Gizmodo has friends in high Microsoft places, apparently. A day after letting the world in on what it called a "late prototype" of the Courier tablet, the blog is showcasing Project Pink, what it claims is Microsoft's "first major phone play since the iPhone." There are two handsets in the post, the Turtle and Pure.

The two look fairly similar to one another--sliders with what appears to be a large touchscreen. The influence of Microsoft-owned Danger is certainly clear in these handsets, both of which seem a far cry from the standard Windows Mobile business handsets we're used to.

The phones may also mark the future of the Zune software, as has been speculated a fair share over the past year or so.