Microsoft Zune HD up for pre-order
Fancy a Zune? You can pre-order one in the States now, or head there next month for the release!
First the good news: the Zune HD, Microsoft’s HD-piping PMP, has gone up for pre-order today, with a projected release date of September 15!
Microsoft’s Tegra-toting media player has already gone up for pre-order in the US on various sites (Amazon, Walmart, Microsoft Store) and its sporting a $219.99 price tag for the 16GB version, or if you’re feeling flush $289.99 for the 32GB option.
So what do you get for your buck? Well, the Zune HD is 720p-outputting PMP (hence the HD in the name). It packs a Tegra chip so it should be super-fast and even has an HD radio-playing facility. Elsewhere it sports a 3.3-inch OLED screen, has multi-touch controls, Wi-Fi and web-browsing.
Now for the bad news: there’s still no word on a UK release. Come on Microsoft get your act together and let us Brits have a bit of the Zune HD action too!
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David 13 August 2009
How come england get charged the most for things but we are always the last to get them released !!!
Report as inappropriateAdam Luttman13 August 2009
HD radio? You mean digital radio?
Report as inappropriateCorrido13 August 2009
I had the original Zune and kept up to date with the news (just to know when i could use the zune store). I remember an article (Sorry can not remember where but it seemed legit) that mentioned that the Zune function were you could let another Zune user borrow a track (by bluetooth transfer) and play it up to three times was the reason why this has struggled to get a UK release. From what I remember corporate music types were not keen on this and kicked up a bit of a stink.
Report as inappropriateasdfghjkl313 August 2009
wow
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