Microsoft has taken another step toward a holiday release for its next generation of smart phones.

The software maker isn't giving an exact launch date for Windows Phone 7. But the company says the tools programmers will use to build Windows Phone 7 applications are complete. It says developers can start submitting apps to Microsoft for approval in October.

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