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Microsoft Should Dump Middlemen, Build Own Phones
suraj.sun writes "Microsoft has a long and illustrious history of operating system sales. The model has served the company well on the PC, but if it wants to make money in the phone market, it needs to start thinking like a consumer electronics company and start making its own phones."
Microsoft's search for a viable business model continues.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Just what we need -- a Microsoft apps store.
Palm trees and 8
Your call cannot be completed. The number you have dialed is not on a Microsoft-supported phone! Press 1 to report the issue to Microsoft. Press 2 for technical information about this error. Press 3 to hear these options again. Or press 0 now to speak to a Microsoft technical support representative!
RROD on the back and BSOD on the front.
Very stylish!
So they'll sink $4-5 billion building hardware, software, branding, and (presumably) a market/network? Yeah, maybe.
Or it could be a Zune phone, replete of velvety brownness and the ability squirt.
Actually, it would be fun to see them flop about in a costly and humiliating manner. Sure the Xbox has turned a profit for some select quarters but I reckon they're still down a few billion overall. Does anyone know how the Zune is fairing?
I, for one, welcome Windows Live 7 Professional Phone Xtreme Crispy Chunky Ranch-Bacon. If it worked for Vista and Hotmail, well, they could work similar magic with a homegrown phone.
(We can still make fun of Vista and Hotmail, right? And what the fuck is with those Hotmail ads? They make less sense than the Seinfeld ones.)
It was called the "Kin". It sold for what, 3 weeks?
the Zune-phone!!
Alex, I'll take keybindings not used by Emacs for $400....
I remember when dumb ideas from unimportant losers was reserved for the comment section.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Hi! I'm Clippy! Microsoft Bob is not available. You could leave him a message if you like. Just hold down the #, *, 7, and 3 keys. It looks like you are trying to make a call. Would you like me to help with that? I see you've dialed a 9. There is an area code "978", can I finish dialing that for you? Oh, I see you've now dialed a "1". You might be trying to make an emergency call. I could... ** REBOOT ** Hi! I'm Clippy! Microsoft Bob is not available right now...
I might not be a multi-billionaire.
But I also didn't buy Danger for $500M, run it into the ground, and then post a $240M write-off last quarter for KIN.
So I must be doing something right, I guess.
Microsoft may be successful. Microsoft's phone efforts are not.
RROD on the back and BSOD on the front.
WTF is that, a mullet for electronics?