Microsoft has unveiled a new Zune mp3 player:
Source: Microsoft.com
The new Zune HD is a touch screen mp3 player with an OLED screen, HD radio, and HD video. With such power could this be a threat to the iPhone and Touch?
To clarify my questions I took a deeper look into what the Zune HD has and doesn’t:
1. The new Zune will have Internet Explorer as the primary web browser. It will have an onscreen keyboard along with the typical Zune features(song sharing, Channel streaming, things like that).
2. No one knows if it can browse Flash media on it’s built-in browser, things that the iPhone and Touch can’t do.
3. Microsoft plans to update the Zune Marketplace to such a point where it will be able to hold Xbox downloads , such as movie rentals.
4. It isn’t new to see an OLED screen on an mp3 player, it has been done before, and there are rumors about the new iPhone which state that the new screen will be included. This type of screen is extremely energy efficient and expensive while providing high screen quality.
5. Things we don’t know is: How Much is it? What Colors? Other features?
6. It is believed the new Zune HD will be released in Fall 2009.
Stay tuned for more updates and don’t forget to tell us what you think!
Stef
