alleyinsider.com - 11/26/2008
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It's back: That pesky rumor that Microsoft (MSFT) might make its own cellphone. The latest bits involve a special Nvidia processor called Tegra , and a Zune-based gadget codenamed "Pink."
Industry observer Michael Gartenberg thinks Microsoft won't make its own cellphone because doing so would ...
get.skyfire.com - 11/24/2008
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get.skyfire.com —
Windows Mobile phones: Skyfire runs on Microsoft Windows
5, 6, and 6.1. We support VGA and QVGA...
screen resolutions. Skyfire runs on many popular Windows Mobile phones including the HTC Tilt, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Fuze, Motorola Q and Q9, Palm Pro, ...
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cnbc.com - 11/25/2008
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cnbc.com —
I'm hearing from a good source that Microsoft
is ready to give a major facelift to the...
company's Zune music player that could mean its evolution into a new smart phone from the company. My source says that the new device falls under the codename ...
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Microsoft's Zune To Evolve Into New "Pink" Smart Phone? ...
osnn.net - 11/24/2008
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osnn.net —
A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action...
lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold ...
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The curious case of the Microsoft Zune phone
VentureBeat —
... Definitely also worth noting is that Microsoft doesn’t make that much money off of Windows Mobile. Even at high-end estimates, those 20 million licenses probably only pull in some $300 million in revenue, Silicon Alley Insider estimates. That is pocket change for Microsoft. And Apple is already pulling nearly $5 billion in revenue from the iPhone — a quarter! ...
I Still Believe in a Microsoft Phone
Microsoft Watch —
... and mobile devices. So my gooseeh, turkey for the seasonis cooked. Or is it? Gobble, gobble, gobble. Over at Silicon Alley Insider, Dan Frommer makes a case for " Why Microsoft should make its own phone ": Windows Mobile isn't Windows, lacking both its market share and price tag. Those 20 million licenses don't make much for Microsoft, which only charges $8 to $15 per phone, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Even at the high end of that range, selling 20 million licenses in a year is just $300 million in revenue for Microsoft. That's couch lint for a company ...
Rumor: Zune Phone is Coming to CES 2009
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Not bad if you can shake that amount of cash, but it seems positively paltry next to the $4.6 billion in revenue that Apple just made in the last quarter from their iPhone sales. ...
Zune Phone Rumored to Appear at CES 2009
Tech Observer —
... Not bad if you can shake that amount of cash, but it seems positively paltry next to the $4.6 billion in revenue that Apple just made in the last quarter from its iPhone sales. ...
Don't Believe Microsoft Phone Rumors
Microsoft Watch —
... that incorporated features from and integrated services with Zune and Xbox. There is a strong revenue case to be made for a Microsoft handset. In a November Silicon Alley Insider post, Dan Frommer explained how Microsoft would have to sell 300 million Windows Mobile licenses to make the same money as Apple did selling 6.9 million iPhones. Mobile handset shipments are expected to top 1.3 billion this year, with less than 250 million being smartphones. Microsoft can't sell enough licenses to match even one quarter of iPhone revenues. Dan makes a good case for a Microsoft ...
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