Zune HD

You might of not heard about this product but it is a good product. The Zune HD is manufactured by Microsoft.

On May 26, 2009, Microsoft official announced  plans to release a touch-screen version of the Zune portable media player, intended to compete with Apple`s iPod Touch . The new device is called the Zune HD, and offers several features not found on the iPod Touch, including an OLED display, HD radio, and high-definition video playback (using an optional dock accessory). Long-standing Zune features, such as a photo viewer, games, podcast management, and Zune Pass music subscription integration, will continue to be supported, as well.

The Zune HD will be the first Zune to include an Internet Explorer Web browser, complementing its other Wi-Fi features (song sharing, Channel streaming, and Zune Marketplace browsing). The Zune HD’s browser is optimized for the touch screen with an onscreen keyboard, but there’s no word on whether it will be capable of streaming Flash media (used by sites such as YouTube and Pandora), a capability that is currently lacking in the Safari  browser for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Microsoft also unveiled plans to dramatically beef up the video download selection of its Zune Marketplace online store, and use the improved storefront to power the movie and TV downloads available to the Xbox gaming console . No word yet on whether the new storefront will support movie rentals that can be transferred to Zune hardware (similar to iTunes movie rentals), but Microsoft has already proven very capable of managing media DRM with its Zune Pass subscription music service.

The Zune HD isn’t the first MP3 player to offer a 3.3 inch touch-screen OLED display or high definition video output , but it is one of the first portable audio devices with announced plans for an HD radio tuner. Beyond the added fidelity of HD radio, the format also lends itself well to transmitting artist and song data, which is useful for the Zune’s existing FM radio song-tagging and download feature.

There’s still plenty we don’t know about the Zune HD, such as pricing, capacity, or color options. Given the Zune’s history, it’s fair to assume the Zune HD will be priced aggressively against the iPod, and include more flexibility when it comes to colors and personalization.Statements made to News.com’s Ina Fried suggest that the Zune HD may be priced substantially less than the iPod Touch, as evidenced by Microsoft’s plan to discontinue its current line of low-priced Flash memory-based Zunes(priced between $99-$199) while retaining its hard-drive-based models Samsung P3,the Cowon S9 or the Iviver Spinn.

The price could be for the 16GB $219.99, and for the 32 GB $289.99. The 16GB Zune HD is $80 cheaper then the iPod Touch 16GB  and the 32GB Zune HD is $100 cheaper then the 32GB iPod Touch. I Wouldn’t  care about the price because you do about the samething on both of the products but the iPod Touch you can get apps so I would rather get a iPod Touch then a Zune HD

Specifications

• 3.3 inch OLED display capacitive touch screen (480 x 272 16:9 resolution).
• Size- 2.07″x4.08″x.35″
• Runs on Nvidia Tegra .
• Multi-Touch  technology.
• 16/32 GB 
• Built-in accelerometer .
• HD Radio tuner.
• 720P  high definition video support and output (additional dock required).
• Wifi connectivity.
• A WiFi version of the Zune Marketplace.
• Web browser (based onInternet Explorer Mobile 6 for Windows CE).
• Unicode  Support
• Equalizer
  
  

  The Zune Hd