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Zune HD is Digital Entertainment Handheld say sources
SlashGear — ... is actually a “digital entertainment handheld” that will allow Microsoft to take on Apple, Sony, Nintendo and Google, claim the latest leaks.  In fact, according to TeamXbox.com, rumors regarding the Zune HD actually started filtering in all the way back in August 2008; their sources tell them that the Microsoft device - codenamed “xYz”, to suggest the bridge between Xbox and Zune - will be a converged device but not a phone, and have a large WVGA touchscreen display together with “hardware features not found on any handheld on the ...

Zune HD (xYz) positioned to take on Apple, Sony, Nintendo and Google?
Engadget — Sounding too good to be true, the cats at Teamxbox have posted a lengthy piece quoting multiple sources from Redmond and Santa Clara who anonymously spill the beans on what the Zune HD is and isn't. The "digital entertainment handheld," dubbed unanimously as product "xYz" by said sources to emphasize its purpose of bridging the Xbox and Zune platforms, is not a phone (that's ...

Is Microsoft getting ready to launch a portable gaming device?
CrunchGear — ... There’s a very interesting article over at TeamXbox.com detailing some information about a supposed portable gaming device that Microsoft’s been working on. This device will apparently fall somewhere in between the Xbox 360 and the Zune. ...

Microsoft xYz Combines Zune and Xbox? [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... Team Xbox claims to have sources inside Microsoft who are working on a new device that "sits somewhere in-between the Xbox and Zune platforms." ...

Would Microsoft make a handheld gaming system without a phone?
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... So if you can stand to read a couple thousand words of speculation in which the most solid information is from "well placed sources", César A. Berardini from Team Xbox is speculating that Microsoft will be releasing a handheld super-gizmo that will be capable of playing games, serving as a GPS device, sharing music, games, and video downloads with the Xbox, perhaps working as a phone, and maybe even using Wi-Max. It's hopeful, at best, but it's not at all implausible. ...

Xbox/Zune Portable Gaming Device on the Way?
I4U News — ... , and it comes from the generally reliable Team Xbox. They claim that an anonymous-but-reliable source told them that the xYz will be a gaming device "unlike anything on the market today". This new device is supposed to bridge the gap between the Xbox and the Zune. It will be a gaming platform that is Internet-capable and can also play and store media. The source also stated that the device's name has not been decided yet, and that the xYz will not have phone functionality. It will be a touchscreen device with a WVGA screen and "hardware features not found on any handheld on ...

xYz handheld rumored to combine Xbox 360 and Zune
DVICE Atom Feed — Here's a juicy rumor: could Microsoft be working on a portable gadget that combines the Xbox 360 with the Zune? Maybe! The project, codenamed "xYz," is said to feature a WVGA touchscreen and a way to play music and movies on both the device as well as the Xbox 360. Basically, it's going to be a connected handheld gaming system with rich multimedia features. Sounds interesting, but will it actually come to exist? Time will tell. Team Xbox via Gizmodo

Zune and Xbox 360, combined!
Coolest Gadgets — ... Just to let you know, this product here, complete with picture, is a rumor. The source of this story comes from Team Xbox, who say that Microsoft is working on this Digital Entertainment Handheld. This is what it is: an Xbox 360 with a Zune. Your two favorite things in one package? Well, maybe not the Zune, but one out of two ain’t bad. (Not another “Zune slam”, stop it already.) ...

Is there portable Xbox/Zune hybrid in the making?
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping — ... (oh those clever people- guesses for what the Y stands for in the comments, although my favourite guess is that its a subtle hint that the new devices actual name will begin with a Y, and as such bridges the gap between the two as well as being a device in its own right) it includes a portable gaming platform as well as an integrated media centre for music, videos and possibly even Internet related services such as a maps function, although apparently an anonymous source talking to teamxbox.com  was at great pains to point out it would NOT be a phone, and so NOT a competitor ...