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Is a Zune Phone in the works?

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]

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