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  • Brown Zune now Amazon's #1-selling DAP

    by 
    Nilay Patel
    Nilay Patel
    11.13.2007

    It was exactly one year ago today we first laid our eyes on the brown Zune, and it's been an interesting ride ever since -- the little scamp's been smashed, gutted, and blown out, but never beaten, and now it's number one. You heard correct -- as of right now, Amazon's number one-selling DAP is the brown Zune 30, at the low, low price of $89. Of course, the black and white Zune 30s have been at the top before, but there's just something heartwarming seeing ol' Brownie up top, isn't there?[Thanks, Marc]

  • Zune round-up: unboxing gallery, leaked units locked 'till launch, and customizable casing rumors

    by 
    Conrad Quilty-Harper
    Conrad Quilty-Harper
    11.10.2007

    Ahead of the official launch of the updated Zune range on Tuesday, there's been a deluge of new information about the device and its new features. First up we have the inevitable unboxing photos, although there's an interesting surprise in store if you manage to get one before the official availability date: Microsoft has required that you go to a website to "activate" your new Zune, and that website ain't up yet. Bummer. If you do manage to pick one up before Tuesday like these unboxers, you can look forward to a $25 gift card with your purchase at Target. We're getting to like this Zune + discount habit.There's also rumors that Microsoft is planning to enable online purchasers of the Zune 80 to choose different case colors and four lines of text engraving. That's unconfirmed for now, but pretty good news if true. Microsoft kinda messed up the coloring deal last time around. Also, and straight from the horse's mouth, comes the news that the Zune's software won't require you to delete all your music if you want to sync to a second computer. How nice of them.Read - Zune 80 customizable casing? (ZuneScene) [Thanks, Kevin P. and Michael]Read - Zune v2 features rundown (ZuneBoards) [Thanks, Mike]Read - $25 gift card with Zune purchase [Thanks, Ryan][Thanks to Ed S. for the unboxing photos]%Gallery-10056%