blogs.zdnet.com - 2/12/2009
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February 6th, 2009 A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:31 am Categories: Code names , Corporate strategy , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Telecommunications , Windows Live , Windows Mobile , Xbox , Zune Tags: Phone , Smart Phone , Microsoft ...
microsoft.com - 2/13/2009
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microsoft.com —
Twenty-seven-year retail veteran will focus on transforming the
PC and device-buying experience for retail consumers and developing
and rolling out new Microsoft-branded stores. REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 12, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that ...
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Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice ...
reuters.com - 2/13/2009
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reuters.com —
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp announced plans Thursday
to open its own chain of branded stores as
it looks to catch up with rival Apple Inc's successful move into retailing. The world's largest software company, which also makes the Xbox video ...
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Microsoft to open own stores, take on Apple
moconews.net - 2/19/2009
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image At Microsoft’s press conference yesterday at Mobile
World Congress, if you tied two threads together, you
learned a very interesting fact about HTC, one of the company’s closest handset makers—the Taiwanese company is responsible for 80 percent ...
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@ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is ...
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The Macalope Weekly: With competitors like these, who needs friends?
Macworld —
... . Well, hold on to your Zune jokes, dear readers, because reports of the Zune phone’s death may have been premature . So may-have-been-premature that ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley is already patting herself on the back. A year ago I speculated that Microsoft officials were carefully choosing their words about the existence of Zune phones. Looks like I was right. There will be Zune phones. Mary Jo’s end-zone dance is sponsored by “people familiar with the company’s mobile plans with whom [she’s] spoken.” Hey, wait a minute! That’s the law of Mac rumor site infallibility! You ...
The Macalope Weekly: With competitors like these, who needs friends?
MacUser —
... . Well, hold on to your Zune jokes, dear readers, because reports of the Zune phone’s death may have been premature . So may-have-been-premature that ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley is already patting herself on the back. A year ago I speculated that Microsoft officials were carefully choosing their words about the existence of Zune phones. Looks like I was right. There will be Zune phones. Mary Jo’s end-zone dance is sponsored by “people familiar with the company’s mobile plans with whom [she’s] spoken.” Hey, wait a minute! That’s the law of Mac rumor site infallibility! You ...
Microsoft: We're Still Not Making a Phone
Gearlog —
... Reliable Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley takes things another step, saying in a blog post back in February that "Microsoft is developing some smartphone reference implementations." These are essentially demos and recommendations, to show device manufacturers the best way to build Windows Mobile phones. ...
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