Zune Phone or Xbox Zune Announcement Coming At CES?

MS handheld me thinks with Live anywhere - you think ?

Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry may have spilled some beans about Microsoft's upcoming CES showing.

According to the analyst, and Wired's Gadget Lab seems to buy it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be announcing a Zune-****mobile device during his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas next month.

The device is said to include "motion enhancement features" like an accelerometer, a large, multimedia-friendly screen and a keyboard.

What's that mean for gaming? Well if nothing else, I'm sure we will see an explosion of portable gaming hit this new Zune device, perhaps even that long awaited Live Anywhere software. But Gadget Lab seems to think that perhaps this device may not be a phone at all, maybe it will be a web-enabled portable Xbox Zune.

On the surface that seems plausible, what with NVidia making a special chip for a mobile Microsoft product, and Microsoft being the only gaming hardware company out there without a portable device for gaming. But with the economy crashing down around our ears, is now really the time for that? It all depends on the price.

I will love an xbox portable with HALO /GEARS /KAMEO /PERFECTDARK /VIVA /BANJO /FABLE AND Xbox portable with live that will be my dreamMightyBillam

[QUOTE="MightyBillam"]I will love an xbox portable with HALO /GEARS /KAMEO /PERFECTDARK /VIVA /BANJO /FABLE AND Xbox portable with live that will be my dreamJandurin

For travelling im not in my house 24/7 i got a live un like u

For travelling im not in my house 24/7 i got a live un like u

MightyBillam

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[QUOTE="carsales"]nothing can touch the IphoneHarlockJC

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="carsales"]nothing can touch the IphoneThe_Game21x

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="MightyBillam"]I will love an xbox portable with HALO /GEARS /KAMEO /PERFECTDARK /VIVA /BANJO /FABLE AND Xbox portable with live that will be my dreamMightyBillam

For travelling im not in my house 24/7 i got a live un like u

But a life that isn't so busy to stop you from making an account on a game forum to insult people right?

LOL @ the Xbox Zune. Really, ANY chance you have to laugh at the Zune, you gotta take it.svetzenlether

I will love an xbox portable with HALO /GEARS /KAMEO /PERFECTDARK /VIVA /BANJO /FABLE AND Xbox portable with live that will be my dreamMightyBillam

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]LOL @ the Xbox Zune. Really, ANY chance you have to laugh at the Zune, you gotta take it.Juggernaut140

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"] Why? You don't like gaming on consoles?strudel420

For travelling im not in my house 24/7 i got a live un like u

But a life that isn't so busy to stop you from making an account on a game forum to insult people right?

Apparently moving around (bus,airplane,train,boat) wile playing video games is more of a "live" then playing video games at home.

I'm thousands of miles from home atm. So I have more of a life if I post on SW here? :P

I prefer the Zune over the iPod and I already an iPhone but I only play very casual games on it at short periods of time. So a Zune phone with gaming capabilities might be interesting. I don't want a MS handheld though.

SO it's a PSP rip-off with 2 analogs and probably a montly charge for playing games online!

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