The new Zune is here, and it was definitely worth waiting for V3! For those of you (you know who you are) who were still holding out hope for a Zune/WM hybrid, there are no phone features, but it has practically everything else: "Starting next week, every Zune portable media player will let consumers...

[quote user="Laura Rooke"]The analyst thinks Microsoft’s most likely to put mobile Zune branded functions inside future version of Windows Mobile, in a similar way to the inclusion of iPod features within the iPhone.[/quote]This certainly seems to more logical path to take I would like to see...

Jupiter Research analyst , Michael Gartenberg points out that there's a difference between the business models of Windows Mobile and Zune. “Windows Mobile is a core platform and OS. No one has ever been successful licensing technology platforms to others and then competing with a device of their...

There's plenty of these types of lists out there . Here's mine: More keyboard shortcuts. It’s great that Windows Mobile 6 has keyboard shortcuts in the messaging app, and (just about) all the menu items and navigation can be accessed with hardware buttons, but I want more. Being able to do everything...

Over on the Windows Mobile Team Blog , Microsoft developers are "wondering if there are any opportunities for us to improve the experience for people who use both devices (a Zune and a Windows Mobile phone). For example, viewing your Zune Social network in IEMobile, converting a Zune playlist into...