Zune, the music player; Zune the service; Zune, the software; Zune the lifestyle brand; Zune, the cellphone? The iPod beat Microsoft to the portable music device market by what, five years, so don’t be surprised that it doesn’t look like they’re going to let Apple off so easily on a cellphone — especially not while they’ve got a fighting chance. At a press conference today, Chris Stephenson, GM for Zune, told the press, “A Zune phone is definitely part of the future of this brand.” adapting off-the-shelf Microsoft stuff are more than skin deep.
In effetti mettere nello Zune un software voip o un client di Skype o dei suoi fratelli non dovrebbe essere difficile. Salvo che Microsoft voglia fare l’ingorda e inseririci qualcosa di terribilmente proprietario …