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Third Windows Phone 7 TV Ad released: Where the heck is Zune?

Third Windows Phone 7 Samsung Focus TV ad. Surprise Ad

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Microsoft released a third Windows Phone 7 ad focused around the Samsung Focus (pun intended..) which is identical to the first one but with a different voice over. Anyway, what really struck me is that in all of the three adds recently released there isn’t a single mention of Zune or the Music services & capabilities associated to the platform. Microsoft can denied it as much as they want but something is definitely going on with Zune (rebrand?). Video after the break:

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