Microsoft’s New Zune Digital Media Player on Store Shelves Tomorrow

November 13th, 2006

I’m excited to see the Zune get out ASAP. Basically only the 30GB available now, but the sooner it is out the sooner it will expand the size and lower the price. This is going to be my next .mp3 player I am pretty sure. Only problem I have is that I have an iPod (5G 60GB Video) and the whole closet full of accessories that comes with it. Bose speaker system, FM transmitter, battery chargers, docks, etc. Of course the iPod jacks you on all of this stuff and forces you to pay outrageous prices for simple things that should be included with it already. Because of that I’m kind of stuck with it for a while since I really don’t want to quit using over $1000 worth of stuff that is still very nice.

Hopefully by the time I have worn out the old iPod the Zune will be much less expensive and I can fly to Mars with it. I still want a GPS System on one of these things.

SEATTLE — Nov. 13, 2006 — Celebrating the U.S. launch of the new Zune™ digital media player and music service, Microsoft Corp. has worked with a number of cutting-edge artists to stage free concerts in public parks and plazas in urban centers across the country. Today at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle at the first of these Zune concerts, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took the stage to share his excitement for this next step Microsoft is taking in music and entertainment. read more