Hooo-ee! AT&T have clearly got high hopes for Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS reboot, Windows Phone 7.

Michael Gartenberg — technology columnist to the stars — tweeted out today that a trusted source told him that AT&T have signed up for eight million WP7 devices — which is approximately one million times more than the number of Kins sold.

To put that number in perspective, Apple moved about that many iPhones in the last quarter. Now, I can’t say how quickly AT&T expect to move those numbers, but they wouldn’t be expecting anything near the speed with which the iPhone sells. The point here is that AT&T have enough faith in the platform that they reckon they can move that much.

Of course, it it won’t be the networks that will decide the success of the platform; that part of the story lies in the hands of consumers and developers.

[via Slash Gear]

So WinMo 6.5 is just about to break, and of course,
like any company launching a new product,
Microsoft would like all the news and handsets
and what have you to hit at the same time
— overpowering your senses and causing you to speak in tongues.

But that won’t happen,
first because most of the details of the new OS
and phones are pretty well-known,
and second because an AT&T store just sold a Pure (i.e. a Touch Diamond 2) to someone at Mobility Digest. Oops!

There’s not a lot to say — it’s a launch phone and it looks solid,
but it’s not the most exciting handset we’ll be seeing with 6.5 on it.
It’s looks kind of brickish, actually.
I’ll leave the reviewing to more able hands,
but the pricing is confirmed by a commenter as follows:

$149.99 w/ 2-year contract, after $50 mail-in rebate
$349.99 no-commitment
$30/month data plan required

Indeed. Stop by your local AT&T and maybe you’ll get lucky too.

[Via WMPowerUser]