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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
A Zune phone? Microsoft says a definite ‘maybe.’
Speculation over whether Microsoft will combine its Zune digital media player with a cell phone to take on the Apple iPhone sparked again on Tuesday as a company executive hinted at the possibility.
“It’s not an unreasonable thing at some point in the future,” Mindy Mount, chief financial officer for Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, told investors at Citigroup’s global technology conference in New York.
“When you have an integrated software and hardware product … it does allow often for a much better, much cleaner experience,” she said. “You can make sure that you have everything working together in a way that is much harder to do when you just have an open-based platform.”
Asked whether Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system will evolve to offer a more iPhone-like multimedia experience, Mount said consumers want devices that merge business functions and personal features involving photos and music.
“It’s a natural thing for us to have in our product road map,” she said.
(Photo: Microsoft)
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