microsoft confirms Zune
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
according to TechCrunch, Microsoft announced Zune, their new take on digital music, media & entertainment, earlier today. while the official Billboard-article is currently offline and microsoft.com doesn’t lose any words on it yet, there are two microsofties from the Zune-team blogging about the project: Cesar Mendendez on ZuneInsider.com and Richard Winn on his Madison & Pine blog. the official product-site is located at comingzune.com.
Zune is expected to be a holistic approach on digital media, designed to challenge Apple’s dominant combination of iPod, iTunes and iTMS in every aspect. according to engadget, Microsoft is expected to release the first Zune-media-player later this year. the device is supposed to integrate wireless-capabilities and a 30-60 gbyte harddrive within a form-factor to the iPod. suprisingly, the new Zune media service won’t be compatible with Microsoft’s current Plays-for-sure brand.












