Nokia, Microsoft Holding Windows Phone Event on September 5

You've heard the rumors, and now it's finally time to pin a date to the calendar at long last.

Nokia and Microsoft issued a joint invitation on Wednesday, inviting the press to what's most definitely a Windows Phone announcement going down in New York City on September 5.

While the familiar tiles on the invitation sent to Engadget leave little doubt that the two companies will be talking about Windows Phone, it's unclear at the moment if the conference will unveil new Windows Phone 8 handsets, which have been leaking nearly as much as the sixth-generation iPhone in recent weeks.

Despite the Nokia Maps tile on the invite, there's some pretty compelling evidence to support the debut of new Lumia handsets at the event.

First, the invite lists Nokia before Microsoft, which seems to indicate it's more about hardware than the Windows Phone 8 software, which Redmond has already previewed on their own.

Second, September 5 just so happens to coincide with the opening of the Nokia World conference, where the Finnish handset maker is most certainly planning to take the wraps off new smartphone hardware.

We'll all have to wait until September 5 at 10am EST to know for sure, but Windows Phone fans will have some restless nights over the next three weeks in any event.

Source: Engadget

J.R. is a recovering independent feature film producer/director who turned a love of shiny gadgets into a steady stream of gigs writing about them for fun and profit. He can be frequently be found talking nonsense on Twitter and IGN.

Source : ign[dot]com