Microsoft Stages Mock Funerals For iPhone, Blackberry

Release Date 14 Sep, 2010 in ChannelWeb

 
   

One mobile OS to rule us all ... or many?

ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 14 Sep, 2010
As Microsoft prepares to enter the ferociously competitive mobile market with the Windows Phone 7 ...

Microsoft saddles up Win mobile 7 marketing pony

Inquirer - David Neal - 14 Sep, 2010
A MOCK FUNERAL has been staged by Microsoft for anything that is not its Windows 7 mobile operating system. On Friday afternoon the firm ...

Microsoft: Who will bury whom?

Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - ‎Sep 13, 2010‎
Why is it staging mock funerals for the BlackBerry and iPhone and not for Android? The most bizarre aspect of the parade of costumed Microsoft (MSFT) ...

Zune HD2 Is More Then A Rumor; More Info Sure To Come Next Month With The ...

Soft Sailor (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
You have to love rumors. We all heard about the Zune HD2, a new generation of entertainment device that will use Windows Phone 7′s Xbox Live games. ...

Windows Phone 7 RTM party marks the death of iPhone

Mobile Computing News - 14 Sep, 2010
By Alexis • Sep 14th, 2010 • Category: Industry News, iPhone The Windows Phone 7 team has reason to celebrate: the mobile OS platform has been released to ...

With the Microsoft KIN Two Windows Phone You May Never See Your Kid Again

Boosh News (press release) (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
Let's face it, your teenager is using her phone to social neTwork, send text messages, snap silly pictures and listen to music. I found the perfect phone ...

Microsoft's funeral ceremony to bury Windows Phone 7 Rivals

TopNews United Kingdom (blog) - Seher Dhillon - 14 Sep, 2010
Microsoft has claimed a funeral ceremony at HQ, Redmond where a few of the staff members paraded coffins and hearses for Windows Phone 7 rivals who majorly ...

Updated: Windows Phone 7 dated Oct 11th

TechDay.co.nz - Gavin Ogden - 14 Sep, 2010
According to “senior figures” within the industry, Microsoft will launch its Windows Phone 7 on October 11th, ...

Microsoft holds iPhone funeral

TechDay.co.nz - Gavin Ogden - 14 Sep, 2010
Microsoft has held a mock funeral for Apple's iPhone and as far as PR stunts go, this could be one that comes ...

New Zune HD's to come with Windows Phone 7?

Gadgetsteria (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
by Mike If there's one thing Microsoft has stuck by even in the face of adversity in recent times, it's the Zune. The sort of ugly step child in Microsoft's ...

Zune HD 2 in the Works

IGN - Scott Lowe - 14 Sep, 2010
In the months to follow the launch of the Zune HD, Microsoft went dark in terms of discussing their plans for the future of the product. ...

Microsoft's iPhone, BlackBerry Funeral A Bit Premature

Microsoft Watch (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
File this under Just-Plain-Weird: last week, Microsoft hosted a mock funeral for rivals of its upcoming Windows Phone 7. You can see the photos and video ...

Yahoo hired Microsoft Kin executive

High Tech Lounge - 14 Sep, 2010
Yahoo has recently hired a former Microsoft executive, John Matheny, according to a report from AllThingsSD. As his LinkedIn profile shows, John Matheny was ...

Zune HD2 Speculated for Announcement Alongside Windows Phone 7

UberGizmo (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
It was previously reported that Microsoft was looking to hire someone to work on a next-generation Zune release, and now Mary J. Foley of ZDNet has received ...

Windows Phone 7 folks held bizarre funeral service for iPhone and BlackBerry ...

Geek.com - Christian Zibreg - 14 Sep, 2010
Adamant to rally up the troops and show it means business, Microsoft held a funeral service for both the iPhone and BlackBerry in celebration of the Windows ...

Microsoft Zune HD's Future to be Revealed in October, Insider Claims

SlashGear (blog) - Evan Selleck - 14 Sep, 2010
We've already heard that Microsoft's working on the HD 2. And, there's probably plenty of people who are eagerly ...

Microsoft Stages Mock Funerals For iPhone, Blackberry

ChannelWeb - Kevin McLaughlin - 14 Sep, 2010
Microsoft has been whistling past the graveyard quite a bit lately with regard to its mobile ...

Zune HD future may be revealed in October

Electronista (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
Microsoft may share some of its plans for the future of the Zune HD at the same time as its mid-October launch for Windows Phone 7, an insider claimed today ...

Microsoft Celebrates WP7 with the Death of iPhone and BlackBerry

WirelessGround.com Blog (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
Some weird news out of Microsoft's Redmond, VA campus"employees at the company celebrated the release to manufacturing of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) by ...

Twisted Firestarter: Windows Phone 7 for Developers

ReadWriteWeb (blog) - Jay Cuthrell - 14 Sep, 2010
This post is part of our ReadWriteHack channel, which is a resource and guide for ...

Microsoft Working On Zune HD2, Paving The Way For A Microsoft Phone?

The Business Insider - 14 Sep, 2010
Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet reports Microsoft is working on a Zune HD2, which will be similar to an iPod Touch, acting as a companion device to Windows Phone 7 ...

Microsoft Celebrates Windows Phone 7, Own Awkwardness

Minyanville.com - Mike Schuster - 14 Sep, 2010
A shame Vincent Price wasn't around to narrate this fiasco. It would've really captured the deranged worldview. ...

Microsoft Mobile Bravado Is No Thriller " It's More Like Flop Sweat

BNET (blog) - Erik Sherman - 14 Sep, 2010
Erik Sherman is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer. His work has appeared in such publications as the New ...

Windows Phone 7 To Launch on October 11 in New York

Crenk (blog) - Steven Finch - 14 Sep, 2010
As you are probably aware Windows Phone 7 will be coming to the UK and the rest of the world very soon. However, no one has mentioned exactly when we can ...

Microsoft holds funeral for iPhone and BlackBerry

Gear Live - John Kilhefner - 14 Sep, 2010
In light of their new Windows Phone 7 RTM being sent off for manufacturing, the folks at Microsoft jauntily gathered to pay their last respects to the ...

Microsoft stages tacky 'funeral' of iPhone and BlackBerry

CNET UK - Asavin Wattanajantra - 14 Sep, 2010
Microsoft has performed a rather bad taste stunt to promote the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7, ...

Microsoft apparently goes mental celebrating Windows Phone 7

MobileShop.com (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
Howdy, howdy, howdy, folks. Tis going to be a bit of a sparse week, in terms of doing blogs this week, because I am now safely ensconced in my ...

No Xbox Live/Zune For Windows 7 Phone In Non-EFIGS Countries? [Rumor Roll]

wwwery (blog) - 14 Sep, 2010
According to a reliable source close to the matter, the Windows 7 Phone carries some limitations for the non-EFIGS [non-English, -French, -Italian, -German, ...

Microsoft holds mock funeral to bury the competition

IT PRO - Eric Doyle - 14 Sep, 2010
The enthusiasm of Microsoft's employees bubbled over in a mock funeral for the Apple iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry devices ...

Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers

HEXUS - 14 Sep, 2010
Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's re-entry into the smartphone market - which is rumoured to be making its grand debut on October 11 - has finally gone gold and ...

 

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