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Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaign

Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaignThe New iPhone 3G ...... turns pink all by themselves. Don't know if that's patentable.^o^Johnny Come LatelyIs this going to be the "iPhone Killer"?I don't care who the ad agency or manufacturer is, MS is too late and the market...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Pink, phone, advertising agency, Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft's Pink phone?

Could this be the hardware spec for Microsoft's Pink phone?YES! FINALLY!About bloody time. The biggest problems with WiMo phones are:- No retail OS upgrade path. Microsoft fobs this off to the manufacturer - who has literally NO incentive to offer an upgrade. Thing is, a high end phone is $400...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., phone, hardware spec, Pink, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Microsoft's Pink: Let's leave the 'iPhone rival' label off

Microsoft's Pink: Let's leave the 'iPhone rival' label offWinMo 7 is vaporware! ...2010.. c'mon.. vaporware!apple is likely to have an OS update with basically everything people have complained about it lacking and more and WinMo 7 aka the ghost is a year away... you've got to be kidding me.. MS.....

Tags: Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Cellular phones, WinMo 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, iPhone rival, phone, Pink, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Could Verizon be a (or 'the') carrier for Microsoft's Pink?

Could Verizon be a (or 'the') carrier for Microsoft's Pink?Windows 6.5 / Windows 7What I wonder is the following. Windows Mobile 6.5 being pushed back to Q4. Windows 7 early 2010???? Not a chance if you ask me. Mobile phone makers / carriers would be nuts to launch WM 6.5...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Microsoft Corp., Pink, WM 6.5

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Microsoft's Pink: What's the latest?

Microsoft's Pink: What's the latest?Pink??? are the Rodians attemptingto compete with Victoria Secret?Chassis?Is this different to the Reference Chassis which you excuse pun referred to before? That was a set of specifications which manufacturers could refer to when building a phone. I suppose what you're saying now is similar to...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Pink, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, phone

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployed

Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployedwish my water company would do the same thing. nt.It's "lose", not "loose"N/T

Tags: Pink Slip Protection, Virgin Mobile, Pink

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

CES: Zune phone, no. Pink, maybe

CES: Zune phone, no. Pink, maybeTwo Words For This RipoffEPIC FAILURE.Thank You!That was very original and insightful, thank you!I have two words for you......but the language of the snooker hall has no place here.So I'll settle for "Just leave".

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Zune Phone, Pink, Microsoft Zune, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

CES: Zune phone, no. Pink, maybe

Gizmodo has the word from the horse's sorry Brian Seitz mouth: No Zune phone is coming at the Consumer Electronics Show. What might be coming -- and is likely the source of confusion -- the "Pink" premium consumer mobile services. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Microsoft Zune, Pink, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Zune services on Win Mobile = 'Pink'

CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated this week that Microsoft has decided against building its own Zune phone. (Chairman Bill Gates said the same thing back in January 2008, for those keeping score at home.) Ballmer also noted this week that Microsoft is looking to bring Zune software/services to Windows Mobile. This...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Pink, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-03

A (Microsoft) Codename a day: Rouge

As I announced last week, I'm holding a short but sweet Microsoft codename contest this week, with the prize being a free signed copy of my Microsoft 2.0 book which I will ship anywhere in the world to the winner. Today's entry, based on one reader's submission, is "Rouge." by...

Tags: Mobile, Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Service, Pink, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-25

iPodPink appears just in time to save the economy

iPodPink appears just in time to save the economyIt might just be fluff...Different colors might just be "fluff"...but fluff sells. Every female I know who has a Moto Razr, has the pink one. Go Apple!enough is enoughI enjoy my nano but the Apple hype machine is getting to...

Tags: Quality, Digital music, Object Management Group, iPodPink, JIT, Chuck Norris, Pink

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Pink iPod - Guess Valentine's Day is closer that I'd thought

Pink iPod - Guess Valentine's Day is closer that I'd thoughtApple programmers are TERRIBLE!!![i]Earlier this morning the Apple online store was down[/i]Who has to take their whole online store down to add a new color to an existing product? Hehe, can you imagine if Amazon hired Apple developers to write...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Valentine's Day, women, Pink, Pink iPod, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Goodbye SOA grunt work?

"You stop sending me information, and you start getting me some."- Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987Our IT systems and processes, thanks in large part to standardization and Web services specs, are pulling data out of stovepipes and making it accessible to anyone who needs or wants it. A purchase order...

Tags: Pink

Blog posts 2005-03-02

Additional Resources

Apple issues "common sense" heat advice for iPhone 3G/3G S

Apple issues "common sense" heat advice for iPhone 3G/3G SJust like Apple to blame the users and not take responsibility. nt:-(RE: Apple issues My 3GS gets very hot. But am still at a loss why Apple denied this for so longto clarify:some seem to have pink discoloration on their white...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Apple issues "common sense" heat advice for iPhone 3G/3G S

Do iPhone 3G and 3G S handsets overheat during regular use? According to unconfirmed reports iPhone 3G S handsets can get get hot enough that they turn pink. I've not see one first hand so it's hard to confirm the reports, but it seems that the reports/rumors have prompted Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Handset, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Judge's idea to outlaw links won't save newspapers

I continue to be blown away by what I read about how newspapers can be saved. The latest comes from U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner who, in a blog post last week, suggested that one way to save newspapers from their demise would be "to bar linking to...

Tags: Newspaper, Consent, Blogging, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Internet, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-02

News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Privacy, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Samsung Axle SCH-r311 (U.S. Cellular)

Now that U.S. Cellular finally has taken notice of CNET, we've had the opportunity to review a range of the carrier's phones, from sweet multimedia handsets to models built for texting. The new Samsung Axle SCH-r311 falls into neither camp, but it's an acceptable phone for basic communication. Its...

Tags: U.S. Cellular, VGA Camera, Samsung Axle, phone, camera, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaign

AdWeek is reporting that Microsoft has selected ad agency McCann Erickson to develop its campaign fo the Microsoft "Pink Project." Pink is the codename for a Microsoft-branded phone and set of accompanying premium consumer services being developed largely by the Danger team that Microsoft acquired last year. by Mary...

Tags: Advertising Agency, Advertisement, Phone, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-01

iPhone 3GS overheating linked to battery

iPhone 3GS owners have been reporting problems with some units overheating and becoming too hot to touch. The handsets are getting so warm that the white plastic cases are discoloring to a brownish/pink as seen in the picture above from Ben on the French site Le...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Battery, Inquirer, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-30