Rumor: Zune Phone? Because the Zune wasn’t enough.

There are rumors that say that in order to counter Apple’s iPhone, Microsoft is working on plans to develop its own Zune-branded cellular phone.

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Lemme guess, you used that little pause right there to scratch your heads huh? We did, too. Despite Microsoft’s Zune meeting little fanfare, and as oddball as a Zune phone sounds right now, this rumor is actually a bit dated. However, Blake Robinson of CrunchGear – the folks who first broke the story – gives this old rumor new life by saying that “This information is as definite as tips can be.”

Here’s the other things that the CrunchGear report had to say about the Zune:

Connectivity is the major concern of the device. It is said that it will be able to sync with the Xbox 360 and stream video from the system to the phone via a wireless data connection. This would be pivotal in Microsoft’s proliferation of its media ambitions. Not only does it already have millions of 360s in homes capable of downloading movies, it’d be able to distribute those videos directly to its phones.

Sigh. As attractive as that sounds, the rumored Zune phone has to do a little more than just sync with your Xbox 360 in order for it to at least put up a fight with the Apple iPod. It has to withstand pressure from competition. It has to be able to conserve battery power, it has to have decent to large storage capacity, and most importantly it should be affordable.

If this rumor is to be believed, it looks like Microsoft is trying to salvage the Zune brand by turning the Xbox 360 into a super heroine of sorts. Yeah. We like to think of our consoles as cute action console-tans.

Via CrunchGear

There are rumors that say that in order to counter Apple’s iPhone, Microsoft is working on plans to develop its own Zune-branded cellular phone.

.

..

…

Lemme guess, you used that little pause right there to scratch your heads huh? We did, too. Despite Microsoft’s Zune meeting little fanfare, and as oddball as a Zune phone sounds right now, this rumor is actually a bit dated. However, Blake Robinson of CrunchGear – the folks who first broke the story – gives this old rumor new life by saying that “This information is as definite as tips can be.”

Here’s the other things that the CrunchGear report had to say about the Zune:

Connectivity is the major concern of the device. It is said that it will be able to sync with the Xbox 360 and stream video from the system to the phone via a wireless data connection. This would be pivotal in Microsoft’s proliferation of its media ambitions. Not only does it already have millions of 360s in homes capable of downloading movies, it’d be able to distribute those videos directly to its phones.

Sigh. As attractive as that sounds, the rumored Zune phone has to do a little more than just sync with your Xbox 360 in order for it to at least put up a fight with the Apple iPod. It has to withstand pressure from competition. It has to be able to conserve battery power, it has to have decent to large storage capacity, and most importantly it should be affordable.

If this rumor is to be believed, it looks like Microsoft is trying to salvage the Zune brand by turning the Xbox 360 into a super heroine of sorts. Yeah. We like to think of our consoles as cute action console-tans.

Via CrunchGear