By CNET News.com staff, 3 October 2007 15:06
Microsoft on 2 October announced three new versions of its Zune digital music player, including two with flash memory.
The new 4GB and 8GB models come in the same housing (pictured above left) and will retail for $149 and $199, respectively. The 80GB model (above centre) will retail for $249 and store up to 20,000 songs. Microsoft has revamped the device's software and will issue an upgrade to owners of the original Zune 30GB model (above right).
Photo credit: Microsoft
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1. Steve J
Ha ha ha ha ha! Not a hope Bill. It looks like a light switch with a picture frame. And those colours - chosen by a commity of over 50's?
2. Adi
Awww bless, they're still having a go. Pointless mind you, but they're still having go
3. Graham Coles
So you can now navigate with a touch pad ... before pressing the buttons above it. What an improvement, the iPod Touch's buttonless approach clearly not worth adopting, even it does allow you to have a bigger screen!
And they've revamped the site, but presumably won't allow you to buy songs with actual money yet, so you will always have extra 'microsoft points' left over after a purchase.
And it's got something the iPod hasn't; an FM tuner! What, no AM tuner? Who on earth wants this?
And they didn't mention, does the display automatically rotate with the device, or do you have to navigate to a configuration menu with that pad and select portrait or landscape?
At least it looks are an improvement on the previous model, but that really doesn't say much. It's the competition they need to beat, not themselves. (Well actually they could do with beating themselves until they come up with a better design :-)