“What do you get if you take an iPhone, remove the clean UI, user friendliness, nice industrial design, battery life, cachet, functional OS, and in general everything else that makes it worthwhile? The new Microsoft phone, powered by Nvidia,” Charlie Demerjian reports for The Inquirer.
“Yeah, you heard it right, MS is going to make its own branded phone, after all, everyone kicking the company around the block has one, so it should too! If you were wondering why Nvidia never mentions the phrase Linux when talking Tegra, even though it is the most appropriate OS for the chip, now you know. NV appears to have sold Linux out to get the MS flagship deal, how nice of them,” Demerjian reports.
Demerjian reports, “The phone is slated to be announced at 3GSM this coming February, so if you plan on attending, please look surprised when MS unveils it. No word on when it will hit the streets but it probably won’t be long after that. We think this ‘me too’ phone will have all the success of the Zune.”
Full article here.
The Microtanic is rudderless and meandering around ever more wildly pinballing off icebergs.
Attention Windows Mobile phone makers: You’ve been PlayedForSure. Are you going to learn your lesson this time? Try googling “Android.”
Microsoft is not to be trusted. Microsoft will extoll the horizontal model until the day the defecate on their “partners” and go vertical – copying Apple yet again – with a Microsoft-branded “solution.”
“We have our strategy, we’ve got great Windows Mobile devices in the market today… I like our strategy. I like it a lot.” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO Ballmer laughs at Apple iPhone – January 17, 2007
Like Zune, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS is a joke.
And Microsoft’s branded phone will ultimately fail. iCal it.
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Apparently the focus group involved liked “Zunaphone”… you heard it here first.
I have a feeling this ‘smartphone’ with a totally new, never-before-seen OS from MS will not be as big of a debacle as Zune, mainly because of those CIOs (and CTOs) so enamored with everything MS.
I’m with those who say RIM as a strong lock on those IT shops that already support smartphones. Changing from RIM to MS will be too much work (read that: too much money), certainly in the near term. Yes, MS has the deep pockets and can think long term. But where did that long term thinking get Vista when most IT organizations didn’t adopt it?
You have all already seen this Phone the prototype has the nick name Big Ass Table, all they did was add a wagon so you could pull it around and a Cellular Radio.
I can’t wait! I can’t wait!
You I-Phone losers have been pwned by Microsoft! Again!
I’m a PC.
Your potential. Our passion.™
@loloontheair — “Smells already like a hit!”
Or does it just rhyme with hit?
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Waow! I’m each time amaised about M$’s incredible strength of imagination and innovation! Where do they get all those fantastic ideas!!
Really Zune Tang… i can perfectly understand your joyfull enthousiasm!
;x
…Only, M$ should make them smaller… Not many Zunes have been sold… but much enough to cause trouble when flushed down the toilets… Some people coudn’t use them for a while with this damn thing holding all back…!
Let’s hope MS makes their new phone in a spherical shape so users can throw it further.
Typical Macalot jihadists… did anyone see the post they grabbed this from WAS OVER A YEAR OLD?
As for not many Zunes sold? Over 2 million to date, no, not near the marketshare of the iPod, but still a very significant number.
You Apple sheep are amazing. Keep drinking the KoolAid!
@ Chris
”Just one question… where is Zune Tang? I’d love to see his take on this one.“
After the ZunePhone arrives, he’ll change his name to Zune Tone®
You read it here first…
Forgive my alter-ego. He’s uptight because he can’t find another Zune user to squirt songs to. Plus his Vista box crashed… Again!
“You’ve been PlayedForSure”
Nice!
Apparently Good_Merlin lives in the past.
He still thinks that for whatever reason Windows hasn’t been very stable since the release of Windows XP.
I would love to see proof that Windows Vista crashes any more than MacOS X…