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Microsoft denies plans for iPhone competitor
By Charles Starrett
Contributing Editor
Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
News Categories: iPhone
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has denied that the company plans to make a direct competitor to the iPhone, saying that it plans to focus on its Windows Mobile software instead. “No, we won’t do that. In the so-called smart phone business we will concentrate solely on software with our Windows Mobile program,” Gates said in an interview with Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “We have partnerships with a lot of device manufacturers from Samsung to Motorola and this variety brings us significantly more than if we would make our own mobile phone.” Previous rumors had suggested that Microsoft was planning to build its own handset to challenge the iPhone; the company currently competes with Apple’s iPod with its Zune portable media player.
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yeah, MS’s Zune competes with Apples iPod like the Yugo competed with GM!
They had partnerships with mp3 manufacturers also but that did not stop them.
Posted by hydra-calm on January 10, 2008 at 5:28 AM (PST)
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I like my Zune 80 more than all of the iPods that I have owned. The software is what Microsoft needs to work on. It’s horrid. The player itself is great, though.
Posted by ddsd on January 10, 2008 at 11:57 AM (PST)