A charge for XBL...dunno, but I wouldn't think so...it's pretty much a port of your service on the console...but I'm not sure if this is going to be on Zune. As it stands, I'm jumping ship from blackberry to a WinMo 7 phone whne I get a chance to...for one thing...I can open documents and PPTs on this thing, unlike my BB. This probably has better integration with Exchange as well...so business might be very interested in these new phones. If you can actually play XBL titles on this thing...chances are it's going to blow up...achievements on the go FTW!