ZunePhone Update - Bill Says No!

This week saw blogs light up with Microsoft Zune Phone news and speculation.

On the 1st of February 2007 CrunchGear broke the news that a possible Zune Phone maybe coming. Then the excitement mounted and sites all over the net went Zune phone crazy, here is a wrap up of some of the Zune Phone news we found on the net:

Feb 8 - Gizmodo.com reported that Microsoft submitted some sought of wireless device at the FCC, sparking speculation that it could be the Zune Phone.

Feb 10 - After a whole week of ignoring all reports and not saying anything Engadget totally Debunked the FCC report.

Feb 10 - Then in a Newsweek interview Bill came on the scene and said there are no plans for a Zune phone in the near future:

With Xbox and Zune, Microsoft has adopted an end-to-end approach, where you write the software, design the hardware and run the services. Will Microsoft now change its mobile-phone strategy and adopt an end-to-end approach, the way Apple has with the iPhone?

No, I don't think so. People like different styling, media storage, capability [in phones]. The benefit we get from having lots of great hardware partners is pretty phenomenal. And our software can run on any one of those things.

Who knows whats happening maybe Microsoft want to keep everything very tight lipped for now or there are just simply no plans!