
With Apple expected to dominate this afternoon’s proceedings, it was not surprising that late yesterday afternoon, Microsoft officially announced its latest Zune music players. After all, if they had done it today, the struggling iPod rival may not have gotten too much coverage.
There aren’t too many shocks - apart from that shocking blue Zune above - but there is now a 120GB hard drive version, as well as 8GB and 16GB Flash versions. There’s also a new black Zune but, it is on the software and services side that Microsoft is resting its hopes for the player.
Combining Wi-Fi with the built-in FM tuner, there’s now something called Buy From FM, which allows you to tag and purchase songs you hear on the radio. Then, when you’re in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the song can be immediately downloaded [purchased] to the Zune.
