Microsoft's Zune is coming soon. Jake Ludington has a side by side photo comparison of the iPod and Zune. Key Zune features include; WIFI, photo and music sharing, FM radio, pictures, video, and a beautiful 3 inch screen. Zune will be available November 14th and will be priced around $249.99 at retail.
The Zune music service will be available at launch with a huge catalog of music. Zune will offer singles for $.99 or unlimited downloads for $14.99 per month.
The Zune WIFI feature lets users, within WIFI range, send and receive songs. The songs will play 3 times or 3 days and then be deleted. The title stays in your history so you can later buy the single for $.99.
I think the WIFI and community sharing are going to be BIG differentiating features for the Zune. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so lets get to the photos.
Here is a comparison of the Zune and iPod side by side. Zune on top. The Zune has a bigger screen but is lighter in weight. Great engineering. Zune will be available in black, white, or brown.
Below is the Zune displaying top level navigation options.
Here are shots of a Zune receiving a file via WIFI from another Zune, and a Zune finding other nearby Zunes. These photos are from Paul Thurrott's Win Supersite.
Finding other Zunes via WIFI.
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