Microsoft appears to be looking for new ways to tie Windows Mobile phones and Zune media players together, although a Zune phone remains unlikely. Over the weekend, Microsoft developer “Mel” asked an open question on the Windows Mobile blog: “What are some ways the Zune player and a Windows Mobile device can work better together?” Since then, more than 50 commenters have suggested ways that Microsoft might converge the two devices. The most common idea is to essentially replace the Windows Media Player on Windows Mobile devices with Zune software. “I proposed that WMP should be fazed out in favor of a combined WMP/Zune player which will synch with both Windows Media AND Zune, instead of having to have two separate apps with two different libraries for each device,” wrote one commenter using the name Colin Walker.

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