http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
Good move from MS....$$$ and hardware. Sounds sweet if you are a dev.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/that's why android would be the linux of smartphones]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/oh wait it already is]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
Just like basketball players getting enticed to come play for certain cities with money and a room full of ladies...

I see no negative in this article and I approve.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/yeah I would of said ubuntu but you know these apple hipsters are blinded and know no other OSes ]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Linux underneath. Java what u see.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/umm..to be honest, apple has earned some hype. but about it being "absolutely EARNED that kind of hype" i would say hell no. I think apples core demographic of its recently revival has been w/ people that are in my age group 18-26, typically college aged people or recent graduates. and you do not believe how many people i've met over the years on my university campus who would be absolutely in love w/ their apple iphone, or macbook, literally evangelicals, but really didn't know about it. "did you know the macbook is like the only notebook that has a camera on it, so i can take cool pictures like this on photobooth, or talk to people over the internet" uhhhh, really? or the classic "did you know that apple computers are more secure, and get less viruses than windows..thats why i made the switch". less viruses sure, more secure HELL NO. but then again, if you were making viruses for computers would u want to target practically every home and business in the world, or a small market so small that even Microsofts most recent screwup (vista) outsold every apple os from 1970-2008. it makes sense. and lets not even get started w/ the many iphone people who simply didnt' understand there were other phones on the market that could do cool stuff. i could go into detail about me loading flash websites in class (for tutorial work), loading and viewing powerpoints, or even using a bluetooth keyboard (the keyboard was honestly the best, because when i told the young chap next to me it was a feature he couldn't use on his iphone, he honestly looked a little perplexed that there was something his iphone COULDN'T do)

So yes, deserving of hype for bringing great products to the market, yes. Deserving of a nationwide cult like following, as if they never did or couldn't do any wrong. You'd have to be brainwashed to believe this, or simply one of their recent ''marketed believers''

But anyways, back on topic. i see ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong w/ this at all from MS standpoint. they understand that the app environment is one of the leading reasons that a phone will either succeed or fail, and they're setting themselves up to succeed rather than the latter. I've often heard from many blog writers, here on engadget included, that when making the move from iphone to android, one of the things that bothered them earlier in the android life cycle was the inability to get the same apps on android. Microsoft saw this problem, and they're smart enough not to set this new ship out w/out all the equipment its going to need out the gate. Kudos to MS for making a smart business decision. I'm sure they'll just roll this into the WP7 marketing budget, which will undoubtedly be huge.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
MS is totally buying their way to success. Just like Google paid for the best software engineers and apple paid for the best hardware engineers. Did we all not know how this game called business is played? You pay for talent if you want to win.

MS saw the mistakes that Palm with made and decided to preemptively spark developer interest. How is that not a smart move?]]>Jul 14th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
No...They're spending money to ensure their adopters have the best experience.]]>Jul 14th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
So do you remember how long it took them to fess up on the RROD issue?

* Jeopardy theme song*]]>Jul 14th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 15th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 15th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 15th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 22nd 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/09/rejected-iphone-dev-to-apple-pull-my-finger.ars), and everyone was decrying Apple as a obstructor of freedom. When they finally acquiesced, it was used as the archetypical example of why the store is filled with crapware.

I guess you can't make people happy.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
231,564 in the app store today.
452 "fart" type apps.

452 / 231,564 = %0.0019

Yes, clearly, it's all fart apps.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
That actually means that 0.195% of the apps are fart apps.]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Just because it would be wrong to ban fart-progs from the store doesn't mean they're not still crap programs that perhaps shouldn't have been made in the first place and certainly shouldn't have been made over and over again.

Two wrongs don't make a right. ]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
Don't download it if you don't want it, simple as that. I don't see fart apps being featured, I only see them if I search for them.]]>Jul 15th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
Yeah, and I genuinely hope that Microsoft's efforts to woo developers in the phone industry works as well as showing console game developers the money to wrestle platform exclusivity away from the Japanese giants in the game industry.

I hope Windows Phone 7 reveals the iPhone as the modern day RAZR it is. I hope it forces Apple to change or face the same fate as Motorola who clung to the RAZR far to long.

Now if Nokia would just take this play out of Microsoft's playbook and get OVI store on track and make sure MeeGo is ready for prime time and polished for launch this year, then we as consumers can look forward to really great days ahead. MeeGo definitely has the potential to make Android an afterthought but it has to be ready to go from day one and Nokia and Intel have to throw major weight behind the platform. Otherwise, it's just going to be an also ran OS for geeks.]]>Jul 14th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/Jul 14th 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/majority of third party apps will not be able to multitask however they will have the ability save the app in it's current state... This is what apple calls multitasking]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/all of windows phone 7 core apps will multitask]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/14/microsoft-comes-clean-on-doling-out-cash-free-hardware-to-entic/
Yeah, good luck with that!]]>Jul 14th 2010 2:47PM