Is a Zune Phone in the works?

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Is a Zune Phone in the works?

by Emily Price Feb 9th 2007

Rumor has it that Microsoft may be planning the release of a Zune phone in May 2007 before the much anticipated iPhone hits the shelves.

Microsoft filed papers on Monday with the FCC for a wireless device to be used for "consumer broadband access and networking." The unnamed device mentioned in Microsoft's FCC paperwork is planning to use 4G technology. Most networks are barely at 3G currently, however Sprint/Nextel announced plans in August to build their own 4G Network based on IEEE 802.16e WiMax standard with the exact same specs mentioned in Microsoft's FCC filing.

Internet buzz is booming, with several people connecting the FCC filing and Sprints press release together to build suspicions of a Zune phone.

With this particular technology a WiMax-enabled Zune Phone could emerge with download speeds near 2Mbps and the ability to seamlessly share music with people from coast to coast.

No doubt it would be a pretty spectacular phone, now all we have to do is find out if it's real.

[via CrunchGear]

Tags: Microsoft Phone, MicrosoftPhone, WiMax, Zune FCC, zune phone, Zune Sprint, ZuneFcc, ZunePhone, ZuneSprint

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sleestack said 3:47PM on 2-09-2007

Very doubtful. See this digg article for link to Newsweek interview with Bill Gates saying no Zune phone. http://digg.com/gadgets/Bill_Gates_says_no_Zune_phone

Ian said 4:40PM on 2-09-2007

It can't happen too "zune" for me.

SOAD said 1:45AM on 2-10-2007

If the ZunePhone is real, PLEASE PLEASE I hope it come to Sprint!

will said 10:43AM on 2-22-2007

If anyone is interested in winning a free Zune I am helping to spread the word about a sweepstakes going on at MSN right now.

People who make MSN their homepage have the opportunity to win a free Zune. The promotion can be found at http://homepage.msn.com/zune

They are giving away 50 Zunes, and the contest closes on Feb 28, with random drawing of all 50 winners on or about March 14.

MSN Homepage Zune Sweepstakes

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