UPDATED · News · 11 Aug 2009 · MTW Editorial Team
Here’s some intersting info/rumor. Some people are expecting Microsoft to announced some big entertainment and media products/services around September 8/9 which is supposed to be the launch day of the ZuneHD and CEDIA Expo. The ZuneHD launch is nearly 100% confirmed but there seems to be alot of other things coming our way at the same time. My understanding is that the Pink project is the integration of many actual Microsoft services and brands into one big entertainment & media service (Zune+WinMo+MediaCenter+Xbox). What it basically means is that for example, a Windows Mobile phone (or should I say Windows Phone) will be able to access the Zune Marketplace, sync content directly with Win7 Media center etc. Lituus got word that :
Zune HD & Zune Software v4 coming September 9, 2009.
Media Center integration announcements for cable, satellite, and IPTV feeds coming September 9th.
Media Center & WinMo 6.5 synergy with Zune coming September 9th.
WLMM v7 demo coming September 9th, expected demo of exporting to unnamed portable devices.
My source guarantees that a final version it will definitely be available before Win7 GA.
Live Mesh/Sync/Devices (whatever the branding) v1 is coming soon (dude wouldn’t give me a date), in more places than you can imagine. Applets are coming to Marketplace.
Everything seems to be falling in place. Personaly I’m not so sure about the WinMo 6.5 and Zune synergy thing, I may be surprised though. Remember that ad agency McCann Erickson is already working on the Pink campaing. Windows Mobile 7 and SilverLight Mobile won’t be talked about until PDC09 (I heard the same thing a couple of months ago)
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