Microsoft Reportedly Launching Its Own Windows Phone Smartphone

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."

Comments

Re:ZunePhone

[fustakrakich]

Who is going to want a ZunePhone?

But it will come with the Microsoft 'Bob' interface! How could anybody not want that?

Re:Hey, works for Apple

[Anonymous Coward]

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)

So iSheep is just as much of an A$$H0L3 as Apple. Yeah lets make fun of kids that have developmental problems to bash a company we don't like. Apple is not cool, its a bully and like all bullies its days are numbered. If you think you are cool because you a willing to shell out cash for some bling you are not you are just a poser.

Re:Microsoft Phone

[SuperKendall]

Any more lame than a 6 year old stale iOS (With broken maps, broken camera, chipped out of the box, etc)?

Since none of those things are true - yes.

Quite a bit more lame.

Not as lame as tired disproven Apple Hater arguments in a story they don't even belong in.... Those are pretty lame.

Re:Microsoft Phone

[SuperKendall]

Why do you always launch to the defense of Apple?

I never could just let ignorant assholes be I guess. Somebody has to put them in their place.

It's not just Apple you know, I'm happy to put the heat down on ignorant assholes in any topic. Apple Haters are just one specific breed of ignorant assholes to put away.

I'm not saying YOU'RE ignorant (though much of your post is quite astonish), you are simply making mountains out of molehills.

One of the many examples of them being scratched out of the box.

Some of almost anything is scratched out of five million shipments. Mine was not scratched either, but I wouldn't have cared. I already knew that was possible from having the first iPhone which had a metal back. Metal scratches.

I don't think it was epidemic, just possible.

The maps have many errors

Not where I live. For most people they will see in reality a handful of errors. I'm not even sure that today, with nothing else fixed, it's that much worse than Google maps errors were and are.

The truth is that calling them "broken" is totally wrong. They work well enough and there are already some net positives (far lower data use and turn by turn) over ditching the old maps.

Flyover is not a replacement for StreetView

It totally is for any use of Street View I ever had, which is seeing what a storefront or area I'm about to drive to looks like.

Flyover not being as widely supported is a larger issue, but since Street View is just an app away I find it VERY hard to care at all about this being gone from maps - especially since it was so hard to activate in maps I almost never used it there.

Way more people will get benefit from turn-by-turn than will be harmed by having to visit a separate app for Street View.

The purple camera haze most definitely is a problem.

It's LENS FLARE, and it's SLIGHTLY WORSE than the 4s! OH NO!

Almost every camera on the PLANET has the same exact problem with lens flare at some specific angles! A stupider issue to complain about I could not possibly imagine, and I say that as a photographer who is very picky about quality of photographic equipment.

You know what? Whatever camera you have right this second will do the same thing under some conditions.

I'm sorry if this is going to cause you to take a reduced payment on your shill check from Apple./em.

I'm sorry you like to complain about issues that aren't as serious as you think. It shows a real lack of judgement I think.

I'll let you have the last response because really complaining about this stuff is just SO pointless it boggles the mind. In a month it will all be whisked away out of people's minds.