The new sidekick = Zune Phone?
We have already reported on the acquisition of Danger software by Microsoft a while back. There is a new sidekick in the works and we are hoping to see some hints of the zune incorporated into the new phone. Microsoft wouldn’t purchase Danger if there wasn’t anything more in the future. With the recent announcement [...]
Zune’s death greatly exaggerated
It’s not over till the fat lady sings eh? Well she hasn’t even made it out on stage..
New reports from Microsoft say the zune-hardware isn’t going anywhere despite some recent negative speculation. A Zune spokesman told Wired blogger Eliot Van Buskirk that “we’re not getting out of the hardware business at all,” and that Microsoft [...]
Ballmer Changes Tune On iPhone, Says No Zune Phone
Zach Spear writes the following article for AppleInsider
Shortly after the iPhone was announced at Macworld 2007, Ballmer lambasted the Apple handset as the “most expensive phone in the world” while noting that Microsoft sells “millions and millions and millions of phones a year” while “Apple sells zero.”
“I’d prefer to have our software in 60 percent [...]
Microsoft Zune Phone – Patent Application Hints At Zune Phone
Microsoft revealed back in April of 2007 it’s patent application for the zune phone. It’s almost been almost two year and no suprises yet. The patent application that gives us a glimpse of what the Microsoft Zune Phone user interface (UI) could look like. Microsoft has already announced their work on a tiled, zooming UI [...]
Even Gizmodo Wants to See a Zune Phone
Come on Mr. Softy! Like many insurances companies the only statement from MicroSoft has been to deny, deny, and deny rumors of the Zune Phone. I can think of a few good reasons why Microsoft would do this. First of all why give any clues to your competitors about what your building? That would only [...]
Gates And Jobs Ride Into The Sunset
Next week, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs hand over their New Year’s speaking gigs to new blood.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Gates’ stage will be manned by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Sony chairman Howard Stringer. Over at Macworld, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller will run the show for the first time.
All [...]
Editorial: Saving The Zune By Killing It
The following is an excellent editorial written by Raul Burriel. “Saving The Zune By Killing It” can be found The-Trades.com
Microsoft’s Zune was already a laughing stock. Perhaps the best and brightest competition against Apple’s iPod juggernaut, people largely saw it as an “also ran”. Its best feature was its social networking functionality. It led [...]
What To Watch For From Microsoft At CES
Windows Mobile: At a dinner in Santa Clara, Calif., in early September, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer boasted of Windows Mobile’s standing in the smart phone market: Over the past year, he said, smart phones with Windows Mobile installed had outsold both Research in Motion’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone.
When Ballmer takes the stage at the [...]
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