Zune Phone Details

Even during the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, details are emerging about the Zune Phone.  Well, actually, they could be more accurately described as rumors, but they're intriguing nonetheless.  For starters, this project apparently has a code name, and the Zune Phone is code named "Pink," for whatever it's worth.  Also of interest is that the device will likely combine the tech already found in the Zune, with the team from Danger, Inc.  And who exactly are these folks with Danger right in their name?  You may recall that these are the folks that brought us another teen electronics hit, T-Mobile's Sidekick phone/text messaging device that some of my family members are addicted to heavy users of.

Another rumor is that it will be powered by an nVidia Tegra chip.  This is noteworthy because this is a "system on a chip" design that will put nVidia into the mobile phone marketplace.  Reportedly these chips are designed for 3D effects (not surprising coming from a graphics company).  Also of note, they were designed to offer an advantage to an iPhone competitor.  I also saw that the Tegra was originally supposed to debut in a product at the end of 2008 which would fit the timeline of what we're talking about (adding in the obligatory Microsoft delay of a few more months).  Also, the Tegra has not debuted in any other products to date.

So, after looking at these fragments of a rumor, I still have one question.  How do you dial a phone with a squircle?

Comments

[Corey]

I hope this rumor is true and that we are looking at a Q1 2009 release. MS should take it a step further and also integrate aspects of XBox Live.

[Civisi]

Hmmm...

I posted this over at ZuneThoughts.com forums on October 17, '08:

If you haven't listened yet, check out Episode 8 of the Zune Insider audio/video podcast. About 20 seconds in, Rob and Cesar talk about the room that they're recording in.

"Cesar and I (Rob Greenly) are both talking to you from the inside of a Zune conference room. This is Episode 8 of the Zune Insider audio and video podcast... There is stuff on the walls that, let's just say, is future looking and I'm glad we're doing audio only. And there are gigantic Zunes that are on the walls. They play video and it looks quite crazy."

So the conference room has stuff about the future of Zune. Was Rob's comment about the large Zunes on the wall related to it? It leaves a lot room for speculation. But it is mentioned that this is the same conference room where they did the interview with Common in Episode 6. They don't show enough of the room to see if there were Zunes on the wall 2 weeks prior.

[Linnéa]

where can I find a phone lika this?
Please let me know!