Microsoft has finally announced the next generation of Microsoft Zune according to a report by Gizmodo. Zune 2 is the new generation of Microsoft Zune which comes with a price tag of $249 for the 80GB hard drive model. On the other hand we have the Flash Zunes which come with a price tag of $149/$199 for the 4GB and 8GB flash-based models respectively.
Zune 2 Specs and Features
This new generation of Microsoft Zune comes with some exciting new features as indicated below:
- Automatic Wireless Syncing
- More videos and music in the Zune Marketplace
- Zune Pad with touch sensitive technology
- 3.2 inch wide screen for the 80GB Zune 2
- Share and send media to other Zunes
- Additional Video Codec Support: h.264 and MPEG4
- DVD Quality Video over TV-out
Zune Social
Zune Social is going to be the new online Zune social-networking website and the good thing is that you won’t be needing even a Zune to be a part of this network. You can have Zune Cards to “reflect your musical preferences” and the card can have custom pictures and backgrounds. You can also browse other people’s cards and sample the standard 30-seconds of the song to see if you like it. There’s also going to be community-generated charts to see what’s popular right now in the Zune community.
So who is going to dump the iPhone for the new Zune 2 
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Saad Hamid is a tech enthusiast from Pakistan who started this blog in 2007.
I love its new WiFi feature . I already have an iPod so if i decide to buy another mp3 player , it is going to be ZUne .
So I went to look at the Zune in the store, because I was going to get that instead of an iPod but like it looked more like a brick, the mp3 player is huge. I really did not like it.
Poor Microsoft lol. Perhaps not even a single human being likes the Zune.
I like the Zune, its not that bad so yea it may be a little bigger and not as much battery, but so far I haven’t had a problem with it, personally I like it better than my old iPod.
Got the 80 gig now for two weeks, no issues, easy to use, and wifi works too. One set back had a hard time finding a good cover for it plenty for the 30 gig but not my 80. Not sorry but happy with my ZUNE!
anyone else had a problem with shuttin’ it off? cause when ever i hold the play button down, it’ll shut off, but when i turn it back on, the load screen dosn’t pop up, its just the main menu, and the battery has died a little…? any suggestions?