Robbie Bach

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/...-engadget-is-t/"We're currently at a multi-purpose Microsoft event right now -- an event touring the company's holiday lineup, as well as today's launch of Windows phone devices (AKA, Windows Mobile 6.5). We had a chance to sit down with Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, and ask him some questions about where the big M is headed with its recent lineup."While the...  

Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division, was on CNBC this morning, where the focus was more on the competition from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) than the Windows Mobile 6.5 and 30 new handsets rolled out today. (Video embedded below.) Bach: “We’re absolutely step in step with our competition.”  

We're currently at a multi-purpose Microsoft event right now -- an event touring the company's holiday lineup, as well as today's launch of Windows phone devices (AKA, Windows Mobile 6.5). We had a chance to sit down with Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, and ask him some questions about where the big M is headed with its recent lineup. Here are a few of our takeaways. We asked about convergence (or...  

When questioned about the possibility of a dedicated gaming handheld vs a phone with multimedia functionality, Microsoft's Robbie Bach expressed his hesitation to enter either market to attendees of yesterday's. First Annual Microsoft Open House . The Entertainment and Devices division prez said, "The portable market's an interesting market ... ... (Read on Source)  

Asked why it took so damn long to get from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 (which there isn’t a whole lot of difference, honestly), Robbie Bach says that the shift from a business focus to an all-around one, was huge, and took a lot of time. (more…)  

Asked why it took so damn long to get from Windows Mobile 6.1 to 6.5 (which there isn't a whole lot of difference, honestly), Robbie Bach says that the shift from a business focus to an all-around one, was huge, and took a lot of time. But, from here on out, he says that with Windows Mobile the "pace of innovation is gonna accelerate dramatically going forward" so you're going to see a "set of speedy innovations from us over the next 6, 12...  

From usatoday.com (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/10/natal-might-not-come-cheap/1 ): [QUOTE] Speaking at an Xbox 360 event in New York, Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division says consumers should "expect that it (Natal) will go through the usual price curve." As for when Microsoft will switch away from the code name Natal, Bach says it will happen "when we tell you to call...  

Speaking at the First Annual Microsoft Open House in Manhattan yesterday, E&D Division prez Robbie Bach danced around the issue of pricing the company's upcoming motion tech for Xbox 360. "Relative to Natal, we'll see how the pricing/costs work out," Bach said. "But I think people should expect it to be like other things: We work through the price curve, just like we have with other products." Though muddled, Bach's comment does not suggest...  

Speaking at the First Annual Microsoft Open House in NYC, Robbie Bach, president of the company's entertainment and devices division, was touting the strength of the 360 platform. Along with the impressive news that the results of 425 million games had been crunched for matchmaking, Bach also said that Avatar clothing had been changed more than ... (Read on Source)  

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The smartphones using an upgraded version of its Windows Mobile operating system represents the company's "best and broadest lineup we've ever had," said Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft Corp.'s entertainment and devices ...  

WA todayMicrosoft Makes Holiday Pitch for Zune, XboxPC MagazineThe focus this year will be the Zune HD, Xbox Live, and Windows 7, according to Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. ...Microsoft Launches Big Gadget Push for HolidaysPC WorldMicrosoft's Bach Predicts 'Good Holiday Season'TwiceMicrosoft kicks off its Windows uber-branding campaignZDNet (blog)United Press International -Mobility Site (blog...  

Clothes also a hit, by the sound of thingsMicrosoft entertainment and devices boss Robbie Bach has been speaking at a new Microsoft Open House bash in New York, the Xbox pioneer revealing that Avatars have been a huge hit on Xbox Live.Derided at launch as being too similar to the Miis found on the Wii, Avatars have proved a hit with the console's userbase, with over 150 million clothing changes mooted by Bach.Apparently, this means that on...  

"Xbox comes from a gaming heritage, and is expanding into a broader entertainment brand," Microsoft's Robbie Bach told us earlier today at its first Open House event in New York. Powering Xbox's expansion into "broader entertainment" is the upcoming Dashboard update, scheduled for beta release later this month. Four services included in the update will expand the 360's social networking and multimedia capabilities: Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm...