Microsoft apresenta Windows Phone 7; lançamento terá "The Sims 3"

A Microsoft apresentou nessa segunda-feira (11) o Windows Phone 7, seu novo sistema operacional para smartphones. Versão renovada do Windows Mobile, o software é a aposta da empresa para disputar o mercado de celulares com o Android, do Google e o iOS, da Apple.

Nove smartphones receberão o Windows Phone 7 até o fim do ano, com modelos dos fabricantes Dell, HTC, LG e Samsung, com lançamento confirmado para a Europa, Estados Unidos e Ásia. Não há previsão de chegada para o Brasil.

De acordo com a Microsoft, o Windows Phone 7 permite que os celulares sejam integrados a outros programas da empresa, como Microsoft Office Mobile, Zune, Windows Live, Bing e a rede Xbox Live, através da qual será possível adquirir games para a plataforma.

Uma grande quantidade de games foi confirmada para o sistema, como "The Sims 3", da Electronic Arts. Versões de "Assassin's Creed", "Crackdown 2" e "Castlevania" também foram listadas. Veja a lista completa:

. 3D Brick Breaker Revolution (Digital Chocolate)
. Age of Zombies (Halfbrick)
. Armor Valley (Protégé Games)
. Asphalt 5 (Gameloft)
. Assassins Creed (Gameloft)
. Bejeweled? LIVE (PopCap)
. Bloons TD (Digital Goldfish)
. Brain Challenge (Gameloft)
. Bubble Town 2 (i-Play)
. Butterfly ( Press Start Studio)
. CarneyVale Showtime (Microsoft)
. Castlevania(Konami)
. Crackdown 2: Project Sunburst (Microsoft)
. De Blob Revolution (THQ)
. Deal or No Deal 2010 (i-Play)
. Earthworm Jim (Gameloft)
. Fast & Furious 7 (i-Play)
. Fight Game Rivals (Rough Cookie)
. Finger Physics (Mobliss Inc.)
. Flight Control (Namco Bandai)
. Flowerz (Carbonated Games)
. Frogger (Konami Digital Entertainment)
. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick)
. Game Chest-Board (Microsoft)
. Game Chest-Card (Microsoft)
. Game Chest-Logic (Microsoft)
. Game Chest-Solitaire (Microsoft)
. GeoDefense (Critical Thought)
. Ghostscape (Psionic)
. Glow Artisan (Powerhead Games)
. Glyder 2 (Glu Mobile)
. Guitar Hero 5 (Glu Mobile)
. Halo Waypoint (Microsoft)
. Hexic Rush (Carbonated Games)
. I Dig It (InMotion)
. iBlast Moki (Godzilab)
. ilomilo (Microsoft)
. Implode XL (IUGO)
. Iquarium (Infinite Dreams)
. Jet Car Stunts (True Axis)
. Let's Golf 2 (Gameloft)
. Little Wheel (One click dog)
. Loondon (Flip N Tale)
. Max and the Magic Marker (PressPlay)
. Mini Squadron (Supermono Limited)
. Monopoly (Electronic Arts)
. More Brain Exercise (Namco Bandai)
. Need for Speed: Undercover (Electronic Arts)
. O.M.G. (Arkedo)
. Puzzle Quest 2 (Namco Bandai)
. Real Soccer 2 (Gameloft)
. The Revenants (Chaotic Moon)
. The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
. Rise of Glory (Revo Solutions)
. Rocket Riot (Codeglue)
. Splinter Cell Conviction (Gameloft)
. Star Wars: Battle for Hoth (THQ)
. Star Wars: Cantina (THQ)
. Tetris (Electronic Arts)
. The Harvest (Microsoft)
. The Oregon Trail (Gameloft)
. Tower Bloxx NY (Digital Chocolate)
. Twin Blades (Press Start Studio)
. UNO (Gameloft)
. Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet (i-Play)
. Zombie Attack! (IUGO)
. Zombies!!!! (Babaroga)