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Is Nokia working with the Zune team to support the Zune library?

There have been rumors floating around of a Zune phone and I personally am not that excited about such a device and wonder if many people really are. The latest rumors about the Zune and phones though does seem to make a bit of sense. Zunescene reported that Nokia iw working with the Zune team on integration of Zune Marketplace content. Nokia has a music store, but it is not available in the United States yet and I think if Nokia could get their devices to support the Zune Marketplace they would have a fairly well established library of music content that actually may help sell more Nokia devices in the U.S.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

There have been rumors floating around of a Zune phone and I personally am not that excited about such a device and wonder if many people really are. The latest rumors about the Zune and phones though does seem to make a bit of sense. Zunescene reported that Nokia is working with the Zune team on integration of Zune Marketplace content. Nokia has a music store, but it is not available in the United States yet and I think if Nokia could get their devices to support the Zune Marketplace they would have a fairly well established library of music content that actually may help sell more Nokia devices in the U.S.

I currently have an original Zune and a 4GB new Zune, but I do not subscribe to the Zune Pass because I can only play that music on the Zune devices. If I could play these tunes on a Nokia S60 device, then I would subscribe to the Zune Pass since my phones are always with me and my MP3 player is not. I am a bit surprised though that we are hearing about Nokia working with the Zune team, when Zune content should first be available on Windows Mobile devices and I still can't believe Microsoft hasn't done this themselves yet. I think Windows Mobile devices with the ability to play music from Zune Pass subscriptions would be a compelling alternative to the iPhone and iTunes.

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