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Microsoft confirms Izune in June
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| IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft is getting closer to launching the Zune phone we told
| you about earlier, here and here.
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| We have been saying for a while that the launch is quite imminent, production
| snafu's aside, and Microsoft just confirmed it.
|
| [...]
|
| Hold off? Why, so you can be disappointed by the new Ibrick SP3, then go out
| and buy an Iphone or Pre? So you can feel the warm fuzzyness of owning a
| Izune, and by that I mean the heat of the Nvidia chipset burning your leg?
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137304/ms-confirms-izune-june
Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft's Pink phone?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2752
Microsoft's software profitability erodes (profit down over 30%). They tried to
sell hardware with Zune and XBox. They failed miserably.
Recent:
Windows Mobile Users Complain About Upgrade Policy
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| While the answers a Windows Mobile executive provided to questions posted to
| a Facebook discussion provided very little information, the questions posed
| by 55 fans hint at what users want in the mobile platform.
|
| Aaron Woodman, director for consumer experiences for Windows Mobile, invited
| anyone to submit questions about Windows Mobile on a Facebook page. When he
| began posting answers more than two weeks later, his most common response was
| along the lines of "nothing to announce."
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/162826/windows_mobile_users_complain_about_upgrade_policy.html
Controversy Erupts Over Possible MS Mobile App Fee
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| Microsoft may charge developers if they submit within a year more than five
| applications or application updates to the Windows Mobile Marketplace, a move
| that has some developers concerned that the store won't be able to compete
| with the iPhone App Store or the Android Market.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/162046/controversy_erupts_over_possible_ms_mobile_app_fee.html?tk=rss_news
Microsoft kills Windows Mobile honeycomb
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| VOLE HAS CHANGED the distinctive honeycomb interface on the new Windows
| Mobile 6.5 following shedloads of complaints.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/472/1051472/microsoft-kills-windows-mobile-honeycomb
Windows Mobile Is Still Immobile
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| News Analysis. My reaction to today's Microsoft announcements coming out of
| the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: Too little. Too late. Too bad.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/desktop_mobile/windows_mobile_is_still_immobile.html
Windows Mobile misses annual shipment target
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| Lees, a veteran Microsoft executive who moved from the Server & Tools unit in
| February, attributed the lower-than-projected Windows Mobile sales to some
| devices coming to market slightly later than previously expected. He declined
| to say which ones.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/144818.asp?source=rss
Why Windows Mobile Is In Trouble
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| Recently it was revealed that the newest version of Microsoft’s mobile
| operating system, Windows Mobile 7.0, would be delayed until as late as 2010.
| The updated version, which the company’s partners had reportedly been hoping
| to have by early 2009, was aimed at giving Microsoft a bigger presence on the
| mobile stage. But delay or no delay, I don’t think it would have been enough.
| With competition from a resurgent BlackBerry platform from Research in
| Motion, Apple’s iPhone and most importantly, the Google Phone platform (I
| will analyze Nokia’s Symbian platform in a separate post at a later date),
| Microsoft’s mobile platform is facing its toughest environment yet.
|
| [...]
|
| Sometime later this month, the G-1 will go on sale and people (at least those
| in the U.S.) will be able to experience the difference between a Windows
| Mobile- and an Android-based phone for themselves. Of course, some will find
| the shortcomings of the Google Phone — and according to Mossberg, there are
| many — grating. Others, like me, will be suitably impressed. And if they’re
| impressed enough, most handset makers will want to join the party.
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http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2008/10/15/15gigaom-why-windows-mobile-is-in-trouble-24747.html
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