Microsoft has reason to fear the iPhone, both for its sales potential and its disruption of Microsoft’s traditional business model of proprietary protocols and customer lock-in, a Blackfriars Marketing analyst wrote Monday. Read more.
In a posting to its web site, the leading US and Canadian specialty electronics retailer claims that “iPhone will be coming to Canada” and promises to keep customers updated on Canadian iPhone developments as they’re announced. The retailer allows shoppers to sign up to its weekly newsletter with an option to be updated “on all Canadian iPhone Elements.” Read more.
“Ooo la la, what’s this? Apple filed a patent application for a “mouse with optical sensing surface.” That’s right, a multi-touch mouse building upon the touch-sensitive mouse patent app we’ve already seen from Apple.”
Adrian, who asked that his last name not be used, was among the Microsoft employees standing in line at an Apple Store. Though he wouldn’t point them out, he said that two other Microsofties from the Windows Mobile division were in line, planning to buy phones for competitive research. Read more.
The iPhone’s multi-touch technology is theoretically supposed to roll out with all the new laptops, including those coming out in October. The feature will be built into the touchpads, allowing you to navigate through your notebook’s files, applications, etc. the same way you can on the iPhone. Read more.
Held off on posting this one until I was on a PC that had sound. Someone thought it’d be funny to take Microsoft’s promotional video for “Surface” and mock it. They were right. It is.
Microsoft “innovates” again with table top pc version of iphone screen. Color me confused. Wasn’t this technology created by Jeff Han? Wasn’t it licensed or bought by Apple for the iphone and possibly future Macs?
Gizmodo reports that, at 12:01am EST the division of Microsoft that launched the Xbox and the Zune will unveil something very special . What it is, we do not know for sure, but it’s “something totally new coming out of the Entertainment and Devices division, and it’s going to change the way people interact with technology.”
Microsoft has reason to fear the iPhone, both for its sales potential and its disruption of Microsoft’s traditional business model of proprietary protocols and customer lock-in, a Blackfriars Marketing analyst wrote Monday. Read more.
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“Ooo la la, what’s this? Apple filed a patent application for a “mouse with optical sensing surface.” That’s right, a multi-touch mouse building upon the touch-sensitive mouse patent app we’ve already seen from Apple.”
The iPhone’s multi-touch technology is theoretically supposed to roll out with all the new laptops, including those coming out in October. The feature will be built into the touchpads, allowing you to navigate through your notebook’s files, applications, etc. the same way you can on the iPhone. 
Gizmodo reports that, at 12:01am EST the division of Microsoft that launched the Xbox and the Zune will unveil something very special . What it is, we do not know for sure, but it’s “something totally new coming out of the Entertainment and Devices division, and it’s going to change the way people interact with technology.”
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