WIRED Staff

Zune Phone Apparently on the Way

It took Microsoft approximately 5.126 years to copy the iPod, but apparently the company is going to be doing something along the lines of the iPhone as well, which represents a considerable shortening of the "clone gap." The iPhone doesn’t come out until June, and Microsoft hasn’t officially announced any sort of "iZune" phone at […]

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It took Microsoft approximately 5.126 years to copy the iPod, but apparently the company is going to be doing something along the lines of the iPhone as well, which represents a considerable shortening of the "clone gap." The iPhone doesn't come out until June, and Microsoft hasn't officially announced any sort of "iZune" phone at this point.

CrunchGear received a tip earlier today, that it described as "sound," containing a three shards of information about a Zune phone Microsoft is apparently readying. CrunchGear's tipster exposed the following points about the alleged device:

- It will not run Windows Mobile, but instead something homegrown specifically for it (similar to the Zune OS).
- It will be able to stream video from an XBox 360 wirelessly.
- The team is shooting for a holiday '07 release.

If the iPhone is as big a hit as it seems like it will be, carriersbesides Cingular will probably be falling over themselves to be thefirst to become the Zune phone's exclusive carrier.

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