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Não param de chegar os rumores sobre um possível smartphone feito pela Microsoft com data de saída para 2013.
Com o lançamento do tablet Surface é bem possível que isso aconteça...
Um smartphone com o aspecto do Zune HD era excelente
Fonte das imagens: deviantART
Imagens com pormenor: http://jonas-daehnert.deviantart.com/art/Microsoft-Surface-Phone-Details-310468416?
Fonte: http://pocketnow.com/2012/10/02/mic...now+(pocketnow.com)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Fonte: http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/02/microsoft-surface-phone-release-date-windows-phone-8/
Fonte: http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-does-indeed-have-their-own-windows-phone
Com o lançamento do tablet Surface é bem possível que isso aconteça...
Um smartphone com o aspecto do Zune HD era excelente
Fonte das imagens: deviantART
Imagens com pormenor: http://jonas-daehnert.deviantart.com/art/Microsoft-Surface-Phone-Details-310468416?
Microsoft Planning Its Own High-End Windows Phone 8 Handset For 2013?
Stephen Schenck | October 2, 2012 1:43 PM
It’s one of those rumors that just won’t seem to go away: will Microsoft release its own smartphone? Ever since the company shared its Surface tablets with us, it’s seemed like a very real possibility that Microsoft could continue its spread into consumer electronics with a Windows Phone 8 handset of its own. Of course, “possible” and “likely” are two very different things, and the evidence for such a product has been scant, at best. We’ve seen signs in a benchmark database that certainly pointed in the right direction, but nothing concrete. We’re still waiting for such a thing to arrive, but in the meantime, some new rumors seek to add credence to what we’ve heard with some additional detail.
According to some of BGR’s sources, Microsoft is still planning to release a Windows Phone 8 device. Supposedly, it wouldn’t be involved in the initial rush to release hardware running the new platform, but would hold back until later, possibly in early 2013. That might let Microsoft go ahead with its plans without stepping on the toes of too many OEM partners.
As shouldn’t surprise you, this is supposed to be one heck of a top-tier handset, competing against the best of Android and the iPhone 5. There’s a chance it may also arrive under the Surface brand, though that’s far from certain.
Source: BGR
Fonte: http://pocketnow.com/2012/10/02/mic...now+(pocketnow.com)&utm_content=Google+Reader
With Windows Phone still failing to gain traction, Microsoft plans to launch its own smartphone
By: Zach Epstein | Oct 2nd, 2012 at 11:20AM
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Filed Under: Business, Exclusive, Mobile
When Microsoft (MSFT) announced earlier this year that it will launch an own-brand tablet to compete directly with its various vendor partners working on Windows 8-based on tablet PCs of their own, there was some backlash. Privately — and sometimes even publicly — long-time Microsoft partners took it as an attack on their businesses and questioned why Microsoft would be so brazen. But with nowhere else to turn thanks to Windows’ overwhelming PC dominance, these vendors had no choice but to continue developing Windows 8 devices and compete directly with their software supplier. Though events may play out a bit differently in the smartphone market where Microsoft has yet to stage the comeback it promised two years ago, BGR has learned that the Redmond, Washington-based company plans to release its own Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the coming months.
Utilizing a strategy much like the one it is using with Windows 8, Microsoft is now looking to have its cake and eat it too in the smartphone market. With a number of high-profile partners like Nokia (NOK) and Samsung (005930) secured for the launch of Windows Phone 8 later this fall, a trusted source informed BGR several weeks ago that Microsoft is quietly working on an own-brand smartphone that will compete directly with high-end devices like Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III, and also with Windows Phones built by its own vendor partners, of course.
Our source declined to provide any details beyond the fact that the handset is in the late stages of development and will launch in the coming months. As we continued to dig for more details, China Times on Monday published a report stating that Microsoft’s smartphone will launch under the “Surface” brand — which is quite fitting, of course — and it will become available in the first half of 2013.
BGR has been unable to confirm the exact timing of the launch, though a second well-placed source did suggest that Microsoft will likely not release an own-brand smartphone during the first round of Windows Phone 8 device launches coming ahead of the holidays this year.
Image source: deviantART
Fonte: http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/02/microsoft-surface-phone-release-date-windows-phone-8/
Microsoft does indeed have their own Windows Phone in the works
Posted on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:29 pm EDT by Daniel RubinoFiled under:
(Concept Surface phone by YrOnimuS)
Yesterday we wrote a fairly lengthy article about a new rumor of a Microsoft Windows Phone. The source came via China Times and we were hesitant to believe the claim—after all, no evidence or sources were mentioned.
Still, we pointed out that Microsoft is a large company with a ton of resources. If they wanted to do a phone, they most certainly could pull it off and the Surface Tablets only reinforce the notion that they can do this in secret.
So what has changed? Information has come forward to Windows Phone Central that demonstrates Microsoft does have their own Windows Phone hardware in the works; in fact, we’ve heard it already exists and is in testing. The source(s) are known to us and not anonymous, though for obvious reasons we must keep them off the record.
Details about what it looks like, hardware specifications, launch times, etc. have not been shared with us by the person(s) who have provided the information. The only thing we do know is when compared to current WP8 hardware it’s something unique.
Something awry between Microsoft and Nokia?
[h=3]Why is Microsoft doing this?[/h] We speculated yesterday on two possible angles for Microsoft doing their own phone.
One was the Google-Nexus route of selling their own hardware, direct to customers with no carrier interference. Sold through Microsoft Store, the devices could fill in a niche for Microsoft while their OEM partners can have the carriers. This would allow Microsoft to have their own "vision" of Windows Phone and a way to update the devices directly, with no one compromising their vision. In addition, their OEMs will mostly be kept "happy" since unlocked phones are not the crux of their business model.
The other reason we raised was Microsoft maybe wanted a contingency plan—in case the Windows Phone 8 launch doesn’t go well and the currently announced devices don’t catch on. Nokia could be in trouble financially and Microsoft would need another dedicated hardware partner.
A third possibility we've been hearing about for a weeks is tougher to swallow. We have heard rumblings about Nokia focusing too much on the “Lumia” brand as opposed to Windows Phone, which may explain why Microsoft put HTC on a pedestal with the “signature” Windows Phone banter a few weeks ago in New York City.
Interestingly, BGR.com just ran a story where they too are confirming a Microsoft Windows Phone. They note they learned about it weeks ago and our sources appear to be different from theirs (our info came this morning). They do note that it is a “high end” phone but it will not launch with the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] wave of Windows Phone 8 devices.
Microsoft Studio C
[h=3]Microsoft on Lockdown[/h] In an interesting and perhaps related story, the reputable site GeekWire is reporting that areas of the Microsoft campus have substantially beefed up security in recent weeks:“The company notified employees this week that it will be implementing new physical security measures — limiting employee access at four key Xbox and Interactive Entertainment Business buildings to ensure confidentiality of upcoming products.”GeekWire is rightly claiming this is most likely related to next-gen Xbox console testing, but from our own knowledge Microsoft has some Windows Phone "things" happening in Building C too.
“The changes will affect Microsoft Studios A, B, C, and D, on the west side of state Route 520, starting early next month with Studio A and rolling out to the other buildings by the end of the month.”
With a Microsoft branded Windows Phone entering into late stages of development, it would make sense that much like the Surface tablets, they would begin to implement tighter security around campus.
Fonte: http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-does-indeed-have-their-own-windows-phone
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