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Behold: The Microsoft Fune (with video)

Friday, August 21, 2009 · 11:30 am · 29 Comments

What if your smartphone could run Windows and AOL (not to mention AM radio)?

Behold: The Microsoft Fune

Direct link to video via Today BIG Thing here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Thomas B." for the heads up.]

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29 Comments

Bernd

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:40 am · Reply

Funny and looks like it could be true!
zumabebop

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:42 am · Reply

cheeky monkeys! brilliant!!
mike_in_helsinki

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:45 am · Reply

This is a big lie.

The Fune could never be so innovative coming from Microcrap
84 Mac Guy

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:46 am · Reply

They forgot to include a compass like the ones you once got in Crackjack boxes.
MidWest Mac

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:50 am · Reply

No, the screen would be much bigger than just (at a very low resolution, of course).
Macaday

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:55 am · Reply

First time Microsoft didn’t copy Cupertino…
LateRegistrant

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 11:59 am · Reply

I want one! But do they come in Zune brown?

Can’t wait until the third-party accessories come out — corkscrew, TripTik map compartment …
Jamie

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:00 pm · Reply

100% funny!
Rene

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:02 pm · Reply

omgee that was bad. lol geek humor is an acquired taste.
Occasional Poster

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:04 pm · Reply

Very appropriate for Japan!
Fune (foon) = Dung!

Hahaha!
RGKahn

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:10 pm · Reply

OMG! It is butt ugly! That is truly retro ugly.
berrylium

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:12 pm · Reply

Silly rabbit! Funes are for fools.
RGKahn

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:13 pm · Reply

And its not April First yet. Its funny, ugly, and every so steampunk.
BC Kelly

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:17 pm · Reply

C:/What is/so/wrong/with/that/download/store/?/.exe RUN
Sir Gill Bates

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:27 pm · Reply

Loved it! I always wonder if Steve Ballmer sees these kind of things. I sure hope so.
msmith222

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:30 pm · Reply

is it also a canteen? what is that little screw top?
Sir Gill Bates

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:34 pm · Reply

@ msmith222,

That’s where you pour in the kerosene. You never have to worry about charging any pesky batteries.
Zanetung

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:34 pm · Reply

I want one…NOW!
fef

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:51 pm · Reply

It looks like those WWI or WWII army devices to detonate Dynamite!
mm

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:55 pm · Reply

Like all good humor this ad has an element of truth. We all know M$oft loves to jam stuff into devices even if they make no sense so they can add to the “features” list. They think we’re stupid. They think we’ll always settle for less just because it’s from them. They’re playing catch up and they’re losing. People are realizing more and more that they have choices.

Mock and ridicule–more steps in the march of their decline.
theloniousMac

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:56 pm · Reply

I’m on an iPhone. I can’t see it.
Micro Me

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 1:44 pm · Reply

I call Fake! There was no mention of SquirtsForSure.
ken1w

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 1:51 pm · Reply

@ 84 Mac Guy

> They forgot to include a compass like the ones you once got in Crackjack boxes.

Agreed. A physical magnetic compass on the back would have been a great touch. Plus maybe the sliding tile game

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/15-puzzle.svg
minime

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 1:53 pm · Reply

The microsoft skunk works strikes again!

It’s Zune-worthy but needs the red ring of failure to properly brand it.
M.X.N.T.4.1.

Friday, August 21, 2009 - 2:56 pm · Reply

This is the problem Microsoft have made for themselves, no matter how good a product they might make now people wouldn’t believe it, they’ve been burned too many times. Microsoft is synonymous with crappy products.

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