Seeing as many handsets based on the Windows Mobile OS have specialized music players, the possibility of using the Zune software on phones doesn’t seem too off-mark. Well, guess what? In a rather lengthy interview by UK’s CIO Magazine, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer just as good as confirmed it.
When asked about why Microsoft developed Zune in the first place, Ballmer answered that they needed to develop software and services related to music and video to be considered a “player.” In the future, the Zune software could be seen not only on the Zune hardware itself but on PCs and Windows Mobile devices.
In Ballmer’s own words:
“Now, we built the Zune hardware with the Zune software - and what you’ll see more and more over time is that the Zune software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc.”
I do wonder what “etcetera” is, but I got a feeling we won’t find out until we actually see the Zune software on computers and handsets. We have no idea when that will be, but just knowing that it will happen makes us happy. Thanks, Steve (Ballmer, not Jobs).
Read the full CIO interview here
via WMPowerUser
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