Archive for March, 2009

MS phone being made now at Flextronics (The Inquirer)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 12:06 pm

Charlie Demerjian the inquirer Promised debut 'soon'

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Movaic Unveils Portable Hands-Free Viewing Accessory for iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, Zune, Palm and Similar Smartphones (Marketwire)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 8:18 am

EVERETT, WA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Movaic®, Inc. today released the iZelT ( www.MyiZel.com ), a truly portable stand for hands-free viewing of most popular smartphones. Equally useful at home, in the office, or while traveling, it's a welcome accessory for watching a video, monitoring e-mail, surfing the Web, or to simply position the device as a digital picture frame. It features a ...

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Microsoft’s Latest Ads Aim for Value-Conscious Consumers (ClickZ)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 12:24 am

The Crispin Porter + Bogusky campaign for "I'm a PC" takes on pricier Apple computers.

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New Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Show Zune Integration, Decent UI [Rumor] (Gizmodo)

Friday 27 March 2009 @ 5:54 pm

These purported Windows Mobile 7 screenshots shows the app Marketplace, an IM application and apparently, Zune integration, going with what Ballmy said about Zune as a service. Not too shabby, if...

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Windows Mobile 7 screenshots galore (MS Mobiles)

Thursday 26 March 2009 @ 6:19 pm

March 26, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. No multi-touch in sight. Slowness of Microsoft is legendary so apparently Zune services will not make it to Windows Mobile 6.5 that is coming after Summer this year. However Windows Mobile 7 will have Zune services integrated for sure ...

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Nick’s Zune Warehouse Sells Zunes by the Pound [Zunes] (Gizmodo)

Tuesday 24 March 2009 @ 7:24 pm

If you're in the market for a Zune, you might as well go to the store that's completely dedicated to everyone's favorite portable media player. [CollegeHumor]

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Steve Ballmer: “We’re going to stick with Zune.” (Geek.com)

Tuesday 24 March 2009 @ 5:50 pm

The Zune is not nearly so poor a digital audio player as its prominent embedding in the stinking, corpulent flesh of the infamous “Zune Guy” would have you believe. While the initial Zune was a solid piece of hardware betrayed by some mystifying firmware fubars, Microsoft’s plucky Zune team has plugged away at the software [...]

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Ballmer: Zune’s future might be as software on non-Zune devices (Engadget)

Monday 23 March 2009 @ 7:18 pm

Fear not, Zune lovers, your beloved media player isn't going anywhere just yet. Interviewed at the McGraw-Hill media conference, Microsoft's head honcho Steve Ballmer said that the hardware will continue to improve, but reaffirmed that its future may be as software / ecosystem found on other devices. "I won't say full steam ahead because that implies acceleration of investment," he said, "but ...

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Steve Ballmer on Zune’s Future: “I Won’t Say Full Steam Ahead” [Zune] (Gizmodo)

Monday 23 March 2009 @ 3:54 pm

What's the future of the Zune? It's a question that Steve Ballmer sort of answered last week. They're not abandoning it, but it doesn't look super bright and shiny, either. Baller said that they're...

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Ballmer: Microsoft Still Wants Yahoo! (BusinessWeek)

Thursday 19 March 2009 @ 11:20 am

Microsoft ( MSFT ) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says he's still interested in buying Yahoo! ( YHOO ), or at least part of it.

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