MS sure did promise not to make a PlaysForSure PMP (they needed to do that to rally the industry around the format) - but when the industry wasn't able to come up with a good PMP, MS had to take matters into their own hands (hence the Zune). And the Zune is pretty awesome so I'm glad they did this. Of course, this also explains why Zune doesn't use PlaysForSure.
Same thing applies here as well -- except that MS hasn't promised anybody that they won't make a phone. They've just said that they don't have plans at the moment. I have a feeling that will change in the future. The Danger! acquisition, WinMo7, and the Zune - the synergies are pretty obvious, and there are some really cool design chops in these teams that could result in a really nice product if they combined their talents.
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@d00b - you're right on target man.
MS sure did promise not to make a PlaysForSure PMP (they needed to do that to rally the industry around the format) - but when the industry wasn't able to come up with a good PMP, MS had to take matters into their own hands (hence the Zune). And the Zune is pretty awesome so I'm glad they did this. Of course, this also explains why Zune doesn't use PlaysForSure.
Same thing applies here as well -- except that MS hasn't promised anybody that they won't make a phone. They've just said that they don't have plans at the moment. I have a feeling that will change in the future. The Danger! acquisition, WinMo7, and the Zune - the synergies are pretty obvious, and there are some really cool design chops in these teams that could result in a really nice product if they combined their talents.