I'm REALLY hoping the UTF8 and portable HDD functionality has been added. Been too long, couldn't care about all the other stuff (although it looks pretty cool).

Wish microsoft would release a utf8 update, that and mass storage without registry hacking. Only things that stop zune from being perfect.

Maybe we will get a new firmware with the 120.... one can dream

Really looking forward to this! Hope the pal region doesn't get shafted on the release date per usual.

Damn, I'm still working on my xhtml and css website. Otherwise I'd participate.

Next year I will though :D.

Ok Joystiq this is lame. There is no need to spame the front page with articles that you hate the name.

Also not every one has a urine fetish, to some Wii actually invokes "We" and community feelings.

All in all, my respect for this blog has dried up. Maybe when your writers mature and start writing meaningful material you will get it back.

For those complaining about the Blu-ray burn speed, give you a little reminder - first DVD burners (especially 1x DVD's) used to take about 40mins to burn a single DVD.

Also I can still CLEARLY remember CD burners priced at $600.

It's new technology, so give it time. The prices will come down faster then you can blink. (Slight exaggeration here.)

God some people on this site are truly moronic in the worst fanboy way ever.

People, honestly why are you trying to defend apple and their DRM? Is it because you get pay checks in your mail from Steve?

I can only see benefit from this law, as DRM schemes are draconic and should not exist to the degree apple has gone too. Can't you guys see the benefit as consumers from this? This can potentially open up the market so you CAN buy a creative player and use songs from iTMS on it, or vice versa. What is wrong with this?

The analogies to vinyl, consoles and so on are irrelevant. Because all mp3 files are the same, just some of them have a lock that prevents you from using them else where.

Sat apple released a CD player long ago, and a store that sold music CD's. But the catch was, those CD's were locked to the apple CD player so they wouldn't work anywhere else. Would you complain about that? I know I would.

To those saying you can burn a CD off with iTMS songs and re encode it - why on earth should you be FORCED to do that? Do you guys even account for the loss of quality when your doing this? So you buy a lossy format song, and then you re encode it for further loss. Great!

I guess those that get iPods can't tell the difference between a song encoded at 96kbs and 192kbs.

Holy crap!!! O__O Finally! Looks like I'm buying a PS3 then, since the thing that always held me off from getting a console was region locking.

Wonder if it's region free for PS2 and PS1 games.

Is wacom penable technology supported? Or pressure sensativity??????

Please engadget please fill us in on that information. I'm dying for a digital sketch pad!

Oh I soooo hope 3.0 does have some kind of paint program! I've been dying for one ever since getting my psp (the home brew one doesn't work too well - cos I'm on 2.0).

Even without touch screen, paint program would be awesome! Digital sketch book on the go - yes please! (even if your using a analogue thumb to control it).