[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by ACE

...I thought radio tuners took up a considerable amount of space...

I'm not an engineer, but I've seen those little credit-card sized radio receivers that run on a small watch battery and are very thing. So I think an FM receiver is pretty small.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by ACE

...I thought radio tuners took up a considerable amount of space...

I'm not an engineer, but I've seen those little credit-card sized radio receivers that run on a small watch battery and are very thing. So I think an FM receiver is pretty small.

[Kevin Daly]

Bearing in mind that much of the world suffers under the tyranny of download caps, what they're going international with is arguably the least useful feature.

Is the issue here Microsoft's unwillingness or inability to provide a global music service? (since obviously without that the Zune itself loses much of its rationale).That's consistent with past behaviour...obviously Apple can do it, but Microsoft? Apparently not.

The ZuneHD has the potential to be a breakout product, and combined with the positive buzz from Windows 7 could even help to change Microsoft's brand image...but if it isn't made available to the world that opportunity will pass.
What's worse, while the current Zune isn't even a blip on the radar for most people outside the US (they never see one after all), positive reports about the ZuneHD coming from the US could actually turn into negative publicity on the international market for Microsoft, since people will be hearing good things about something Microsoft chooses not to sell them...which makes Microsoft look insular and arguably incompetent.

[Alber1690]

It is interesting to ponder if Zune's potential really lies outside the borders of the U-S-of-A. It can just so happen to be that it could be a hit in Europe and maybe even the Asian and Latin American countries. Who knows...

On a side note, where did you guys get that Zune HD product shot? I haven't found another from an official source that features a black-colored back cover like the one in that shot. Only the "platinum" one...

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Alber1690

On a side note, where did you guys get that Zune HD product shot? I haven't found another from an official source that features a black-colored back cover like the one in that shot. Only the "platinum" one...

That product shot was sent to the Zune MVPs by a member of the Zune team - it has popped up on other sites here and there without explanation, and some Zune MVPs watermarked the image and other sites have cropped out the watermark. It's a cut-throat world out there.

The black Zune HD is for real though!

[serpico]

In Canada we waited for the iTunes store but it didn't take this long. We didn't have everything available to us either just music. I think Microsoft should open a store with what ever they can give us. Podcasts and anything else unlicensed would be a great start. It's better than having nothing to sync these devices with. My zune 120 would get more use if I had the marketplace. I would be paying $15 a month for 10 free songs too. Now it's just a backup external drive of music.