Is It So Hard To Love Microsoft News?

Nobody likes a bragger, but let’s face it – when you do something right, you want the whole world to know. That’s why Microsoft is screaming from every mountaintop that the new Windows Phone 7 operating system is going to blow your consumer minds. The company has been packaging its latest smart phone OS for shipping to all of its cellular partners in order to be ready for the holidays. Microsoft said in a statement that this baby has been tested, double tested, triple tested and tested one last time just to be sure. So basically, it’s ready to go. And it’s good timing, because my MSDOS phone is running a little slow.

Sometimes in a fight, you just have to say, “Screw it” and go for the knockout. And 9 times out of 10, it’s a big swing and a miss. But Microsoft doesn’t care about the odds, because the only way the company can even start to compete with Google’s Android phone presence is by attacking, and that’s what they’re doing. Microsoft is launching its Bing app with Verizon phones and in the coming months Bing will become available with more U.S. carriers that sell Android smart phones, with the promise that it will provide smoother, more convenient service, like a bald man getting a haircut.

Speaking of fighting, if you’re like me you’d rather handle your pugilism on a video game platform like the Xbox (which I don’t have if anyone at Microsoft is reading), but if you’re also like me you have giant man hands as the result of generations of pure testosterone breeding. And big thumbs equal clumsy gaming. That was the complaint that a lot of gamers had with the most recent models of wireless controllers for the Xbox 360. But Microsoft has heard the cries and complaints and come November, the classic style of controller will be available again, making the gaming experience easy for ham fists everywhere.

Finally, for the delicate hands, the new Microsoft Arc mouse combines the super popular touch technology with just flat out design awesomeness. Instead of a scroll wheel, a touch sensor will handle your scrolling needs just fine. For the person on the go, the Arc can flatten for packing convenience and then pop right back into shape for everyday use. What shape, you ask? An arc. Maybe you’re not ready for advanced technology just yet.