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Zune Loons
Electronics | Jul 18, 06
Rumors keep flying regarding Microsoft's new "iPod killer", including talk of a new name: "Project Zune" Perhaps Gates & Co. felt the previous code-name, "Argo", was too vulnerable to mythological mockery ("J Allard And The Argonauts"). I understand billionaire monopolists can be very sensitive to classical Greek lit-inspired parody, seeing as how they tend to view Zeus as a role model.
Be that as it may, the new buzz includes whispers that 1) the Bluetooth-enabled Xbox-related game player functionality may be only a figment of Sony and Nintendo's nightmares, 2) there will be WiFi functionality 3) the unit will feature XM and/or Sirius satellite radio capability 4) 30 GB & 60 GB hard drives may be included 5) it will run Windows Mobile on a 400 Mhz processor 6) it will sell for around four hundred bucks, and my own personal favorite 7) the entire project does not exist.
Oh, and if it does exist, it has a control wheel and a real big screen...
Anyway, the Zune may or may not be available this holiday season with some, all or none of the features mentioned above. And if it's on the kind of development track that the new version of Windows is following, the Zune should be released around the time children not yet born see white earbuds removed from a time capsule.
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