Zune .... date and price confirmed

[iMav]

The “Zune” will cost $249.99 and be released on November 14th. For $14.99 per month, you’ll gain access to millions of songs through “Zune Pass”. That’s not all, the player will also come preloaded with songs, music videos, film shorts, and images

Features of the Zune:

• WMA, MP3, AAC, JPEG,WMV, MPEG-4, H.264 media playback
  Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) connectivity
  30 GB Hard Drive
  3 inch video LCD 320x240
  White, Black, and Brown Colors
  FM Radio
  TV output connectivity 640x480
  Dedicated song download site (Zune Marketplace)
  DJ Mode (broadcast what you are listening to)
  Podcast playback
  Updateable Firmware
  Estimated 12 hr battery life for audio, 3.5 hr video
  3 day playback of Wi-Fi transfered songs from friends
  XBOX streaming
  XBOX (Microsoft) points compatability
  Preloaded music videos
  Over a dozen accessories at launch
  5.6 ounces in weight, 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.58 inches size
  Metric: 158 g, 112 x 61 x 14.7 mm size
  Custom background images
  WiFi transfer of photographs
  Tag based storage system (Will not appear as drive)
  PC Compatability (no Mac client at launch)
  Zune tag enabled
  Horizontal and vertical video orientation

Audio Tracks:

• Band of Horses, “Wicked Gil” (Sub Pop Records)
  Bitter:Sweet, “The Mating Game” (Quango Music Group)
  CSS, “Alala (Microsoft edit)” (Sub Pop Records)
  Darkel, “At The End of The Sky (edit)” (Astralwerks)
  Every Move a Picture, “Signs of Life” (V2)
  Small Sins, “Stay” (Astralwerks)
  The Adored, “Tell Me Tell Me” (V2)
  The Rakes, “Open Book” (V2)
  The Thermals, “A Pillar of Salt” (Sub Pop Records)

Music Videos:

• 30 Seconds to Mars, “The Kill” (Virgin Records)
  BT, “1.618” (DTS Entertainment)
  Chad VanGaalen, “Red Hot Drops” (Sub Pop Records)
  Coldcut featuring Roots Manuva, “True Skool” (Ninja Tune)
  CSS, “Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above” (Sub Pop Records)
  Fruit Bats, “Live: The Wind That Blew My Heart Away” (Sub Pop Records)
  Grandaddy, “Elevate Myself” (V2)
  Hot Chip, “Over and Over” (Astralwerks Records)
  Kraak & Smaak featuring Dez., “Keep Me Home” (Quango Music Group)
  Kinski, “Live: The Snowy Parts of Scandinavia” (Sub Pop Records)
  Paul Oakenfold, “Faster Kill Pussycat (Featuring Brittany Murphy)” (Maverick Records)
  Serena-Maneesh, “Drain Cosmetics” (Playlouderecordings)

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[hemant_mathur]

Zune sounds good

 

[knight17]

A worthy competitor for iPOD

 

[iMav]

a worthy competitor ..... its gonna sweep ipod market come christmas .... at the same price as that of the ipod and better features .... zune is gonna rock ..... btw i made a blunder by going for the ipod i shud hav waited ....

 

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

they hav added pretty useful features like fm , xbox streaming free preloaded tracks etc.

i cant understand why till now ipod has no fm tuner.

 

[iMav]

well the ipod has an addon fm tuner ..... btw the real answer to ur question is the same as to why jobs is always behind gates ....

 

[rockthegod]

One thing I really hate about IPod is ITUNES Can't they support Drag-n-Drop Like Creative !!!

 

[nagarjun_424]

Love it... Just cant wait for its release on Nov, 14th. Will pick up one definitely for my birthday next month! Is Nov, 14th the world wide release?

 

[jz2linkinpark]

holy crap! for that price we're getting such beautiful features?
I could cry!

 

[Sourabh]

Love it... Just cant wait for its release on Nov, 14th. Will pick up one definitely for my birthday next month! Is Nov, 14th the world wide release?

No Worldwide release. Just US only upto the end of the year. You have to wait till atleast the beginning of 2007 to get your hands on one of these.