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Zune 2.0 Rumor Mill

by Terrence O'Brien on April 11, 2007 at 09:30 AM

Tech blogs Zunescene, Gizmodo,and Engadget are all abuzz with rumors about the next generation of the Microsoft's beleaguered PMP (Personal Media Player), the Zune. Supposedly originating from an employee who worked on Zune 2.0, the rumors are not particularly exciting.

The hard-drive-based Zune will get a little thinner and will keep the admittedly cool double-shot plastic body. There will also be a flash-memory-based player in the Zune 2.0 family. Flash-based memory means the player will be small, supposedly weighing in at 3 x 1.25 x 0.25-inches with a screen that takes up a vast majority of the face. The mini-Zune will also purportedly be video-capable.

Of course, none of this is confirmed, though the lack of innovation somehow makes this story all that much more believable.

Microsoft may want to check out an earlier post about a little gadget from a company called Sansa... It might give them some ideas about how to leverage that whole Wi-Fi-plus-media-player idea.

From Engadget

Tags: microsoft, pmp, zune

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