A Nokia, Windows Phone 7, and AT&T threesome for CES?

A sign of things to come, but with AT&T?

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With the 2012 CES set to begin just two months from today, it’s a perfect time to start speculation on what we might see in Las Vegas.

Today’s rumor concerns Nokia and Windows Phone 7, two technology brands that up until last month were playing a game of hide-and-go-seek. Just when we were about to give up all hope, they finally got hitched at Nokia World when they debuted two shiny phones with the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. And now it appears that they might form a threesome with AT&T at the annual electronics extravaganza.

The Verge started the buzz yesterday when it reported that Nokia is hedging its Windows Phone 7 bet in the United States because the company wants to go LTE, or not go at all. As such, AT&T may just be the lucky carrier for a series of unannounced devices that will sport a new Windows Phone 7 update called Tango. (We had Mango, so next up is Tango. Get it?)

Then just today, WinRumors followed up with the prediction that Nok… [Read more]

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