The photo above was taken off the NBC TV show “The Today Show” during the day of windows 7 launch, Microsoft CEO “Steve Ballmer” was showcasing Windows 7 during an interview, The NBC media crew were showing a Macbook Pro with a windows 7 logo on the screen.. the good thing that Steve didn’t turn and look behind him while that photo was up .

Source : Gizmodo

Microsoft opened its first couple of stores in the US , While trying to compete with apple marketing strategy , All they’ve done is basically just copy!!! , I know that most windows fans out there would argue and debate it but I’ll let the videos tell.

That video above was recorded recently at one of the Microsoft Store opening in Scottsdale, Arizona. Oct 22nd

Now this video of an apple store opening in Boston MA, In May 08

Do you guys see any resemblance ? !

Microsoft Corp. today promised that it will replace the often-hated Entourage e-mail client in its Office for the Mac suite with a version of Outlook by late 2010.

“Outlook for Mac will deliver the functionality that businesses have come to expect from Outlook on Windows,” said Eric Wilfred, the general manager of Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit in a conference call this morning.

“Outlook for Mac and Outlook for Windows will be different, for sure, and they will also be compatible, for sure,” Wilfred added when asked what kind of parity users should expect between the two applications.

Microsoft will ship the next version of Office for Mac — which doesn’t yet have an official title — in “time for the holiday season in 2010,” Wilfred said.

In a brief report, The Wall Street Journal claims that Microsoft and Verizon are in talks to launch an iPhone rival in early 2010. MarketWatch summarizes the report:

The Microsoft phone, code-named “Pink,” is expected to appear by 2010 and would extend the tech giant’s Windows Mobile cellphone operating system, according to the Journal.

Similar to Google’s Android platform, Microsoft will reportedly work with a third party who will manufacture the device, but Microsoft will play an integral role in design and development.

Verizon has been linked to several rumors regarding the iPhone from mainstream news sources in recent days, first with renewed claims that the iPhone may be making its way onto the carrier’s network sometime next year, and earlier today with rumors that Apple and Verizon are developing two new products, an “iPhone lite” and a larger “Media Pad”, also slated for release as early as 2010.

Source : MacRumors

Microsoft been releaseing several TV ads bashing the Mac and claiming that it’s way overpriced and that PC’s can do more for less.  What they did is that they’ve let people choose their next computer spec and set the price and if they find it they get to keep it, and intentially letting them feature the mac as beeing cool but way overpriced for what it can do.

Whatch their ads here :

As you can see The ads specifically target Apple’s Macs as having a higher cost than PCs. Hesseldahl rehashes the usual arguments on cost, but also gets a rare comment from Apple’s PR department on the new ads. Apple’s Bill Evans said of the ads:

“A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want …. The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price.”

Some Apple Fans created this parody of Mircorsoft ad which we find to be quite funny

Sources: Youtube , MacRumors

This weekend, Microsoft entered the iPhone market with their first application called ”Seadragon Mobile” [App Store Link]. The free application is a product of Microsoft Live Labs and offers iPhone users the ability to view ultra-high resolution images on your iPhone:

“Seadragon is designed to provide next-generation visual experiences, regardless of the size of the screen, size of the file or speed of your network. It’s already available on a number of platforms, including Microsoft Surface, and in Photosynth and Silverlight. Now we’re bringing that same graphical smoothness right to the iPhone in your pocket.“

Two new ‘Get a Mac’ Apple ads appeared today which appear to be a direct response to Microsoft’s $300 Million ad campaign which included two ads with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

 Watch them below : 

 Bean Counter 

   V Word

 You can also watch them in High-Res on Apple’s Site 

 Source : Apple.com

Microsoft releases their 2nd “Bill & Jerry” TV Ads, This time its a 4:32 min TV Ad  

مايكروسوفت تطرح الجزء الثاني من سلسله  دعايات “بل و جيري” التلفزيونيه . هذه المره تمتد ل ٤:٣٢ دقيقه

 Microsoft response to Apple’s “Get A Mac”  Ads .. See If you could get the meaning behind it?

رد مايكروسوفت على دعايات ” احصل على ماك ” التلفزيونيه .. حاولوا فهم مغزى الدعايه