Microsoft hardware
Microsoft Corporation has been selling branded hardware since 1980,[1][2][3] and developing devices in-house since 1982, when the Microsoft Hardware division was formed[4] to design a computer mouse for use with Microsoft Word for DOS. Since then, Microsoft has developed computer hardware, gaming hardware[5] and mobile hardware. It also produced drivers and other software for integrating the hardware with Microsoft Windows.
Products
- ActiMates toys
- Azure Kinect
- Digital Sound System 80 speakers
- Microsoft Band smartbands
- Microsoft Broadband Networking networking products
- Microsoft Cordless Phone System phones
- Microsoft Fingerprint Reader biometric readers
- Microsoft HoloLens smartglasses
- Microsoft Keyboard keyboards
- Microsoft Kin mobile phones
- Microsoft LifeCam webcams
- Microsoft LifeChat headsets
- Microsoft Lumia smartphones
- Microsoft MacEnhancer
- Microsoft Mach 20 accelerator board
- Microsoft Mouse computer mice
- Microsoft Response Point business telephone systems
- Microsoft RoundTable videoconferencing devices
- Microsoft SideWinder game controllers
- Microsoft Surface tablet PCs
- Microsoft wireless display adapters
- Nokia 3-digit series feature phones
- Xbox accessories
- Xbox game controllers
- Xbox video game consoles
- Z-80 SoftCard coprocessor card
- Zune portable media players
See also
References
- Lock, Robert (May–June 1980). "An Apple Breakthru". Compute!. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- "Z-80 Board Puts CP/M on Apple". InfoWorld. Popular Computing. 2 (6): 3. April 28, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017.
- "Seminar Spills Negotiating Secrets". InfoWorld. Popular Computing. 2 (21): 24. November 24, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017.
Unsure of the demand for the product, Microsoft took a prototype to the last West Coast Computer Faire
-
Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas (eds.), Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-58115-653-9,
The Microsoft Hardware Division was founded in 1982 on the principle of deep integration of hardware with software.
- Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas (eds.), Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 978-1-58115-653-9,
The division was originally charged with creating the company's first mouse compatible with Microsoft Word. [...] the 1990s saw an expanding variety of products, including PC keyboards, gaming joysticks and gamepads, a cordless telephone system, PC audio speakers, and trackball devices.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.