Microsoft: We're still not making a Zune phone
WinInfo | at | by Mike
On Tuesday, Microsoft quietly unveiled a minor upgrade to its little-used Zune PC software, which provides media player functionality and synchronization capabilities for the company's Zune portable players. But after a blogger uncovered references to three unnamed "Phone" devices in the PC software's installer files, speculation aroseagainthat Microsoft would soon start offering Zune-branded smart phones.However, once again, Microsoft has strongly denied these rumors.
"As far as a 'Zune phone,' we have no plans to create a Zune phone," a Microsoft representative told Neowin's Tom Warren yesterday. "It makes sense that someday Zune could be part of a phone experience, but there have been no announcements about how or if that will happen.