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We have gone back and forth on the rumor of a Zune phone possibly being in the making and once again it was shot down as a potential device of the future.  With the Consumer Electronics Show once again upon us we have to wonder if we are just spinning our wheels.  So I am officially going to step back from spreading anymore news or rumors about the Zune Phone being in the works.  However, I want to make an additional note to Microsoft, If you do come out with a Zune phone I am gonna run out get a “Say No” to the Zune Phone tattoo just because.

OK, can we all move on now? During an interview today at the Consumer Electronics Show, I asked Microsoft Entertainment & Devices president Robbie Bach to address the recurring speculation that Microsoft is working on its own Zune Phone — a mobile phone from the company based on its Zune music player.
As you may recall, the company in November was reported to be poised to unveil a prototype of such a device as early as tonight’s CES keynote, or possibly a bit later in the year.
Um, not so much, as it turns out. Here’s what Bach said when I asked him if Microsoft plans to come out with its own Zune Phone.
"In general, I don’t make a habit of commenting on rumors," he said. "I will, just because this one is so persistent. … We don’t have plans to do a Zune Phone. Windows Mobile is focused on a breadth strategy. … We’re not going to try to produce one phone. We’re going to produce the software and services that power a broad assortment of phones."

[SOURCE: Microsoft executive shoots down Zune Phone rumors -- again - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source]