{"id":550206,"date":"2006-09-15T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T12:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550206-microsoft-s-zune-challenges-ipod.html"},"modified":"2006-09-15T12:02:30","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T12:02:30","slug":"microsoft-s-zune-challenges-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550206-microsoft-s-zune-challenges-ipod.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s Zune challenges iPod"},"content":{"rendered":"

"The digital music entertainment revolution is just beginning," said Microsoft vice president J Allard, who was in charge of Zune products. <\/font><\/p>\n

"With Zune, we are not simply delivering a portable device, we are introducing a new platform that helps bring artists closer to their audiences and helps people find new music and develop new social connections." <\/font><\/p>\n

The Zune brand will include a 30-gigabyte media player and an online Zune Marketplace. <\/font><\/p>\n

The player and the internet content store would be "available this holiday season in the United States", Microsoft said in a release that did not reveal the Redmond, Washington, technology titan’s pricing plans. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Zune MP3 player will feature wireless technology; a built-in FM tuner and a 7.6-centimetre screen designed for displaying music, pictures and video. Zune will be available in black, brown and white. <\/font><\/p>\n

Zune devices were also designed to connect wirelessly with each other so users could share music of play "DJ", according to Microsoft. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Zune is Microsoft’s music and entertainment platform that provides an end-to-end solution for connected entertainment," the company claimed. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Inspired by the vast and varied community of music fans, Zune focuses on helping emerging artists shape the digital canvas." <\/font><\/p>\n

Microsoft’s challenge to Apple’s reigning iPod MP3 players will be built by Toshiba, US regulatory agency filings have shown. <\/font><\/p>\n

Plans submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by Japanese electronics giant Toshiba showed that nearly two-thirds of the Zune player face was devoted to screen, hinting that it was designed with movie viewing in mind.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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