“Contrary to rampant market speculation, software giant Microsoft Corp. has no plans to launch a branded mobile smartphone, a person familiar with the company’s thinking said Tuesday,” Jessica Hodgson reports for Dow Jones Newswires.
MacDailyNews Take: Since when does Microsoft think?
Hodgson continues, “‘It’s clearly not Microsoft’s strategy to make phone hardware,’ the person said. ‘Our core competency is creating an operating system and a set of services that enable our partners to produce great phones.'”
MacDailyNews Take: So, where are these “great” Windows Mobile phones? Also please explain why Microsoft tossed their PlaysForSure “partners” into the dumpster in order to execute their Zune debacle?
Hodgson continues, “Earlier Tuesday, a research note from Canaccord Adams suggested the company was readying a smartphone based on hardware from Nvidia Corp., which would possibly incorporate Microsoft’s Zune music device. Such a product would compete directly with Apple Inc.’s iPhone… Such a plan would put Microsoft directly into competition with many of its big clients. The software company makes mobile phone operating systems that are used by a number of handset makers.”
MacDailyNews Take: See previous question.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike in Helsinki” for the heads up.]
If true, it’s too bad; it would have been fun to see the disaster they would’ve cobbled together.
The only thing that Microsoft does good developer tools and sdk’s, I like visual studio for development and .Net in general.
The rest is trash..
> Such a product would compete directly with Apple Inc.’s iPhone
“Compete”? It would be more accurate to say “attempt to compete.”
Combine a mediocre phone with a mediocre music player running mediocre software, and you get… mediocre competition for iPhone. And a mediocre product that no one will want. Looks like Microsoft is playing it smart this time; their most profitable option is NOT to compete with iPhone directly, a lesson learned from Zune/iPod.