October 12, 2010 9:30 PM PDT
by Ina
Fried
NEW YORK--When Microsoft failed to announce any Mac software
for Windows
Phone 7 at its event on Monday, many people assumed
that meant that there would be no way to directly load content from an Apple
computer onto the new devices. However, that will not be the case.
"I'm glad to confirm that Mac users would be able to use Zune on their Macs to sync with" Windows Phone 7, Microsoft UK's Oded Ran said in the tweet. As mentioned, the message has since been deleted, but it was widely retweeted and also captured by Microsoft enthusiast site Neowin.net.
Microsoft's Zune software for Windows is still the primary means of connecting with a Windows Phone--allowing users not only to upload content but to update their phones and purchase apps, music, and video as well.
"Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of a tool that
allows Windows Phone 7 to sync select content with Mac computers," Microsoft
said in a statement.
The statement, released shortly after midnight ET Wednesday, came after a
Microsoft employee in the United Kingdom posted a tweet, since deleted, that
indicated that some sort of Mac connection was coming, though not all the
details were correct.
"I'm glad to confirm that Mac users would be able to use Zune on their Macs to sync with" Windows Phone 7, Microsoft UK's Oded Ran said in the tweet. As mentioned, the message has since been deleted, but it was widely retweeted and also captured by Microsoft enthusiast site Neowin.net.
In fact, Microsoft has been working on a piece of Mac software that will
allow certain content to be shared with a Windows Phone 7 device.
Microsoft's Zune software for Windows is still the primary means of connecting with a Windows Phone--allowing users not only to upload content but to update their phones and purchase apps, music, and video as well.
Microsoft took a similar approach with its
ill-fated Kin, which also relied primarily on Zune but offered a more limited
Mac-connection option.
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