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Zune Finding Ways to Work with Danger = Zune Hiptop?

After a presentation at Microsoft's Zune media event, Chris Stephenson, GM of Marketing for Zune, offhandedly mentioned that they're finding ways to integrate and work with Danger's 250-man staff. As a reminder, Danger, who Microsoft bought, is strictly a consumer handset OS maker. No one has officially confirmed the Zune Phone project's existence until now, without a retraction. But this is a step in the right direction.

4:53 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Adrian Covert
3,697 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: @LagunaSol: Indeed but wait isn't that what apple does hell don't they all do it more »

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Zune Gaming, Phone Not Coming Soon, But Definitely Possible

Although we may all be super excited at what the Zune is getting, here are two things that the Zune definitely is not getting soon (even though it's possible thanks to its new architecture): Gaming and Phoning. More »

7:32 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Jason Chen
6,877 views, 22 comments

cellphones

Department of Duh: Microsoft Admits Zune Phone Not Unreasonable

The not-new-but-still-enjoyable video above is pegged to a fresh quote from a Microsoft exec, via Reuters: "It wouldn't be unreasonable to think at some point there might some integrated thing," Mindy Mount, chief financial officer of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, told investors at Citigroup's global technology conference. That was in response to asking about "a mobile phone combined with features of its Zune digital music player." More »

8:20 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By Brian Lam
18,151 views, 24 comments

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ZunePhone Shows its Superiority to the iPhone

Now that the iPhone music is available to buy on iTunes, it seems like everyone and his dog is getting on an iPhone parody trip. Here's the ZunePhone, a mock-up of what Microsoft's iPod Slayer would be like if it had Jesus-like qualities. [YouTube via TUAW]

8:00 AM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By AddyDugdale
46,856 views, 56 comments

portable media

Samsung and Microsoft to Exchange Patent Info - Will This Help the Zunephone?

Remember the deal you made with the smart kid in school where he would let you cheat off his test and you would promise not to steal his lunch money? Samsung and Microsoft's just gone and done the same thing, except in their case they both fight for the nerd spot and the bully position goes empty. The two companies agreed to a deal that lets each other have access to patents for "computers, televisions, digital video recorders and digital media players." More »

6:49 PM on Thu Apr 19 2007
By Jason Chen
1,173 views, 9 comments

Latest by pacalis: It's patent rights not patent info as the title suggests. AEC007 - it's patent rights, not copyright infringement. This is just a cheap way of securing access to technology reducing the risk of infringment suits that could delay product development and more »

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Microsoft Ordering Fuel Cell Rechargers - For the Zune or the Zune Phone?

Although fuel cells aren't yet at the point where they can fit easily into devices like the Zune, the iPod, or cellphones, they are small enough to be used as rechargers. This is why Medis Technologies has produced the first of its Microsoft-branded fuel cell rechargers, and should be up to a capacity of 1 million units per month by the end of June. More »

10:29 AM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Jason Chen
1,306 views, 11 comments

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12 Microsoft Patents That Paint a Zune Phone Picture

Despite semi-denials from Microsoft about the existence of the ZunePhone, we still have it on good word that the phone will be launched some time this year. And if you take all the patents Microsoft's filed lately and look at them through a ZunePhone lens, you'll see that there's even more evidence to prove that it's coming. More »

4:45 PM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By Jason Chen
5,124 views, 13 comments

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Even More Zune Phone Rumors! WiMax? VoIP? Sharing With Anybody?

Despite being pretty certain that the Zune Phone was already in development, we haven't had many details about its featureset, timeline, or, well, anything else. Now we do. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Jason Chen
1,171 views, 12 comments

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What the Zune Phone Needs To Beat the iPhone


Now that we're pretty sure the Zune Phone is coming, what do we want to see in it? Well, even though Microsoft's been leaving a lot of features out of first-generation products—especially when compared to Apple's feature-rich phone—here's a list of stuff that we think the Zune Phone needs to have to beat the iPhone. More »

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12:00 PM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Jason Chen
1,754 views, 41 comments

portable media

Zune Phone: It's Coming

It's almost 100% confirmed that the Zune phone is coming. Crunchgear had a tip this morning that says Microsoft execs are working out the details of the device today, and are planning the date which the Zune Phone will be released. More »

3:05 PM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Jason Chen
10,022 views, 56 comments