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heruamon on 15 February 2010

THIS, is the primary reason I bought a Zune HD, over the Ipod Touch, so if M$ can deliver this sooner, rather than later, I'll be a very happy camper!

http://kotaku.com/5471885/microsoft-to-unveil-xbox-live-mobile-today

While we at Kotaku have known Xbox Live     has been coming to Windows Mobile for a while now, it appears that later today, Microsoft will finally get around to officially unveiling the project.

Some lazy security at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona (due to open later today) has allowed these shots to get out, showing not only Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 7 operating system, but a big badge showing how deeply Xbox Live     will be integrated on its start screen.

You'd expect the cross-over to, at the very least, allow users to access their Xbox Live     accounts on the fly, for things like messaging. Best case scenario, with the little "games" tag that's been used, you'd be looking at mobile-specific games that have full Xbox Live     compatability (for things like displaying achievements), much like Games for Windows PC titles do.

As we've previously reported, it's believed that this Xbox Live     integration will only be available on Windows-branded phones.



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Mistershine on 15 February 2010

I want one! :(



Berstuck on 15 February 2010

That looks pretty sweet.



heruamon on 15 February 2010

They had better open this up to the Zune HD, or I'm bolting to the Ipod Touch...the Zune HD is nice, but it makes no sense to choose it over a Ipod Touch, when they are nearly the same price...M$ needs to deliver with XBL as a viable platform for it...ther eare already ALOT of developers making games for XBL...so it shouldn't bee too diificult to get some over working on this.



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Mistershine on 15 February 2010

If it has peggle, I'm sold.



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Mistershine on 15 February 2010

Confirmed:



pbroy on 15 February 2010

Thank you!!!!

I want this now!!!

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heruamon on 15 February 2010

Well...I jsut want more apps for my Zune HD...and more games...WinMo 7 is a long time coming, so I'm glad it's here!



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sully1311 on 15 February 2010
kowenicki said:
@heruamon

depends what you want... I choose a zunehd because it is primarily a music player..

and at that it murders the touch


why is it better than the touch?



Avarice28 on 15 February 2010

What a minute! Is there going to be a charge for access to this service on the Zune HD or is this going to be like windows live and remain a free service? It may be too early to tell, but this does seem pretty interesting none the less.