CrunchGear received a tip that Microsoft is working on its very own phone to be branded under the Zune moniker. The inform that Microsoft execs are in meetings today hammering out details of the device and developing strategies and timescales for its release.
Also, it's going to be able to stream data to and from the Xbox 360, which means you may be able to watch those downloaded videos on your phone, or, stream music to your 360.
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Microsoft has spent the last decade trying to crack the TV market with billion-dollar investments in cable and telecom companies, numerous attempts at moving into the set-top box with limited success and an acquisition of WebTV, a service to allow people to browse the Internet through a TV set.
None of these investments delivered the results Microsoft had hoped: a prominent place near the couch.
This time, Microsoft thinks the technology infrastructure and, more importantly, the consumers are finally ready for IPTV, an application that...
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The anti-tech-powerexec is known for founding MP3.com, Lindows / Linspire, Skype competitor SIPphone, and DRM-free online music sales biz MP3tunes, not to mention former employer of DRM freedom fighter Jon Johansen -- so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that after the ruckus being raised around the Zune's crippled WiFi and worthless DRM system that he stepped in to take a potshot.
Now if you're thinking that zune sounds familiar it's because the press has been abuzz about an upcoming MP3 player from Microsoft called Zune. At first...
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The Zune should have a 30GB drive, black, brown, and cotton color options, FM tuner, 13 first party accerrories available at launch and a 50% larger screen than the iPod with video (making it 3.75-inches if you're talking diagonal, and not areal). The jucier bits, however, are that we can all expect to find out some hard information from Microsoft in August, and that the player is slated to launch on November 14th, right in time for the holiday buying season.
But the big news according to VoIP Lowdown is that it will have some sort of VoIP...
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Microsoft forecast another year of losses at its mobile phone, games and device business before turning a profit in the business year ending June 30, 2008.
Microsoft said investments for its new "Zune" media player and another year of losses at its Xbox game unit will continue to weigh on the entertainment and devices unit's earnings this year. The division posted a loss last year.
The entertainment and devices division encompasses much of Microsoft's consumer-oriented products, such as Windows-based smartphones, the Xbox 360 game...
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Microsoft's so-called "iPod killer" could be unveiled as early as late next month, with the company preparing to build momentum towards an October launch.
These latest developments indicate that Apple has only a short period of time to react before a barrage of marketing and publicity surrounds Microsoft's new device. To its defense, Apple told analysts in an earnings call Wednesday night that it "wasn't standing still."
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