Windows Phone 7 Series

• ICYMI: SXSWi is for geeks, and here are the t-shirts to prove it — Urlesque
• This "reality" TV show is about porn stars who play Dungeons and Dragons. No kidding! — io9
• Stylish ways to display your digital photos — Unplggd
• Windows Phone 7 Series won't have copy and paste — Oh Gizmo!
• Leaked photos hint that the next Xbox 360 will be super slim — Dvice
• You'll have to wait till 2011 to see Avatar in 3D on Blu-Ray — Gizmodo
• A simple hack makes your new Magic Mouse more ergonomic — Lifehacker
• Fake Steve Jobs creating TV show called iCon — Switched

You've heard all about the Windows Phone 7 Series, but you haven't heard much about the apps that will be available on the handset — until now, that is. Making their debut today at the Microsoft MIX 10 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft showed off a new Netflix app, alongside plans for a sleek Foursquare app that will keep you connected to your pals, which will both be available on the Windows Phone come Winter.

Also developing apps for the new phone are Sling Media (so you can watch your favorite shows on the go — just like the iPhone and BlackBerry have now), Fandango, EA, Photobucket, Match.com, and much more.

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Microsoft dropped a bomb on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, and it's called the Windows Phone 7 Series. If you're a Windows Mobile user, you can toss out everything you think you know about how this phone will look and feel — it's a whole new operating system for you to enjoy.

The Windows Phone comes with a touchscreen and a brand-new tiled interface that allows you to keep up with friends, photos (from your phone and from the cloud), music and videos, games from Xbox Live (including your animated avatar that you can customize right from your phone), Marketplace apps, and business-y stuff like Office easily from your home screen. But the most noticeable thing about the Windows Phone is that this thing looks pretty slick: everything from the background screen to the status update screen is minimal and totally "grown up."

Zune owners will sense some familiarity about the look and feel of the Windows Phone, but if you haven't been introduced, you can check out the demo video of the new handset and get availability details when you read more