Today, Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president for entertainment and devices, renewed the news that Microsoft will not be making a ZunePhone. "“We don't make phones ourselves. We don't have any plans to make phones ourselves.” He said. This really isn't
something we haven't heard before.
Further, Bach continued
the discussion and confirmed rumors that Zune will be expanded. He made it clear that Zune is not simply a media outlet, but is a platform that we will see integrated into other Microsoft products. Again, nothing we didn't already know and have
mentioned in the past. The Windows Mobile Team has even
asked how Zune could work better with Windows Mobile.
But one tidbit worth noting is on what Robbie Bach said about the future of the Zune device itself.
[Image is a Mock Up]
.....“Take the device independent for a second and just assume that over time where there's a screen, touch will be part of it. It's not going to matter what the product line is. You're going to see it be a cornerstone of the work we do.”
That's as clear as clear can be. Zune will have a touch screen interface in the future. As always, keep it locked on ZuneBoards for any more news on this topic!
[via
Gizmodo and
AnythingButiPod]