Zune HD suede jacket cases from WaterField Designs
October 14, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
WaterField Designs have announced the release of a cool looking Suede Jacket case for the Zune HD. The case has a minimalist look to it, and the soft Suede material is scratch-free unlike other device cases on the market. There are two versions, one with or one without a pocket. Read more
Zune HD vs. iPod Touch: Review of features on both devices
September 17, 2009 by Alan Ng
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
If you’re split between picking up either Microsoft’s Zune HD or Apple’s iPod Touch, we have a useful article for you to check out, which compares the features and specs of each device, side-by-side. Read more
The Zune HD Commercial
September 17, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
Over the last few days we have heard more and more about the Zune HD, we have recently heard that the Zune HD may be available in a range of colors and how it will be optimized to work with Windows 7, you can see a video review of the Zune HD here. Read more
Zune HD to come in new colors
September 16, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
We have recently heard a lot about the Zune HD, including how the Zune HD will be capable of 3D gaming, and we have also heard that the Zune HD will be the only version of the Zune that Microsoft are offering, however we have now heard rumors that the Zune HD will be available in different colors. Read more
Zune HD Review: New OS, specs, and battle with iPod
September 16, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
Microsoft’s ZuneHD is regarded by many as a serious alternative to Apple’s iPod Touch, a few reviews are emerging online, and they are pretty mixed, however they all seem to suggest that the ZuneHD is attractive, the features are solid, the OS is great, however it is not revolutionary. Read more
Zune HD: 3D Games On Way
September 15, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
We have heard a lot of information regarding the Microsoft Zune HD and how it will challenge Apple’s iPod Touch, well now we have just heard an official Microsoft press release which has revealed more ways in which it will put the iPod Touch under pressure. Read more
Gaming on Microsoft’s Zune HD
We have a new video showing off Microsoft’s upcoming Zune HD to show you now. While it displays info for the vast multimedia features that it will offer, the point of interest is the fact that Microsoft are also taking the Zune HD as their entry into the handheld gaming market. Read more
Microsoft Zune HD will be the only version
September 3, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
According to a recent report on ComputerWorld it seems that when Microsoft release their Zune HD in two weeks they will drop all of their other Zune models, they will however offer all of the Zune versions until they run out.
The Zune HD will be released on September 15th and it seems that Microsoft will also launch updated Zune software and services, including a Zune video service on Xbox Live, an exact date for the Xbox Live Zune video service has not yet been announced.
The original Zune devices which were introduced almost three years ago have not really impacted the market that greatly, however there is high hope for the Zune HD and many believe it will be real competition for the iPod Touch.
Find out more information on ComputerWorld.
Do you think the Zune HD will impact the portable media player market greatly?
Zune HD Preview: More App Details.
August 25, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
Recently leaked photos of the Zune HD have shown up on BoyGeniusReport, one of these photos shows a menu item which we were previously un-aware of, this menu item titles “Apps” seems to suggest the Zune HD will have its own “App Store”. Read more
Zune HD: New Video shows upcoming App SDK
August 24, 2009 by Alan Ng
Filed under Electronics, Portable Music Players
We have a fresh video for you to check out, which once again gives you a little preview of what to expect when the device is finally launched. If you haven’t had a chance to see the Zune HD interface in action, you’ll get another good look at it here. Read more
Zune HD Has Tegra Processor: NVIDIA Confirms
August 18, 2009 by Alan Ng
Filed under Electronics, Portable Music Players
Well, most of us had known about this already, but NVIDIA have just decided to make the news official. It has been confirmed that the upcoming Zune HD will be powered by the NVIDIA Tegra Processor.
It was only after news broke about the Zune HD being available for pre-order, that NVIDIA decided to get all official it seems. Over on their website, they proudly state that their Tegra Chip will be providing the ‘Multimedia Muscle’ for Microsoft’s next generation media player.
Some quick specs about the Tegra Processor you ask? Well it consists of eight independant processors, each of which are designed for a specific class of tasks - a few being an HD video processor, graphics and audio processors as well as two ARM cores.
We’re not sure about you, but September 15th cannot come soon enough. If you’re hungry for more specs, you can head to the official page from NVIDIA here.
Microsoft Zune HD specs, video review, and poll
Yesterday we reported to you about the official Zune HD release date, and price that was confirmed by Microsoft. Today we thought we would have a recap on what we now know.
The Zune HD specs include an organic light-emitting diode display (OLED), ability to send 720p to an HDTV, and a multitouch Web browser Read more
Zune HD: Official prices and dates confirmed by Microsoft
August 14, 2009 by Alan Ng
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
We recently told you about rumored release dates and prices for the upcoming Zune HD portable media player, but now we have confirmed information for you. The details come from Microsoft themselves, who have clarified all the rumored dates that have been flying around recently. Read more
Zune HD: New Release Date?
August 12, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
You may have read our post yesterday discussing the Zune HD’s price and release date, in this post we stated that sources believed that the Zune HD will be released on September 8th, it turns out this release date was a week premature and is now expected September 15th. Read more
Zune HD Rumor: Price and release date
August 11, 2009 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
You have to love it when big companies like Microsoft try to keep its price and release date of new products secret, only for some fool to leak it on the Internet. This is just what Best Buy has done with the imminent launch of the Zune HD. Read more
Zune HD: Quick hands-on review, video and gallery
June 25, 2009 by Jamie Pert
Filed under Electronics, Portable Media Players
A video has emerged on Engadget showing a brief hands-on review of the new Zune HD, we have previously posted reviews with images but this is the first time we have shown a video of the working product. The video can be seen below or on Engadget‘ s website.
The video shows off its robust look, along with the small design, however in my opinion the two features that stand out the most is the extremely bright OLED display and the extremely quick OS which seems instantaneous. Read more
