Microsoft hardware

Microsoft 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 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 game controllers
Xbox video game consoles
Z-80 SoftCard coprocessor card
Zune portable media players

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. 2 (6). Popular Computing: 3. April 28, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017.
^ "Seminar Spills Negotiating Secrets". InfoWorld. 2 (21). Popular Computing: 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.

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[1] Lock, Robert (May–June 1980). "An Apple Breakthru". Compute!. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[2] "Z-80 Board Puts CP/M on Apple". InfoWorld. 2 (6). Popular Computing: 3. April 28, 1980. ISSN 0199-6649. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017.

[3] "Seminar Spills Negotiating Secrets". InfoWorld. 2 (21). Popular Computing: 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

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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