More details and videos are surfacing about the ZuneHD, which will be released this fall by Microsoft. The video above, from C|net, doesn’t clearly show the entire menu of options, but gives a glimpse of the look and feel of the new player.
One thing that strikes me is the responsiveness of the accelerometer. Watch as [...]

The ZuneHD is officially announced by Microsoft today, and features:

3.3-inch, 16:9 widescreen display
480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display
Multi-touch capability on the touchscreen
Built-in HD Radio receiver. HD Radio provides higher-quality sound than traditional radio, and allows additional song and artist data to be displayed on the player. Some stations also multicast in HD, so you [...]

This morning, the Zune team launched some handy updates to service.zune.net – the site for Zune troubleshooting and for sending in players for repairs.
The site provides a way to register your Zune player, perform online troubleshooting, and to track the status of a Zune that is sent in for repairs.
Some screenshots:
Information on a registered Zune [...]

Anythingbutipod has conducted a series of hardness tests on MP3 player screens.
Using keys, a razor blade, and a carbon steel kitchen knife, Grahm from ABI vividly demonstrates how the Zune’s glass screen is impervious to being scratched.
As Grahm points out, a device’s susceptibility to scratches is determined by the relative hardness of the device material [...]

Have you accidentally cracked the screen on your Zune 120, 80, or flash player?
It’s not easy to do, with the glass screen, but it can happen.
When I and my fellow MVPs met today with the Zune support team, they mentioned that you can now get your cracked screen replaced by Microsoft. Previously, there was no [...]

I am, of course, constrained in what I can share with you from our meetings today in Microsoft’s MVP global summit. Five other Zune MVPs and I spent a full and fascinating day with various members of Microsoft’s Zune team.
I thought I would share, though, a few behind-the-scenes pix from the past day.
As the opening [...]

I’m on the Redmond campus this week for the Microsoft MVP global summit. My meetings with the Zune team are, as usual,  governed by my MVP Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
While here, though, the Zune team has let me and the other Zune MPVs share with you some information about the Zune.net update rolling out tonight.
I posted [...]

Well, this has been a interesting, and turbulent, month in the Zune world, with the Microsoft quarterly 10K with Zune sales insights, the layoffs in the Zune team, the redeployment of the Zune software and hardware teams to different divisions, and the Mobile World Congress WinMo announcements.
And, timely enough, I will be in Redmond the [...]

Microsoft introduced Windows Mobile 6.5 this week and, as expected, the updated operating system for mobile phones incorporates some of the Zune design esthetics.
In particular, WinMo now has a clean home menu that appears to be fashioned after the Zune player user interface.
Debuting at the Mobile world Congress in Barcelona, WinMo 6.5 introduces a brand [...]

Microsoft has split the Zune team into separate hardware and software units, and folded those units into other Microsoft organizations, according to a CNET report.
The move seems to further signal a shift in  Microsoft’s focus from Zune hardware to Zune software and services. The software group is going to the Media Center TV division, led [...]