— Feb. 20, 2008 — Microsoft is seeking ways to better integrate Windows Mobile and its Zune portable media player (PMP). A "Zune phone" is unlikely, but the company wants suggestions about how the devices can work together better, according to a new post on the Window Mobile team's blog. ...

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Can the aging Windows Mobile gain ground as slick, fast-moving competitors move in? Philip Berne gets specific about the next version of the OS and what Microsoft can do to dominate yet another field. ... It is time for a Zune phone. It's time to turn Jay Allard and the Xbox team loose on the mobile market, and let them create something from scratch.

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So the Zune 2 launched . And while the new models are a definite improvement on the last version of the Zune (and by the way, Microsoft made all the Zune 2 features available through software updates on old Zunes, which was super classy), I was hoping we'd see new Xbox 360 integration with the device.

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A new interview with former Xbox figurehead J Allard has revealed that the corporate vice president of design and development at Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division has no immediate plans for introducing video games content on the company's Zune media player. Allard was the most recognizable corporate face for Microsoft during the original Xbox era, but more recently has focused on ...

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For almost a year now, I have been using an original 30GB Zune as my primary digital audio player. With rumors flying about the new Zune's debut, here's what I'm hoping for.

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(Holger) Die erste Version von Microsofts mobilem MP3- und Video-Player hat es offiziell nicht über den großen Teich geschafft. Ob das Schicksal für die angeblich für den 16. Oktober geplante zweite Version besser ausfällt und man ihn auch hier kaufen können wird ist bislang nicht bekannt. Aber immerhin gibt es schon mal ein paar neue Details.

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The next-generation of Apple iPod players has arrived. People are clamoring over the cuteness of the new iPod nano and the sleekness of the iPod touch. Microsoft must respond to the new iPods and apparently they're going to do it on October 16th with a new family of Zune portable media players.

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Time to start the sails of the gadget rumour mill spinning again. Its latest quarry: the flash based Zune 2, expected this October

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Complete with new "squircle" control

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Nokia used to be just a cellphone maker. Google used to be just an Internet company. Now Nokia wants to be an Internet company and Google, according to rampant speculation among bloggers and technology analysts, may be about to enter the mobile phone fray. ... Microsoft's Zune music player already allows wireless sharing of songs - at least those without digital copy protection - between devices. How long, some analysts ask, before the company also decides to produce a Zune phone?

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