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Microsoft Offering iPhone Developers “Buckets of Money” to go Zune?
The iPhone Blog —
... Has Microsoft been approaching successful iPhone developers, offering “a bucket of money” for them to port their popular apps over to the new Zune HD platform? That’s what Daring Fireball is hearing: ...
News: Microsoft luring iPhone developers for Zune apps
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Microsoft has quietly been recruiting iPhone developers to create applications to run on its upcoming Zune HD media player. John Gruber of Daring Fireball reports that following a brief note he posted on the new 16GB and 32GB touchscreen media players, he received an email from the developer of an iPhone Twitter client, saying that he had been contacted by Microsoft and offered “a bucket of money” to port his app to the Zune. The developer in question turned down Microsoft’s offer, but assumes the company was pursuing similar agreements with the developers of multiple popular ...
Microsoft attempting to pay iPhone developers to write apps for Zune
MacDailyNews —
... and they’re attempting to court at least some successful indie iPhone developers to port their apps to the Zune," Gruber reports. "After my post, I got an email from the developer of an iPhone Twitter client. He was contacted by Microsoft a few months ago, with an offer to port his app to the Zune in exchange for 'a bucket of money.' He turned them down, but assumes, as I do, that Microsoft reached out to the developers of multiple popular iPhone apps," Gruber reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: When your product name long ago became a euphemism for fecal ...
iPhone devs offered cash to code for the Zune HD?
Engadget —
... We've all been a bit up in arms about the apparent lack of a push for apps on the Zune HD given the platform's obvious strengths, but news from Daring Fireball seems to suggest that may not be the whole story. According to John Gruber, after publishing a ...
Apple "awash in cash" as Microsoft offers "buckets" to Zune developers
AppleInsider —
... . According to John Gruber of Daring Fireball , a developer was offered a "bucket of money" to port a Twitter client from the iPhone to the Zune. The news is noteworthy because Microsoft has not yet announced any plans for an App Store-like offering on the upcoming Zune HD, or any ability for third-party software to run. "My source is certain the offer was for the Zune, but because he turned it down early on, he doesnt know the details regarding the OS or SDK," Gruber wrote. If true, the news could mean the Zune is more than just a media player and Web browser, as has ...
Microsoft Zune Team Launches Latest Exercise in Futility
Digital Daily —
... and courting developers to port their iPhone apps over to it. Which is not to say that the company isn’t building an answer to Apple’s App Store–it is. Redmond is just building it for Windows Mobile, not Zune. ...
