It is due to launch in Europe and Asia on October 21, 2010, and in the US on November 8th, 2010. With WP7, Microsoft offers a new user interface, integrates the operating system with other services, and plans to strictly control the hardware it runs on.
Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 on February 15, 2010, at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona and revealed additional details at MIX 2010 on March 15.
Windows Phone 7 was released to manufacturing on September 1, 2010, and the final SDK was made available on September 16, 2010.