Microsoft Reportedly Launching Its Own Windows Phone Smartphone 190
zacharye writes "When Microsoft announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based tablet PCs of their own, there was some backlash. Privately — and sometimes even publicly — long-time Microsoft partners took it as an attack on their businesses and questioned why Microsoft would be so brazen. But with nowhere else to turn thanks to Windows' overwhelming PC dominance, these vendors had no choice but to continue developing Windows 8 devices and compete directly with their software supplier. Though events may play out a bit differently in the smartphone market, where Microsoft has yet to stage the comeback it promised two years ago, BGR has learned that the Redmond, Washington-based company plans to release its own Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the coming months."
Hey, works for Apple (Score:5, Funny)
And Microsoft has always loved doing what works for Apple.
Yes, but (Score:3, Funny)
Re:ZunePhone (Score:5, Funny)
>Who is going to want a ZunePhone?
Obviously people who want to squirt you.
>They might want to first get some penetration
Doesn't everybody?
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BMO
Re:Zune, anyone ? (Score:5, Funny)
Pretty sure they can get that for free by reading Slashdot comments.
Re:Hey, works for Apple (Score:3, Funny)
Just like a little kid who has been dropped on his head way too many times and then decides to try to be cool by copying what the cool kid is doing, but can only do so in the most craptastic way.
Microsoft. Because We're Special.(tm)
MS, give it up, no wants your phones. (Score:1, Funny)
Much like Zune, no one wants the crappy Windows 8 phone. Give it up. You failed, you are NOT apple.
Find your own niche, and enjoy it.
Your like the kid that is always a year or 2 behind the fashion of the other kids. You think you are cool, because you are wearing last years fashion, but the other peeps are laughing at you.
Rush for Space? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hey, works for Apple (Score:1, Funny)
Zune (2nd gen) was a great product.
It just didn't receive enough main stream media, and wasn't released world wide..
It was also fecalmatter brown and it squirted.