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Comments on: Ballmer: MS not getting into handset biz

Everyone remember this quote from Ballmer... 

Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 17:08 GMT

Pirate

...so that you can quote it when Microsoft releases its next major attempt at world conquest.

“Sorry, we are not going to build one,” 

Posted Friday 3rd October 2008 19:01 GMT

Gates Horns

Praise the lord for that then! Perish the thought of a Zune Phone. Although it would be a good excuse for M$ to change the DRM yet again so that we can all re-buy our music that we paid for under their previous regime.

But M$ would never do something like that, would it? Not now that they realise that the buying public have a long memory.

a phone made by microsoft 

Posted Friday 3rd October 2008 22:48 GMT

1 - you have to restart it after every phone call received

2 - you have to type in your 32 character pass code before it connects to your network

3 - the software will require weekly updates, some of which will disable your device entirely or wipe your address book

4 - all calls will be re-routed via an American telephone exchange

5 - the EULA will include a disclaimer that enables M$ to record any of your texts or telephone conversations

6 - Next year you will be expected to buy mobile 2.0 as mobile 1.0 is no longer supported