False Alarm: Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 Device Just a Failed Prototype

"Get your hopes up about that Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 slider that surfaced over the weekend? Well, then we're afraid we've got a bit of bad news. According to Mobile Review's Eldar Murtazin, it's just an "old prototype that was canceled last year." "

Well, we should have known it was too good to be true.  They have been denying any interest in Windows Phone for a while.  It would be nice to add another major manufacturer to the fold, but it may take a few years of growing success to convince them to adopt Windows Phone.  In due time, right?