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Zune Phone release date set for early 2009
Zune phone concept courtesy ZuneScene.com
The Zune Phone rumors are heating up again today with an article out at CNBC that’s states “I’m hearing from a good source that Microsoft is ready to give a major facelift to the company’s Zune music player that could mean its evolution into a new smart phone from the company.”
According to their tipster the Zune phone is being developed in house using technology from their recent acquisition of Danger, manufacturer of the popular Sidekick portable devices, and the project is named “Pink”. The Zune phone may be released in early 2009 after making it’s debut at the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2009 in January.
This Zune phone story sounds a bit more logical then the “we’re not making a phone” line of garbage that people like Ballmer have been talking for the last two years. Why would Microsoft spend $500 million on Danger and not make a Zune phone or some kind of smartphone? It’s simple. They keep putting out yes and no stories to keep us talking about a device they are WAY late to the game with. The Zune Phone is becoming the “Chinese Democracy” of mobile devices. Let’s hope it doesn’t take them 14 years to get a device to market.
Written by Alfred @ Zune MAX - Check out my Zune Card in the Zune forums now!Tags: Windows Mobile, Zune, zune 3, zune 3.0, zune 4, zune mobile, Zune Phone
