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Oracle of DelphiNew Zune 80 from Microsoft
November 22nd 2007 08:45
Who would honestly expect Microsoft to rest on their laurels and let Apple hog all the limelight with their latest range of iPod, iPod Nano and the brilliant iPod Touch?
Well, the fresh new product off the Microsoft drawing table is the hard-drive Zune 80, which carries 80GB worth of storage and the flash based models, Zune 8 and Zune 4, with 8GB and 4GB storage space respectively.
Zune 80 specifications
- New Zune Pad with four-way touch sensitive 'D-pad' (with up, down, left, and right buttons)
- Storage capacity: 80GB
- Available in BLACK only -- at least for the time being
- 3.2" QVGA screen (up from 3.0")
- Dimensions are 61.1 x 108.2 x 12.9mm (2.4 x 4.25 x 0.5-inches)
- Premium headphones included in package
- Display resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
- Audio support: AAC, MP3, WMA, Protected WMA
- Picture support: JPEG
- Video support : WMV, h.264, MPEG-4
- Song capacity: Up to 20000 songs
- Picture capacity: Up to 25000 photos
- Video capacity: Up to 250 hours
- Wireless connectivity: 802.11b/g
- Wireless range: Up to 30 feet
- Power supply: Built-in rechargeable battery, AC power adapter (not included), via USB port
- Battery life (music): Up to 30 hours (wireless off)
- Battery life (pictures): Up to 4 hours
- Battery (video): Up to 4 hours
- Charging time (AC adapter): Approx. 2 hours (full), approx. 1 hour (90 percent)
- Charging time (via USB): Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes (full), approx. 1 hour 15 minutes (90 percent)
- Ports: Dock connector, headphone connector with video, USB
- FM radio: Built-in
- Languages: English, French, Spanish
Zune 8/4 specifications
- New Zune Pad with four-way touch sensitive 'D-pad' (with up, down, left, and right buttons)
- Available in pink, green, black, and red
- 1.8" QVGA screen
- Dimensions are 41.4 x 91.5 x 8.5mm (1.6 x 3.6 x 0.33-inches)
The new Zune allows integrated Wi-Fi so that owners can wirelessly exhange music tracks between devices, which on paper, sounds like a brilliant idea but the song can be played only THREE times by the person you've 'Zuned' it to!
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