Zune News Trifecta

Since Microsoft's official announcement in Billboard didn't tell us all that much new info, here's a little bit more on Zune's rumored capabilities from another tipster.

There's going to be an add-on game pad similar to the Sony Ericsson P800 Bluetooth game pad. However, this one is going to be magnetic (really?) so it can attach to the Zune. Isn't that bad for magnetic, hard-drive based storage? You'll be able to use this game pad for "classic gaming", probably somewhere around the mid-80s to early-90s, NES/SNES-level graphics.

They'll let you customize your own case when you buy the Zune, whose default case looks pretty much like the pictures we've been showing here. You can change the outside, add RAM (for gaming, or PDA features maybe?), reduce storage space, and change the colors of the finish. – Jason Chen

And here's the "viral" site that Microsoft set up for Zune: Coming Zune [comingzune]

Thanks Tipster!

6:05 PM on Fri Jul 21 2006
By Jason Chen
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sharkilepsy at 05:29 PM on 07/21/06
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i'm glad they're offering some style options 'cause that thing is FUGLY!
gizmodo banned me for... at 06:04 PM on 07/21/06
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who has actually seen the default case?

why is this picture, which looks like a horribly photoshopped ipod, continually refered to as the Zune??

I have exclusive zune pic for your right here:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/jebjeb2000/myalbum
Arken at 06:46 PM on 07/21/06
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Great, yet another device which tries to be everything to everybody and ends up satisfying no one. One of the reasons I love my iPod is that it doesn't try to be much more than a media player (the crappy little games I never play notwithstanding)... because it's pretty much just a media player, it doesn't have all this extra crap I won't use. Why so few companies get this is beyond me.
combat chuck at 08:58 PM on 07/21/06
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That has to be the lamest viral web site ever.
Guy Esquire at 11:38 PM on 07/21/06
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When you've had three scotch and sodas, all you can do is laugh at comingzune.com
JJ at 06:10 PM on 07/22/06
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omg regina!!
Papercutninja at 09:27 AM on 07/24/06
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Yeagh. What lame-ass anti-Mac Brooklyn hipster did they pay to do that "viral" site. I thought viral sites were supposed to be interesting.
blargh at 09:53 AM on 07/24/06
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the tiny little magnet to attach a gamepad ain't nearly enough to rustle the feathers of a hard drive. sounds good to me. like the ipod, there will be tons of obscene add-ons to make your pricy little status symbol rival the size of your 8th grade boombox. neat-o!