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V for Vista, W for Windows, X for Xbox, Y is not used for any major products and Z is for Zune.

So because many of their recent product names have been in the end of the alphabet, I think it'll start with a Y. It's just a guess though, so don't start coming up with rumors of the Yellophone or the Yphone. LOL, I just realized Yphone rhymes with Iphone.]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
You do realize that any word that ends with "phone" will rhyme with iPhone right?]]>Feb 12th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
It seemed like all of Microsoft PlayForSure partners (both online stores and devices) just weren't producing anything compelling or interesting enough over the iPod. So if MS didn't step in at that time, it would have been far longer to catch-up with the iPod then.

Honestly, would you really 'want' to use any of the PlayForSure platform stuff? Even before the Zune? I don't think so. The idea was interesting at first (any song there works on many supported devices - though by DRM) but the product and stores themselves just weren't cool enough.

MS could have been smarter, and let Zune Marketplace and Zune device work with WMP, so that at least Zune MP was PlayForSure, and tracks bought there were guaranteed to work for the Zune, but oh well.

I like the Zune 2. I don't think many other devices besides the iPod gets this many accessories and attention. ]]>Feb 13th 2008 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/nokias-iphone-no-seriously/

You may or may not appreciate the iPhone, but the impact it has had on the mobile phone market is definitely evident.]]>Feb 12th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
Oh, and by the way, Microsoft designed their own phone reference design years ago, and it was called Stinger. They flirted briefly with the idea of actually selling it as a Microsoft product, but decided to go the normal Microsoft route of trying to license it instead, but no one was interested. So, no, it is not the iPhone that first gave Microsoft the idea of designing their own phone hardware. ]]>Feb 12th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
If you don't understand this comment, you probably didn't read the one above my other one.]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
While I own a Zune (the 30gb model was hella cheap), I don't know that I'd be willing to buy a phone with mp3 storage.

Redundancy in multiple electronic devices blows.

]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
That's pretty much every phone released these days.]]>Feb 13th 2008 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/there is no place like home
there is no place like home
...what do you mean i can't call that number again??]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
This, of course, is why they were trying to buy Yahoo!

D.]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/
Nice observation to the both of you though.]]>Feb 12th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 13th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/

They could have just said, "Yeah, I want a Kaiser/tilt. But make it half as thick with no tilt and make it slide out on the proper side like it used to."]]>Feb 12th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-said-to-have-dropped-500-million-on-danger/Feb 12th 2008 5:58PM