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Zune HD 16GB, 32GB Price Hits Amazon
Techtree News Staff, Aug 11, 2009 1408 hrs ISTPre-order now!
The much awaited media player - Zune HD's price has been finally revealed! Amazon, the online retailer is taking pre-orders for Microsoft Zune HD media player. The player will be available in 16GB and 32GB capacity but no further information is available on the individual models.
Goof-up?
Oops, Amazon did it again? Seems like a mistake on Amazon part as the goof-up apparently comes immediately after Zune HD was showed at GDGT launch party followed by spy video leak.
Earlier today, Gizmodo reported about Zune HD price leaks with screenshots showing price and other details of Zune HD 16GB and 32GB models. In the screen shots, the arrival date for Zune HD is listed as September 8 and so we need not say more on this. Following that Amazon showed up pre-order page listing 16GB Zune HD Black for $220 (Rs. 10,560 approx.) and 32GB Zune HD Platinum for $290 (Rs. 13,920 approx.). The pre-order page looks static and leads to an error page when clicked on individual model for more information.
Zune vs iPod
On comparing prices with respective capacities, the 16GB Zune HD costs $220 (Rs. 10,560 approx.) while second generation 16GB iPod Touch costs $299 (Rs. 14,400 approx.). On the other hand, 32GB Zune HD costs $290 which is way cheaper than the 32GB iPod Touch (second generation) which costs $399 (Rs. 19,200 approx.). Hence the price difference between both brands is fairly visible here.
Not to forget, Zune HD comes with HDMI and does not surprise us to see Bing's search integrated in the Zune HD's browser since Microsoft had Bing Mobile version up and running since search engine's launch.
Yet another feature that iPod Touch misses out on is ability to use iPod Touch as external storage, at least officially. Once jailbroken, the iPod Touch or iPhone can be used as external storage but needs third party program to manage it.
Microsoft is indeed rolling sleeves to launch Zune HD on September 8 (hopefully) to compete with Apple's expected launch of the new iPod Touch with camera. Also the iPhone OS 3.1 update pointed out that new iProd device is in works and likely to be launched along with Apple iPod's product cycle falls in October.
Microsoft had launched second generation of Zune with higher capacities last year in September, yet again before Apple announced second generation iPod Touch. Will it be the same this year or both companies have something new to share which hasn't been leaked on the web? We'll have to wait till September to find out what Microsoft has in store for us.
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