Yikes! Microsoft in the News

[jefboyardee]

Windows Phone 8 vs. iOS vs. Android: One giant leap for Microsoft

Eyes On With Microsoft's Windows Phone 8

Microsoft Is the Most Exciting Company in Tech, Hands Down

Windows Phone 8 incoming, here

 

[Crashdamage]

No matter what MS puts out I will NEVER buy it. Ditto for Apple.

The Win8 and WinPhone Metro UI is beyond stupid & ugly anyway. Kiddie stuff. Insults users intelligence. Clumsy. Unintuitive. Uggghhh!

 

[Rush]

Thread moved to The Lounge forum. ☜ ツ

 

[linuxrich]

Yeah, they do a nifty line in covert surveillance too... Researcher: CIA, NSA may have infiltrated Microsoft to write malware | ITworld

 

[Stuntman]

I wonder how much MS paid for those articles. The tone just puts down any non-MS product. I couldn't stand it.

 

[dan330]

i like the keyboard in the cover .. that is awesome

 

[MacFett]

I love Windows 7, but hate the UI for Windows 8. I do like the idea of apps on my tablet/mobile device running on my laptop/desktop though.

 

[zuben el genub]

I've seen gossip that 8 will be the new ME/Vista.

 

[MacFett]

I've seen gossip that 8 will be the new ME/Vista.

It is following the Star Trek good/bad release pattern.

 

[Pitamakan]

I've seen gossip that 8 will be the new ME/Vista.

That's kind of my guess, too.

And as for the "Surface," I think they should have just been honest with themselves and named it the "Zune 2."

 

[Demache]

I'm not sure on the UI for Win8, but it is an improvement over Win7 at the technical level. Its boot time on my Windows tablet is amazing, even for a 5400 RPM mechanical drive.

 

[jefboyardee]

they should have just been honest with themselves and named it the "Zune 2."

I think Henry Ford told Bill Gates why there never was an “Edsel 2.”

 

[Pitamakan]

I think Henry Ford told Bill Gates why there never was an

 

[jefboyardee]

Wait, there’s more:

Windows Phone 8: Third time’s the charm for Microsoft

 

[dan330]

i have to admit MS has a lot of potential to get a great mobile system going.
with all that they can tie into the whole ecosystem.

but there is a big mountain of strong competition to over come.

this is going to be a great fight.. and hope they have their ducks in a row.. because BB and Palm did not and paid the price.

 

[KyleB]

Am I in the minority here in that I have no interest in any Microsoft Products? I find the phones very unattractive, and their software for PC's boring and over-priced. I had read somewhere something about Microsoft making Windows 8 to only work with their browser and not Firefox or Chrome.

There's some speculation about the possibility of a Samsung Chromebook that runs Android coming out. I would love to have my computer and phone completely free of Microsoft and Apple!

 

[Pitamakan]

Am I in the minority here in that I have no interest in any Microsoft Products? I find the phones very unattractive, and their software for PC's boring and over-priced.

Agreed. As a company they've had their day in the sun ... but that ended years ago, and now it's over.

 

[zuben el genub]

Google and Apple are trying to fill the niche. At least I haven't seen a Linux distro touted as controlling everything in your home. (It can, but it ain't advertised)

I simply don't want all my eggs in one basket.

 

[jefboyardee]

Redmond, Washington, dateline 2013: in an effort to salvage the remains of Microsoft, Google buys it and agrees to call it a merger, with the new name of Googlesoft.

 

[zuben el genub]

I hope not.