The Windows Phone 8X will come in a variety of colors including California Blue, Graphite Black, Flame Red and Limelight Yellow.

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And with the Olympic flame extinguished soon after the lamps of 400 women dressed in flowing white robes had faded to black as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sang, the countdown to Vancouver's two weeks of glory had officially begun.

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