microsoft Corp will formally offer a series of smartphones using the latest version of its Windows operating system on October 11 which will be sold exclusively by AT&T, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The newspaper, citing "people familiar with the launch plans," said the US software giant will offer three Windows Phone 7 smartphones with handsets made by South Korea's Samsung and LG Electronics and Taiwan's HTC.

The Journal said AT&T will be the initial exclusive US carrier for the phones, which will go on sale the week of November 8.

Microsoft has been under pressure to come up with new smartphones to rival Apple, which controls the market with its popular iPhone, and many other companies that have launched devices using Google's Android.

According to market research firm Gartner, Microsoft's share of the worldwide mobile operating system market will fall to 4.7 percent this year from 8.7 percent last year.

AT&T will be the initial exclusive U.S. carrier for the Windows Phone 7 smartphones and will offer three handsets -- one each made by Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and HTC Corp, the report said.

In emails to AFP, Microsoft said it is "on track to deliver Windows Phone 7 this holiday" but does not comment on "rumors and speculation."

Charlie Sheen,  Daughter’s Wedding - A Delight

CHARLIE Sheen declares that his daughter’s wedding was one of the “great moments” of his life.

“It was fabulous,” Charlie sheen. “It was just… it was one of the great moments. It’s a moment that you try to imagine when it happens, but it’s nothing like you thought it was going to be.”

The actor was delighted to walk 25-year-old Cassandra Estevez — whose mother is his ex-girlfriend Paula Profitt — down the aisle when she married childhood sweetheart Casey Huffman at Santa Barbara’s Bacara Resort and Spa last Saturday.

Charlie Sheen also has daughters Sam, six, and five-year-old Lola with ex-wife Denise Richards and 18-month-old twin sons Max and Bob with current spouse Brooke Mueller — was delighted to welcome Casey into his family.

Cassandra and Casey — who tied the knot in front of 165 guests — followed the ceremony with a lavish five-course dinner, before performing their first dance to Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together.

During the meal, Charlie, 45, toasted the happy couple.

 “He was clearly very proud of her. He had a big smile on his face.He told her how happy he was for her and then he teased the groom and made everyone laugh.”
Says Wedding planner Jill La Fleur whilst talking to People magazine.