Windows Phone 8 may land October 29th, just days after its desktop brother

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/08/windowsphonedevsummit0131-600.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/29/windows-phone-8-may-land-october-29th-just-days-after-its-deskt/)Word on the street is that Windows Phone 8 will get its official launch on October 29th. When asked for confirmation, Microsoft issued a pretty standard "no comment," which leads us to believe there might actually be something to this rumor. With Windows 8 slated to land on October 26th (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/18/microsoft-windows-8-ship-date-october-26-confirmed/), we wouldn't be surprised to see its portable counterpart hit the market just a few days later, as ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley is suggesting. October is already expected to be a rather hectic month for Microsoft, with launch ofcountless (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/29/samsung-series-5-ultra-touch-ultrabook-arrives-october-26th-starts-at-799-pricing/) Windows 8 tablets scheduled (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/microsoft-surface-199/). Putting WP8 out alongside its first batch of handsets (helloATIV S (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/29/samsung-announces-ativ-s-a-4-8-inch-windows-phone-8-device/)!) would only make sense, really. We can think of a reason (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/two-sources-talk-of-iphone-event-around-september-12th/) or two (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/25/allthingsd-ipad-mini-launch-october/) that Microsoft might want to utterly dominate a few news cycles.

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