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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series: Too little too late?
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| If you assume Microsoftâs mobile platform
| share further erodes the Windows Phone 7
| launch will have to be big to compete. Thatâs
| why you hear the stray rumors about Microsoft
| buying Research in Motion.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=30791
Windows Mobile 7: Too Late to Save Microsoft?
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| Microsoft is not too big to fail, and it has
| done so spectacularly in the past. While we
| have high hopes that whatever Steve Ballmer
| shows off on Monday can revive the Windows
| Mobile name, Microsoft will need a hell of a
| product and brutish PR to overcome the
| barriers it has already laid out for itself by
| sauntering into the marketplace years after
| the game leaders.
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/windows-mobile-7-too-late-to-save-microsoft/?news=123
IPhone, Android Gain Market-Share at Microsoft and Palmâs Expense
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/02/09/iphone-android-gain-market-share-at-microsoft-and-palms-expense/
Microsoft Mimics Apple
http://www.benzinga.com/markets/company-news/126444/microsoft-mimics-apple
Microsoft Lags Behind Apple, Again...
http://www.benzinga.com/markets/company-news/133087/microsoft-lags-behind-apple-again
Microsoft Snuggles With AT&T For Windows Phones
http://www.crn.com/mobile/222900586;jsessionid=BIOHF3LMHCRC5QE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN
Microsoft Anoints AT&T as Preferred Windows Phone 7 Carrier
http://mashtrends.com/02/digg-trends/microsoft-anoints-att-as-preferred-windows-phone-7-carrier/20/
Microsoft-AT&T Tie-Up Is One More Reason For Apple To Dump Its AT&T Exclusive
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-att-tie-up-is-one-more-reason-for-apple-to-sell-a-verizon-iphone-2010-2
Googleâs Schmidt On The State Of The Mobile Phone: âItâs Like Magicâ
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| Has Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) upstaged Google
| (NSDQ: GOOG) at this yearâs Mobile World
| Congress? Almost without exception, reviewers
| have praised Microsoftâs new Windows Phone 7
| seriesâbut on Tuesday Google got its own
| chance in the spotlight as CEO Eric Schmidt
| took the keynote stage. Schmidtâs speech was
| thinky; holding a piece of paper with his
| notes, he referred to the rise of cloud
| computing and faster connectivity speeds as
| driving mobile adoption. âA device that is not
| connected is not interesting, it is literally
| lonely. An application that does not leverage
| the cloud isnât going to wow anybody,â he
| said. âItâs like magic. All of a sudden there
| are things you can do that weâve never even
| (thought of) because of this convergence.â
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http://paidcontent.org/article/419-googles-schmidt-the-new-rule-is-mobile-first-in-everything/
JOKE OF THE WEEK: Microsoft Plans To Charge For Its Mobile Operating System
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| Microsoft will charge carriers for its OS,
| while Google is giving Android away for free.
| (The other big competitors, Apple and RIM,
| don't license their operating systems to third
| parties.)
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http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-windows-phone-license-revenue-2010-2
Despite Suggestions, Microsoft Will Charge for Mobile OS
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/?full_skip=1&/news/Microsoft-Will-Charge-for-Mobile-OS/story.xhtml?story_id=10200CGU1S3I
CHART OF THE DAY: The Collapse Of Microsoft's Mobile Business
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| In any event, for Microsoft, the new product
| can't come soon enough. After an early lead in
| the U.S. smartphone war, Microsoft has lost
| much of its market share and almost all of its
| relevance, as BlackBerry maker Research In
| Motion and Apple's iPhone have taken over.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-windows-mobile-apple-blackberry-share-2010-2
Intel and Nokia Dream of Mobile Mastery
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2010/02/19/intel-and-nokia-dream-of-mobile-mastery.aspx
ANALYSIS-Microsoft may end up resorting to M&A in mobile
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| The new Windows phone software is a big
| improvement on its predecessor but may not be
| enough to reverse market share losses, and
| Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) may have to eventually
| buy a Nokia or BlackBerry maker RIM to get
| back into the game.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1712649720100219
Microsoft Acquiring RIM May Be Bad Idea, Says Analyst
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| Microsoft is reportedly interested in
| purchasing BlackBerry maker Research In
| Motion, but such an acquisition could have
| negative consequences for Microsoft, an
| analyst says.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Acquiring-RIM-May-Be-Bad-Idea-Says-Analyst-556974/
Microsoft may end up resorting to M&A in mobile
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/microsoft-may-endresorting-to-mamobile_442816.html
Microsoft's Ballmer eyes RIM acquisition
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=452932
Recent:
Microsoft to discontinue Mobile2Market program
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| Microsoft will discontinue Mobile2Market, its
| mobile application certification and
| marketing program for independent software
| and hardware vendors.
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http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/microsoft-discontinue-mobile2market-program/2010-01-18
Microsoft Struggles to Extend Desktop Dominance to Mobile
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| Unlike Windows Mobile, the platform developed
| by a massive cross-industry alliance led by
| Internet giant Google, is based on open
| source Linux software and enables greater
| flexibility for programmers building
| applications and features tailored to
| handsets.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/01/133_58798.html
Windows Mobile 7: Should Microsoft even bother?
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| When looking at all the competitors for
| smartphone supremacy, you might say the
| Windows Mobile is DLF in the rankings
| (although a recent report places it at third
| place). Some would even contend that
| Microsoft would have been better off never
| entering this race if it weren't going to put
| up a good fight. That may shock the 7.2
| million users of the Microsoft smartphone OS,
| especially those in the enterprise who don't
| see the iPhone as a serious contender at all
| (due in part to Apple's history of ignoring
| the needs of the enterprise in favor of the
| individual user).
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-mobile-7-should-microsoft-even-bother-356
Windows Mobile 7: Can Microsoft reinvent the mobile market?
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/011410-windows-mobile-7-reinvent.html
Microsoft: We weren't talking about Windows Mobile 7 at CES
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft-We-werent-talking-about-Windows-Mobile-7-at-CES/1263586701
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