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Windows Phone 7: It’s Now or Never

John Paczkowski in Mobile on October 11, 2010 at 3:15 am PT

With the launch of Windows Phone 7 today, Microsoft is taking another shot at a market even its CEO, Steve Ballmer, concedes it stumbled in. “We were ahead of this game and now we find ourselves No. 5 in the market,” he said at our D8 conference this past summer. “We missed a whole cycle.” Badly, too.

Microsoft and Verizon: Pretty in Pink

John Paczkowski in News on March 4, 2010 at 12:02 pm PT

Looks like Microsoft’s long-rumored “Pink” phone project is about to make the jump from speculation to reality. Gizmodo’s managed to get its hands on some marketing materials that appear to confirm Pink’s existence and finger Verizon as a launch partner.

Announcing the Microsoft Newton

John Paczkowski in News on September 22, 2009 at 5:49 pm PT

Well, what do you know? Like Apple, Microsoft is also developing a tablet computer. It’s called “Courier” and it’s remarkably different from what Apple is imagined to be cooking up.

Microsoft Packs The New Zune HD With Bells, Whistles And Plenty of Style

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on September 22, 2009 at 2:58 pm PT

The new Zune HD offers a rich screen and a wealth of artist information, but it can’t compete with iPod Touch’s app offerings.

Microsoft Zune Team Launches Latest Exercise in Futility

John Paczkowski in News on September 15, 2009 at 11:04 am PT

Microsoft brought it’s not-so-anxiously-awaited Zune HD to market today. With its touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability and high-definition video output, the device is intended as an answer to the iPod touch, though it lacks the application marketplace that helped make Apple’s device so popular. And it’s not going to be getting one anytime soon, either.

And Lo, Jobs Appeared and Said "No, This Is the Best iPod Ever," and It Was, and There Was Much Rejoicing

John Paczkowski in Social on September 8, 2009 at 6:37 am PT

When Steve Jobs described the iPhone at D5 as “the best iPod we’ve ever made,” he set the bar high for future iterations of the iconic device. Now, in the run-up to tomorrow’s invitation-only Apple event, the question is: Will Apple reach the bar? And with what? The answer, if the latest rumors prove true, depends on your feelings about iPods with cameras.

And Lo, Jobs Appeared and Said “No, This Is the Best iPod Ever,” and It Was, and There Was Much Rejoicing

John Paczkowski in Social on September 8, 2009 at 6:37 am PT

When Steve Jobs described the iPhone at D5 as “the best iPod we’ve ever made,” he set the bar high for future iterations of the iconic device. Now, in the run-up to tomorrow’s invitation-only Apple event, the question is: Will Apple reach the bar? And with what? The answer, if the latest rumors prove true, depends on your feelings about iPods with cameras.