
At the moment, information about the new generation of Zune players from Microsoft simply cannot become more detailed. The cat in the bag was officially taken out, and we can dig in the new Zune, and there surely is where to dig.
Hard drives
- It is called Zune 80 and, which is quite shocking, has 80 GB of disk space.
- Management is carried out by the new Zune Pad'a - four-position touch d-pad (with up, down, left and right buttons)
- Will be sold for $ 250 (with premium class headphones)
- Available in black only.
- Screen size increased from 3 inches to 3.2. Resolution remains - QVGA.
- Dimensions: 61.1 x 108.2 x 12.9mm (2.4 x 4.25 x 0.5 inches), which is approximately 1/3 less than the old Zune.
Flash Zune's
- Zune 8 and Zune 4 - players with 8 GB and 4 GB of flash memory, respectively.
- Also used Zune Pad.
- Sold for $ 200 and $ 150, respectively.
- Both will be available in pink, green, black and red.
- Equipped with a 1.8 inch screen (compare with the 2-inch screen iPod'a).
- Dimensions: 41.4 x 91.5 x 8.5mm (1.6 x 3.6 x 0.33 inches) - compare with the new generation iPod nano - 69.8 x 52.3 x 6.5mm (2.75 x 2.0 x 0.26 inches).
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Details
- The official release month is November, the date is not specified.
- All Zunees (including the original Zune 30) will have a new, modified interface and functionality. In other words, the new, rewritten Zune 30 will have exactly the same soft features as the owners of the new Zune 80, 8, and 4.
- Native video codecs for h.264 and MPEG-4 - users no longer need to convert files to WMV.
- Finally, which is good, Zune's can sync video with your Media Center PC.
- WiFi sync with PC! Includes moving music, videos, photos, podcasts, etc.
- Support for podcasts! Podcasts can also be shared between users via WiFi.
- The DRM copyright protection service is still working, only this time a little differently - the 3-day restriction has been removed, but you can still listen to the song no more than three times.
- Still no wireless music store.
- Zune software is absolutely new, and now it’s not just a stupid update for WMP10.
- Zune music store will be free from DRM and will have about one million mp3 tracks in stock.
New accessories for Zune
Zune Home AV Pack ($ 99.99) - Home dock with three holders to interface with all devices - the Zune itself, wireless control, AC adapter and AV cable.
Zune Dock Pack ($ 49.99) - A home dock with three holders for interfacing with all three devices - the Zune itself, wireless control and an AC adapter.
Zune Car Pack ($ 79.99) - Redesigned FM transmitter, charging and holder.
Zune Cable Pack ($ 39.99) - Sync cable, AV cable and audio cable.
Premium Headphones ($ 39.99)
Leather Case ($ 49.99)
Sync Cable ($ 19.99)
AC adapter ($ 29.99)
