Microsoft planning a Zune-based smartphone
By Chris Green in Editorial
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You are faced with the following dilemma:
- You are a major multi-national software company keen to take a good slice of the smartphone market.
- You have a smartphone platform that you
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Loading ...Comment by Devo - July 15, 2008 on 12:08 am
Move along people…. MS would have a better time building a car and selling it….. than building a Zune-a-fone.
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Comment by Radiation - July 17, 2008 on 5:59 pm
That’s all fine and dandy except for the glaring fact that J Allard has repeatedly and adamantly insisted that their will be no Zune phone. The last thing they need is a bunch of pissed off partners again, like with Zune and playsforsure.
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Comment by steve ballmer - July 20, 2008 on 2:11 am
I have been telling you people about this for over a year on my blog! DUH!
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Comment by GeorgePina - July 22, 2008 on 1:45 pm
WHO CARES WHETHER YOUR WRONG OR RIGHT, JUST BE EXCITED IT MIGHT ACTUALLY HAPPEN!
Comment by Travis - July 23, 2008 on 5:57 pm
“This isn
Comment by Jordan - July 26, 2008 on 5:58 pm
i dont think apple is owning the smartphone market there is still alot of flaws with the 3G iphone
Comment by Chris Green - August 6, 2008 on 2:21 pm
I agree, there are several key flaws with the iPhone 3G, least of all the terrible battery life and the fact it gets hot enough to fry an egg on the back of it.
The smartphone market is still wide open, but the window of opportunity for a new player or new device to enter the market and clean-up is closing fast.
Comment by Zune Phone - November 10, 2008 on 3:05 pm
Microsoft is fine with 2nd or 3rd place and the smartphone market is still in its infancy. Microsoft would make a few people angry but making their own Zune phone is smart.
Comment by sh0rty - February 2, 2009 on 5:38 am
jz wondering but why is MS always switching markets? MS first tried to establish themselves on the music-market by releasing a counter-part of the iPod Touch. They screwed up and now they are looking to attack Samsung or Palm on “their” market? 
Hmmm … well time will tell but maybe it might be smarter to remain on one market and try to establish a product. Samsung tried it and they released a couple of bad products but their latest device really looks interesting. Dunno how they’d name it but it looks really interesting. P3 or P4 or w/e
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