Jason Dunn
05-28-2008, 07:56 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/microsoft-taps-canadian-artists-for-zune-originals-designs/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/...ginals-designs/</a><br /><br /></div><em>"Just in case you didn't really believe Microsoft was finally bringing the Zune to Canada, along comes a release to make it doubly official. Aside from reiterating the June 13th launch date -- not to mention the $249.99 CDN (Zune 80), $189.99 CDN (Zune 8) and $139.99 CDN (Zune 4) price points -- Microsoft is also announcing seven new designs for its Zune Originals artist series. Fittingly, the mega-corp has tapped actual Canadian artists in order to find said designs, and considering that all Zune Originals artwork / engraving will be offered up gratis for three months after the launch day, you might as well indulge."</em><br /><br /><img border="0" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1211999224.usr1.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Well...darn. I knew about this a few weeks ago, but was waiting for permission from my contact at Microsoft Canada to release it. And here I go and get scooped by Microsoft releasing the news to PR Newswire. Sheesh. Stephane Dion has a <a href="http://www.cliczune.com/2008/05/details-on-zune.html" target="_blank">great article on this topic</a> - complete with a list of all the included artists and a couple of pictures of what the new Zunes will look like.