Comments on: Microsoft Finally Giving iPod Touch a Serious Competitor?

By: mustafa

mustafa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:39 +0000

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By: Free iPod Touch

Free iPod Touch — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:55 +0000

I’m in love with my ipod touch however i have never seen or use a mac. On the other hand i love my 360 and of course my favorite os window xp from Microsoft.

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Apple Bringing Video Purchasing/Downloads to the iPhone — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:01:51 +0000

[...] also guessing it’s a recent addition, possibly in answer to Microsoft’s upcoming “xYz” device, which is said to have similar [...]

By: Weekly App Store Picks: May 23, 2009

Weekly App Store Picks: May 23, 2009 — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:01:40 +0000

[...] if Monday couldn’t get any grimmer, the big news to start the week was all about Microsoft. Specs and other info about its new Zune, apparently code-named, “xYz,” have been doing [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:24:35 +0000

i think for apple to improve they should go together with sony and ill be cool if we could use ipod and ps3 together ill bring sales up too i think

By: Steve W

Steve W — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:20:19 +0000

Microsoft, the guru of vapor(soft)ware; is now entering the vapor(hard)ware market!

What Microsoft should do is take a page from Windows 7, and release beta hardware. That way people can develop more realistic expectations.

By: Cyxodus

Cyxodus — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:24:02 +0000

@Adam Blaiss

Try iTuneMyWalkman (http://ilari.scheinin.fidisk.fi/itunemywalkman/). I use it to sync iTunes up with my PSP.

By: phil

phil — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:54:26 +0000

MS is poised to release Windows Mobile 6.5 with lots of fanfare, if this new device isn’t running WM, that would be a death sentence to the new version even before it arrives–it would be MS admitting that WM sucks…

By: Kev Orng

Kev Orng — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:09:05 +0000

Psst, Cami… They have a 32 gig iPod Touch now… :)

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:00:30 +0000

It’s ridiculous to comment on a product that has no credible evidence of even existing. Let’s see if / when Microsoft makes it’s next move. To date, we know that Microsoft is not capable of designing better software or hardware as compared to Apple, especially in a mobile device. Unless Microsoft does something completely revolutionary, it doesn’t have a chance. Just doing another lame Zune copy of the latest iPod isn’t going to cut it. It hasn’t cut it over the past few years and won’t cut it in the future.

The xBox is a nice gaming platform, but there is absolutely no link between a cutting edge console and portable device that must rely on low power consumption, etc. and will have very different controls. Having a successful console does not translate into automatic success in the handheld market. Further, Apple’s iPod Touch, etc. (both hardware and software) are a moving target.

Now, let’s just wait for an actual Microsoft announcement before we proceed to guess what they may be up to.

By: REB

REB — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:50:59 +0000

Windows Mobile as a gaming platform? Not much success so far with that OS as far as extending capabilities. Portable hardware, battery life, etc., makes it difficult to satisfy gamer’s dreams. If Apple brings out a tablet form device it could expand the iPod Touch hardware capabilities and bring expanded game capabilities.

Yet we see Microsoft 2 years behind promising a small hand held solution. I doubt it will be much more of a success than the Zune. Remember they billed it as a iPod “Killer”!

By: Cami

Cami — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:47:43 +0000

Don’t own an Xbox. Don’t want a Zune. Don’t want an Ipod Touch until it has over 30 gigs of space either. I’m needy. I have to have my library with me all the time.

By: iphonerulez

iphonerulez — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:28:42 +0000

There is no Zune HD. That’s just an MS fanboy’s dream for lack of a real device. Any company can draw up a concept and say the real thing is on it’s way. Give it whole lots of awesome features that make it ten times better than a real iPhone or iPod Touch. What the heck. It doesn’t cost anything to dream. With Microsoft pushing cheap Windows PCs on buyers, they’re going to practically have to give a Zune HD away so that people will buy it.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:13:05 +0000

Is Windows XP the last “massively successful” product from Microsoft?

By: Blad_Rnr

Blad_Rnr — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:57:13 +0000

@ Darrell: “…massively successful Xbox platform…”?

Please define that statement. dave W already gave the financials for last quarter. And let me know when anything MSFT produces has the abilities of the iPod Touch: 30K apps (besides gaming), Internet, email, calendar, maps, YouTube, weather, etc. And how will serving the Xbox clientele really penetrate the market for those who don’t have one? MSFT needs to close shop on the Zune. They can’t and won’t compete with Apple. Game over.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:07:34 +0000

“And when companies compete, customers win.”

Just like in the banking sector when they competed over mortgage lending?

This is not always true. There is also the backdoor wheeling and dealing as well as advertising that affect customer behavior. Customers are not as smart as many people think. I don’t always make choices that are good for me. I am sure there are many more like me.