Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Microsoft to Unveil New Product Tonight?
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Why do I have feeling this will be something that either Apple has or will be coming out with? My first thought is some phone thing.
Gee, I should stay up all night for this
Gee, I should stay up all night for this
Anything that will make my MS stock go up so I can sell it at less of a loss is fine by me. I'd love to see it go to $50 for just one day so I can sell it.
I have to agree with this post.Balmer is yet again taking a page out of Apple's playbook.Apple lawyers better be prepared to go to court once again with M$.
Excited?
Now if Apple were to announce something like this, I would get excited, very excited and stay up to see what it was. But because Microsoft have said it, I just don't feel excited or compelled to stay up as I have had a busy day.
Now if Apple were to announce something like this, I would get excited, very excited and stay up to see what it was. But because Microsoft have said it, I just don't feel excited or compelled to stay up as I have had a busy day.
The new product is called the msPhone Deluxe Business Starter Edition 2008 and will not be compatible with Windows Mobile, but instead run on a new OS entitled Windows Phone. It will also make use of a One-Button mouse, that Microsoft is claiming to have invented.
It's a subscription model for their Vista pricing. Instead of having to choose between 4 different versions, you pay with Zune points. They charge you for the features that you use. The part that you "have to see to believe" is that it will credit you back for every blue screen of death and virus that you get.
I don't think MS could just throw something together after apple announced they were working on a phone. It takes at least a couple of years to develop a phone business line.
About the only intelligent thing MS could do is make their phone available to all cellular services, not just one.
Other than that, their design will dictate it's proliferation.
From the article:
If it is Milan being released, I doubt there'll be any shipping product that uses it. It'll be Microsoft's answer to Apple's Multi-touch, and it'll take a long time to ship while the iPhone will get released next month.
So is Ballmer going to squeeze his erm, ample frame into a black turtleneck for this one? Maybe Gates will do the launch for it and get all misty eyed about being privileged to be a part of such ground breaking revolutionary products like the...err, and not forgetting the...uhhhh and now introducing the "iNothing Like Anything Apple Does at All...Honest", he'll be changing the world again.
Should be a hoot.
Should be a hoot.
I bet it's zPhone, and it will have Microsoft Multi-touch, where you use two styluses instead of fingers!
How about an iZunes Music store and ZuneTV?
Okay, I'm a die-hard Apple buyer and fan. Everything I own is Apple. I even have an Apple decal on my van. I'm buying the iPhone when it comes out, and the 2nd generation of it when it comes out. I will be purchasing a new computer as soon as it is loaded with Leopard.
With this in mind...
I think it's pretty smart for Microsoft to try to jump the iPhone, as I'm sure they can't compete with it. Maybe a ZunePhone can outsell a pre-market iPhone, but it can't outsell an actual iPhone once it is for sale. Even if, and I bite my tounge saying this, even if it can do more and have a better price, etc. I wouldn't want one. It's just not my cup of tea. I can't stand Windows OS or anything close to it. So no thank you.
I think this is great news to all Apple Fans. Maybe this new MS device will help lower prices for us, etc. I say "Hurrah! FOR THE ZUNEPHONE/ZUNETV/IZUNE MUSIC STORE, OR WHATEVER IT IS. I don't want it even if it is loaded with both calculator and clock.
Okay, I'm a die-hard Apple buyer and fan. Everything I own is Apple. I even have an Apple decal on my van. I'm buying the iPhone when it comes out, and the 2nd generation of it when it comes out. I will be purchasing a new computer as soon as it is loaded with Leopard.
With this in mind...
I think it's pretty smart for Microsoft to try to jump the iPhone, as I'm sure they can't compete with it. Maybe a ZunePhone can outsell a pre-market iPhone, but it can't outsell an actual iPhone once it is for sale. Even if, and I bite my tounge saying this, even if it can do more and have a better price, etc. I wouldn't want one. It's just not my cup of tea. I can't stand Windows OS or anything close to it. So no thank you.
I think this is great news to all Apple Fans. Maybe this new MS device will help lower prices for us, etc. I say "Hurrah! FOR THE ZUNEPHONE/ZUNETV/IZUNE MUSIC STORE, OR WHATEVER IT IS. I don't want it even if it is loaded with both calculator and clock.
Kind of like when the Senate, Congress and President passes or signs laws on the weekend so nobody knows.
That sounds more like the coming announcement.
So midnight.. Hmmmmm. what would be appropriate at that hour from Microsoft? ... Maybe MICROHARDCORE PORN?
It also sounds like it will be for devices that are substantially larger than phones/portable music players, given that it involves placing several cameras behind the touch surface.
To honour decades of customer loyalty, Microsoft will be releasing the revolutionary Sack o'***** TM, a patented, revolutionary sack o'*****, especially for your delectation.
Me? I'm off to bed. Good luck to those who can be bothered to stay awake. Let me know what happened, eh?
Me? I'm off to bed. Good luck to those who can be bothered to stay awake. Let me know what happened, eh?