3GSM World Congress — Microsoft and Flextronics announced Peabody, a new mobile phone platform. Peabody phones will be GSM based and will run Windows Mobile software.

Available only to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Peabody is a low-cost, feature-rich Original Design & Manufacture (ODM) platform developed by both companies. Peabody can be brought to market quickly, cost-effectively and at high volumes.

No OEMs have announced plans to use the Peabody design so far.