Zune 2 On October 16th
09.21.07 - 05:38pm
Not quite getting the same amount of fanfare as the new iPod’s announcement, the Zune 2 looks ready to rumble on October 16th.
The launch date was announced by Zune Scene, (not confirmed by Microsoft), who also says the photo on the right is the real new Zune 2’s.
The new Zunes are supposed to come in the pink, red, and black shown in the picture and also in an army jeep green color. Sizes are supposedly a 4GB, 8GB, and 80Gb. The round click wheel will be replaced in the new Zunes with a “squircle” - a square with circular edges.
There may also be new music feature that would push music to your Zune. Say if you liked David Gray and a new David Gray album was released with a promo song it could be updated to your Zune for the promo, in the same way that Microsoft updates windows. (Either cool or like a lot of spam you have to delete.)
You may also be able to automatically share your music with friends. So if you get a new song, that song is automatically sent to them as well - most likely with the three play limit.
Microsoft is following Apple’s play and keeping mum on the issue.
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