What is Microsoft up to?
Posted in This Just In... on May 12th, 2009 by gkrakowAccording to published reports, Microsoft might be up to something really big.
The company has reportedly been selling bonds (for the first time) to raise cash. Some analysts say Microsoft is gathering between $3.5 and $4 billion to possibly restructure their own debt.
Then again, others think Microsoft is planning to purchase something else while stock prices are low. Maybe it’s a small down payment for a big company. Yahoo, perhaps?
And who is to say that they’re not planning to manufacture their own smartphone? According to some bloggers, Microsoft might be busy working on a Zune smartphone – combining their music player with their Windows Mobile software.
That’s a very crowded field – getting more crowded with each passing day. But, Microsoft has always had an amazing knack of getting into hardware markets way after everyone else has done so.
Combining Zune and Windows Mobile could be a good thing for Microsoft. They could merge two of their divisions into one and, who knows, they might come up with one heckuva device.
One request, let Zune owners use full-sized, uncompressed WAV music files. Currently that’s not permitted. Apple does allow uncompressed AIFF files for iPods and iPhones.