Microsoft's Zune To Evolve Into New "Pink" Smart Phone?

Microsoft's Zune To Evolve Into New "Pink" Smart Phone? - Tech Check with Jim Goldman - CNBC.com

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Although, this article is rather outdated, there has been a lot of buzz lately about the release of a new Zune Phone called "Project Pink". Some may recall Microsoft purchased a company called Danger, Inc. in March of 2008, which produced the T-Mobile Sidekick. As the picture indicates, it would combine the Zune with the Technology used in the T-Mobile Sidekick. With Microsoft not having the best of luck with breaking into the cellphone market, this could serve as a perfect opportunity for them.
Picture Source: Gizmodo CNBC

There have been many rumors of the alleged "Project Pink" Zune Phone. Thanks to a site called Slashgear.com, I was able to come across phone specs and pictures of this gadget, which you see below. This source is referring to the rumored name of "Project Pink" as being called the WM7 Chassis 1.

WM7 Chassis 1 Specification

Core requirements:

• Processor: ARM v6+, L2 Cache, VFP, Open GL ES 2.0 graphics HW (QCOM 8k, Nvidia AP15/16* and TI 3430 all meet spec)
• Memory: 256MB+ DRAM, 1G+ Flash (at least 512MB fast flash – 5MB/s unbuffered read @4K block size)
• Display: WVGA (800×480) or FWVGA (854×480) 3.5” or greater diagonal
• Touch: Multi-touch required
• Battery: Sufficient to meet Days of Use LTK requirements.
• Controls: Start, Back, Send and End are required (soft controls allowed as long as they are always present).
  

Peripherals:

• Camera: 3MP+, flash optional, 2nd camera optional (VGA resolution sufficient)
• GPS: aGPS required
• Sensors required: Light Sensor, Compass (3 axis, 5 degrees, 100 Hz sample rate), Accelerometer (3 axis, 2mg resolution, 100 Hz sample rate)
• USB: High speed required, 20 MB/s transfer rate.
• BlueTooth: BT2.1 required, must run MSFT BT stack, CSR BlueCore6 or later recommended.
• Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G required, must run MSFT Native Wi-Fi stack, Atheros 6002 or Broadcomm 4325 recommended.
• Connectors: Micro USB and 3.5mm Audio required.
  

Options:

• FM tuner: If tuner HW is present it will be detected and supported by the Media application.
• Haptics
• SD Card (Micro SD recommended)
• DPAD, qwerty or 12/20 key keyboards all optional