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Zune HD Is Real, Has Multitouch Web Browsing, OLED Screen and HD Video
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Microsoft officially announced the Zune HD today, confirming the earlier rumors and fleshing out the hardware side a bit. It’s clearly going to go head-to-head with the iPod touch, featuring multitouch and a web browser, but will its high-end media features be enough to dethrone the touch?
Tags: hardware side, hd radio, ipod touch, Microsoft Zune HD, touchscreen, xbox live, zune, Zune HD, zune marketplaceLeaked Zune Has Huge Widescreen but Retains the Squircle
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Into our tips this evening dropped this photo labeled “Zune 3rd”. We’re not sure if it’s real, but it’s certainly an interesting addition to the phantom new Zune lineup. UPDATED.
Presuming the “Zune HD” is real, that leaves two spots left in the probably concise new Zune product line: An HDD-based player evolving from the Zune 80/120, and a smaller flash player to replace the Zune 4/8/16. It’s unclear where this would fit; all we can see is that it retains the “squircle” and it’s packing a large widescreen.
On the other hand, if we take the Zune HD as real, we’ve got some problems as well. This image doesn’t jibe with the HD either in style (the HD is aluminum, not black) or in advertising tone (this one has the old-school paint images instead of the newer geometric shapes). Plus, we don’t like how low on the player’s body that squircle sits— it looks like it’d be awkward to hold and use.




