When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile...
October 22nd 2009 . Windows 7. The circle is now complete. What is Windows 7? There's a lot that Windows 7 is ( oh, it's faster, it has an improved task bar, peeking, snapping, homegroupin', stable drivers and some pretty freaky desktop pictures ) but the big thing that it isn't is that Windows 7 is not Vista. It didn't suffer Vista's raging dysfunctional mismanagement and broken windows . It didn't...
Window Mobile 6.5 was a visual upgrade over all else, which makes the fact that the new UI isn't very good particularly disturbing . Windows Mobile 6.5.1 takes the interface changes deeper—like they should've been in the first place. Some of the especially jarring UI elements, like the Windows 3.1-esque radio buttons and aging contacts app, have been given a bubbly, antialiased skin, which,...
Microsoft's Zune HD player has received good reviews. The music player also started out with strong sales according to Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. As for Zune HD, Microsoft "is struggling to keep up with demand," Bach said. "We're working hard on it for the holidays." Added communications director Jose Pinera, sales "exceeded our...
While we may be nervous about Microsoft's Project Natal branding strategy -- remember, that's just a codename -- the suits in Redmond share no such concern. That's because the Natal project is following Nintendo's lead in more ways than just easy-to-play, motion-based technology. It's also following Nintendo's branding strategy. On May 11, 2004 Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the "Nintendo...
While we may be nervous about Microsoft's Project Natal branding strategy -- remember, that's just a codename -- the suits in Redmond share no such concern. That's because the Natal project is following Nintendo's lead in more ways than just easy-to-play, motion-based technology. It's also following Nintendo's branding strategy. On May 11, 2004 Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the "Nintendo...
At a Microsoft Open House last week in New York City, Robbie Bach, president of the company's Entertainment and Devices Division, got a little more specific with Office 2010's release date. Previously, Microsoft was only saying first half of 2010, but now we're told "New version of Office which is coming out in the spring, you'll see that," according to Bach ( full transcript ). The next...
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/...-engadget-is-t/ "We're currently at a multi-purpose Microsoft event right now -- an event touring the company's holiday lineup, as well as today's launch of Windows phone devices (AKA, Windows Mobile 6.5). We had a chance to sit down with Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, and ask him some questions about where the...
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Microsoft is currently testing the Technical Preview of the next iteration of the Office System and making its way toward the first Beta build. So far, the Redmond company has not made public the beta release date, nor the RTM or General Availability deadlines. Still, the software giant did indicate that Office 2010 would hit the shelves in the first half of 2010. At a Microsoft Open House, Park Avenue...
Microsoft had an ‘Open House’ event in NYC a couple of days ago, showing off the upcoming holiday titles as well as the forthcoming updates to the Xbox 360 Dashboard. However, it seems that the most interesting discussion was when Robbie Bach, the head of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, began talking about Project Natal’s [...]
At the First Annual Microsoft Open House yesterday, Robbi Bach of Microsoft confessed to the audience his hesitation to catapult MS directly into the ...
When questioned about the possibility of a dedicated gaming handheld vs a phone with multimedia functionality, Microsoft's Robbie Bach expressed his hesitation to enter either market to attendees of yesterday's. First Annual Microsoft Open House . The Entertainment and Devices division prez said, "The portable market's an interesting market ... you have to decide which direction the market is...
You may have seen Vinnie Brown and I at the Microsoft Open House yesterday, but Robbie Bach was also there with a cool presentation about some of the new things coming (or already available) from Microsoft this fall. Skip to around the 19 minute mark if you just want to see the parts about Windows Phones. Related Posts Robbie Bach CTIA Keynote Results: Nothing New Ballmer's CES Keynote and Windows...
At their first annual Open House in New York, Microsoft’s head of Entertainment and Devices Division, Robbie Bach, commented on Project Natal’s future pricing setup. While no price or even price range was announced, (as reported by CVG) Bach warned that consumers should expect a structure similar to that of the 360 itself – that [...]
Here is a video shown during Robbie Bach’s opening remarks at the Microsoft E&D Open House, 2009 ---Related Articles at Mobility Site:CES 2008: Microsoft Live Webcast from CES- 6:30 pm ...
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