The Zune 2 Arrives

Posted By: Larry Larsen | Oct 3rd, 2007 @ 12:28 PM | 11,715 Views | 10 Comments

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Yes, the Zune 2 is real. While Laura Foy makes her way over to Bear Creek to talk to Cesar from the Zune team, let me tell you a little more. There will be two models, a 80GB hard drive based one, and a slimmer Flash based version that comes in 4GB and 8GB sizes. You'll now be able to sync your Zune over the air rather than connecting it to a dock - very nice. I'm looking forward to the new Zune button, which is touch sensitive as well as directional. The new Zunes support lossless Windows Media Audio and have glass screens rather than plastic.

My favorite feature has to be the integration with Media Center, so your episodes of the Jetsons can now be dumped to your portable device for watching on the road. And the Zune Social is getting some legs, a new feature called the Zune Card will allow you to have a gadget that shows others what you're listening to on your Zune (remember the wireless feature) at any given time, they will even be able to click on this gadget to listen to the same song. There are future plans for including this on social networks.

And finally in a move that has made a lot of people very happy, the new software features for the new Zune will be available in a firmware patch for the old Zune.

Plenty more to read on TechMeme, and watch for Laura's interview with Cesar coming tomorrow.

Tags: Media Center, music, Zune

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