The biggest players at the mobile market are Apple iPhone and Google Nexus. Now Microsoft decided to carve out its own share of the mobile market pie. In partnership with OEM they are planning to launch Microsoft Zune Phone soon, which is expected to run Windows Mobile 7 version.
The most plausible features of the Zune phone are a 5-megapixel camera, 720P video support, and an iTunes-like music subscription/purchasing service, which is nothing new to the majority of smartphone users.
The Zune Phone is also speculated to continue using NVIDIA’s Tegra, which means updated gaming and multimedia functions. Besides, Windows Mobile developers promise that this time the Zune Phone will support surfing social networks like Xbox Live, Facebook and Twitter. Zune Phone sports a 480×272 screen, HDMI out, weighs 70 grams and may become a favourite teenager gadget rivaling Blackberry.
Zune is expected to debut soon, at either Mobile World Congress that is to take place inFebruary in Barcelona, Spain, or possibly at CTIA in Las Vegas one month later.
The rumors about introduction by Apple the first Internet tablet iSlate by the end of the month were confirmed. On the 18th of January Apple sent invitations to the presentation to be held on January, 27 at 10 am local time in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater (San Francisco).
British mobile operator Vodafone will become the third to start retail sales of the Apple iPhone.