'Zune phone' patent application surfaces in series of tubes

[Brian]

'Zune phone' patent application surfaces in series of tubes (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11501/Zune+phone+patent+application+surfaces+in+series+o f+tubes/)

"Engadget pointed out that some of the icons appear to point to weather, music, and the like. There's also a TV icon with rabbit ears (umm, online video?), a globe (mobile Web?), a shopping cart, and...a dog? From the likes of it, it definitely looks like a Microsoft answer to the iPhone."

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[handrail]

and it'll only take 3 or 4 years for them to bring the phone and tv technology to market.

[Brian]

... I hope they get rid of that damned points system by the time the Zune phone comes out...

"So, for 49.99 a month, I can get 3000 points? Ok... so how many minutes of talk time can I buy with these points? Can I just pay you money for minutes? Why the middle-man? Ugg... I'll just go buy an iPhone."