New Zunes: We don’t need no stinking cables
New hardware is always exciting and today there are shiny toys from Redmond. The sleek flash-based players come in some lucious colours, while the eighty gig daddy will only be available in black. The new toys will be had for around $250, $200, and $150.
Software is the centerpiece of the Zune story this morning. Wireless syncing to the desktop has been implemented, and song sharing has been updated. No longer do shared songs carry a three day lifespan, but only a three play cap. Also, shared songs can now be re-shared other Zunes. Those who already own Zune devices (no snickering) will also apparentluy recieve a software update to maintain feature parity with today’s hardware.
Jeff Leeds covers the Zune update for the NYT, as well as Larry Larsen on Channel 10, and the ongoing Techmeme Zune thread.