gartenblog.net - 2/12/2009
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Well it doesn’t get much stronger than this . I think it’s pretty clear that we’re not going to see a phone from Microsoft. I’ve talked about why we wouldn’t see a Zune phone before but it’s worth repeating. The business model of Windows Mobile is totally different than Zune and the Xbox (in ...
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 ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 2/12/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
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 ...
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A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone ...
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
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The Macalope Weekly: With competitors like these, who needs friends?
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... the law of Mac rumor site infallibility! You know, the one where they can have all the details of a device—features, price, timing—100% wrong but still be “right” when something roughly similar gets announced years later. She can’t steal their patented rumor-validation intellectual property! But why is the Macalope thrilled by this news? He is thrilled because a Zune phone must, by the comic laws that govern our universe, be simply hysterical. And the Macalope’s not going to let Michael Gartenberg’s staid, reasonable analysis stand in the way of his dream of one day being ...
The Macalope Weekly: With competitors like these, who needs friends?
Macworld —
... the law of Mac rumor site infallibility! You know, the one where they can have all the details of a device—features, price, timing—100% wrong but still be “right” when something roughly similar gets announced years later. She can’t steal their patented rumor-validation intellectual property! But why is the Macalope thrilled by this news? He is thrilled because a Zune phone must, by the comic laws that govern our universe, be simply hysterical. And the Macalope’s not going to let Michael Gartenberg’s staid, reasonable analysis stand in the way of his dream of one day being ...
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