Nice promo video of the new Microsoft Zune 2.0 hard drive and flash Players. I’m amazed at how thin the new Zune is and how great the new Flash “Nano” version are! Discuss this video here.
On Tuesday (2 October) Bill Gates will host a press event to launch the next generation of Microsoft Zunes. The new Zunes will have more hard drive space (80 GB) and the “Nano” flash based versions will have 4 and 8 GB flash memory (with rumor of a 16 GB version). The new Zune players will have twice the hard drive space and be much slimmer than the original Zune players. Microsoft has produced over 2 million of these players and will be available in November, just in time for the holiday season.
Interesting news from Addict 3D. A newly posted Microsoft Patent Application appears to describe technology that would provide automatic downloads to a Zune media player if newly tracks from various artists whose work is already stored on Zune or on a user’s PC-based library becomes available.
One of our great Zune Info Forum moderators (Albert1690) has made the original Microsoft Zune pre-loaded content available for download here. You can get 1) All Preloaded Music, 2) All Preloaded Pictures (Zipped), 3) All Preloaded Videos (Except: “BT - 1.618″). Thanks Albert!
Microsoft slashed $50 off their Zune player this week. It was hours before Apple Inc. introduced new iPods at a special event in San Francisco. The slash was likely to reduce the price before the 80 gig and Flash versions of the Zune players (Draco and Scorpio) are released later this year. The timing was pretty amusing.
A lot of people are not sure what makes a Zune different than other MP3/Video/Media players.
Zune has the same basic capabilities of Apple’s iPod. They are both have 30 Gig hard drives, play music, video and allow users to have a photo gallery. Here is a list of features that really separates the Microsoft Zune from other players.
1. You can send music files and photos from Zune to Zune through a wireless connection
2. The Zune software converts incompatible audio files to work with the Zune player
3. The Zune player lets you create play lists without connecting to the software on your computer.
4. The Wi-Fi give you the capability to see nearby Zunes and what the owners are listening to
5. The Zune Player has a FM radio player
6. The Zune has a much larger screen than other players
7. The Zune Firmware is updatable for future software updates/upgrades
8. The Zune allows you to create a profile other Zune users can see.
This is a basic list of features that make Zune unique compared to other media players out there.
Remember those military exclusive Halo 3 Zunes? 15 of the Halo 3 Zunes already hit Ebay. I can only guess that some of the workers in the military stores or some military guys or family members are taking advantage of this exclusive offer to make a quick buck.
