Zune 2 in the wild, Wal-Mart style

Say what you will about Wal-Mart (you hippie, you) but they've really been coming through with the broken street dates of late. This time it's Microsoft's new and improved Zune "2" lineup making an appearance, almost two whole weeks before the supposed November 13th ship date. These were spotted in a Saint Louis Wal-Mart, and are reportedly for sale, though only the original-flavor 30GB model has the pricetag. Anybody else got a Wal-Mart friendly enough to share the goods?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 11:45AM]

I said "doubt", there is always a chance you could get sold one, but for 99.9% of the population it's not going to happen.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 11:39AM]

Define "improved".
;)

[drkschmoog Posted Nov 1st 2007 12:15PM]

I'm waiting for the Zune 2 software to become available so I can have a fiddle...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 12:37PM]

If i can point out the main difference between Zune 1 & Zune 2

Zune 1 was a rebadged, adapted Toshiba Gigabeat
Zune 2 is a new MS inhouse design that has touch sensitive controls and can sync with your library over wifi, killer feature in my opinion, syncing with my mediacenter by remote with no cables. Go MS about time you got something right

[iceykola Posted Nov 1st 2007 4:24PM]

to clarify further... zune 30 2.0 is the zune 30 1.0 hardware with updated firmware. All zune 2.0 features are added except for the touch sensitive d-pad. The zune 30s will not start shipping with the updated firmware until the rest of the zune 2's are released. All current zune 30s with the version 1 firmware will be able to update it online to the 2.0 firmware and marketplace software.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 12:31PM]

I love my Gen 1 Zune ... one of my friends calls it my "Brick" and another friend calls it my "turd" because i bought a brown one.

There isn't another mp3 player out there i'd even consider replacing it with ... .

if iTunes had a subscription service then maybe i'd think about the cool iPod Touch.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 12:40PM]

I just went to the Walmart in Fishers, IN and they do have the new zunes as well as the Car Pack, they won't however sell it until the release date on November 13 so looks like we'll all just have to wait!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 1:14PM]

you should have posted a picture.

[sRc Posted Nov 1st 2007 1:35PM]

my local walmart has those displays too, theyre just cardboard (or something like that)

[Garst Posted Nov 1st 2007 1:40PM]

They're just a display that Microsoft put out. Those aren't even functional Zune, even the 30GB model is quite literally a brick. And there's nothing that says any Walmarts have any in stock, unless they got some since Sunday.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 2:10PM]

Yeah, I work at Circuit City, and we put up a very similar display last week. They are plastic, and they aren’t even the right size.

We don’t even have them in our warehouse yet

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 4:25PM]

I saw this same display at Target in Redmond last week.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 5:25PM]

Man the Zune Blows, only loser dorks would buy that piece of shit, get social & move out of your parents basement…lol

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 5:28PM]

Oh yeah Wal-Mart blows too

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2007 8:04PM]

Hey guys, just visited a Saint Louis location in Brentwood, MO to confirm that these are just displays in a kiosk and that they are not selling any of the Zune 2 products yet. I will also add that what you are seeing aren't even life size demos but thin metal plates with stickers on them.
When I asked about the availability then confirmed what we already knew by stating "They ain't even on the web site yet".