You are probably sick of hearing about this but get ready for another article about the new Zune, Microsoft’s media player and service that is attempting to go where only Apple have trod before (successfully). Microsoft has confirmed the imminent release of the Zune line of products.
“Under the Zune brand, we will deliver a family of hardware and software products, the first of which will be available this year,” said Chris Stephenson, general manager of market for entertainment and services at Microsoft, in an statement. “We see a great opportunity to bring together technology and community to allow consumers to explore and discover music together.”
Microsoft intends to hit the market with the first Zune audio player before Christmas to take advantage of the holiday shopping season. Devices under the Zune brand are expected to be WiFi enabled and have hard drives for media file storage. The Zune brand includes the media service in addition to the hardware and should make audio and video media available to Zune subscribers. It has been reported that the Zune players will be based on Windows Mobile.
(via CNN)
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