Comments on: Microsoft's New Mobile Phone Software Is Coming (and Its "Project Pink" Still Lives)–But Should It Just Give Up and Buy RIM?

By: Microsoft acquires RIM? It’s a bad idea, says analyst | Budi Putra

Microsoft acquires RIM? It’s a bad idea, says analyst | Budi Putra — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:04:28 +0000

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Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:29:04 +0000

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By: iptoolz

iptoolz — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:56:41 +0000

does microsoft offer any other features to it like reverse cell phone lookup or any thing like that.

By: Microsoft Set to Introduce "Pink" Phone | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:50:45 +0000

[...] like Microsoft’s long-rumored “Pink” phone project is about to make the jump from speculation to reality. Gizmodo has managed to get its hands on some [...]

By: renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day

renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:03:52 +0000

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By: pwb

pwb — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:22:54 +0000

I think Palm would actually be a great acquisition for Microsoft and could lay the groundwork for Microsoft to actually get back in the game. MSFT desperately needs to lose the “Windows everywhere” approach to everything. Mobile demands a different approach. Palm's products are actually quite good but need the type of muscle that MSFT could provide.

By: mtcoder

mtcoder — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:47:59 +0000

It did pass and was approved. Don't think they hold any real testing of apps on the store. They more worried that it won't blatantly bring the network down, and that it isn't a full on instant hack. But with having a small group and literally billions of apps to approve or not. They don't really check them all out. With the size apple states they have of reviewers, compared to the number of apps they approve each month, they are on average spending 10 minutes per app. Kinda hard to reverse engineer a complex app in 10 minutes.

By: Kara Swisher on Microsoft’s Mobile Dilemma «

Kara Swisher on Microsoft’s Mobile Dilemma « — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:13:21 +0000

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By: wingsy

wingsy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:01:53 +0000

“Not the best place to have your business's CEO's phone number when you can download an Iphone app that sends that number to the app's database. Already a proof in concept app that does just that.”

You just pointed out the main reason all apps have to go through Apple's evaluation & approval process. Try getting that “proof of concept” app into the app store. You could probably get it into the Android store or the WinMo store, since they're proponents of anything-goes apps, but highly unlikely to sneak it past Apple's guardians.

By: wockrassa

wockrassa — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:52:21 +0000

"The most prominent of those rumors is that the new OS morphs into a kind of “ZunePhone,” incorporating functionality from the software of Microsoft’s digital music player."

Fabulous. Two half-assed implementations kitbashed into another desperate attempt to almost-but-not-quite be a wildly successful Apple product.

There are scads of issues with an all-Apple approach, not the least of which is the nonreplaceability or upgradeability of hardware. (Good luck swapping out an iPod or iPhone battery.) But that doesn't change the success of their products, and most of that is down to absolutely superior ergonomics.

MS has *never* produced *anything* with good ergonomics. Until they do, they will continue to lose traction.

By: Microsoft to buy … ? [updated] at Carpadium Consulting

Microsoft to buy … ? [updated] at Carpadium Consulting — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:21:20 +0000

[...] Update 2010-Feb-12: Kara Swisher has some more thoughts on the idea of a RIM purchase. [...]

By: burrr

burrr — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:32:14 +0000

I doubt RIM has any interest in selling to Microsoft… Palm would be less risk for Microsoft anyway — Palm is financially unstable right now and they have a brand new, modern mobile OS. If M$ wants to be #1 purely based on sales, buying someone like Nokia or RIM would be the answer. But it would never truly be a Microsoft product. If they actually want to take the top spot as a source of pride for their company, they need to develop a truly kick ass mobile platform. Is “Project Pink” that product? Who knows. Another option for Microsoft would be a radically new approach — embrace either Android or newly open-sourced Symbian. They could provide a new UI and bring Microsoft software and services to the phone.

By: Poll: Should Microsoft Buy RIM?

Poll: Should Microsoft Buy RIM? — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:41:58 +0000

[...] Microsoft Buy RIM, gets tossed around and eventually makes it way around the web. This year All Things Digital stirs the pot.While Microsoft tirelessly argues that Windows mobile software is on many more phones [...]

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Orlando » Blog Archive » am citit, mi-a placut (10 februarie) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:32:09 +0000

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By: jcinla

jcinla — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:08:33 +0000

RIM and Blackberry both suck! Microsoft should go with Nokia and release HTC phones that are available in Europe here in the US. The US is the place where computers and the internet started, yet we are the last ones to have the latest innovations.

Why did the tilt in Europe have 2 cameras (1 for video IM) and only 1 camera in the US. Maybe T-Mobile's network couldn't handle the bandwidth requirements but maybe Microsoft didn't push hard enough to make this phone available to Sprint or Verizon.