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iPod Gains 76 Percent of MP3 Player Market in US while Zune is a failure with just 1 Percent share after 4 years

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The iPod is one of the best music players available in the market. It revolutionized the world of digital music players. Many other devices emerged in the market to compete with iPod but they’ve all failed. Even though iPods aren’t that much in the news nowadays because they do not get updates frequently, they still are the best selling music players in the US.

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Microsoft releases 3 new apps for the Zune HD

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The Zune HD is half naked when it comes to apps, it’s just short of everything for now. Even though it got a Facebook and Twitter app after a long wait, but that’s just about it. But now Microsoft has just released 3 new apps for the Zune HD, not quite exciting, but the Zune HD Marketplace is slowly getting crowded with games and “functional” apps.

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Zune HD Hacked – OpenZDK released for development

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ZuneBoards has proudly announced that they have successfully hacked ZuneHD and its previous versions. This is not the first hack but it is described as the “the first true hack” available for Zune.

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64GB Zune HD will launch on April 12 for $350

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Microsoft has publicized that 64GB Zune HD will be available in Zune stores from 12th April with the price of $350 to be approximate. More Good news for the Zune fans would be that they would be able to customize their Zune HD from ZuneOrginals. It would be available in Platinum, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Purple and Magenta colors.Zune-HD-64GB

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Zune HD v4.5 update on the horizon with new features; also brings Windows Phone 7 Series like Marketplace to the big screen

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Zune HD’s firmware version 4.5 update was last unveiled at CES and ever since there hasn’t any word on it. It’s about to be released soon and it sure packs a handsome amount of features like Smart DJ and support for new Codecs.

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64GB Zune HD seen on the official Zune website

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According to Zune’s official website, there’s another top end model which made a sudden and unannounced entry, a 64GB Zune. But we didn’t see the Zune HD 64 anywhere else like; Amazon or Newegg.

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Facebook app for Zune HD now available for download

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Facebook app for Zune HD

After ages of waiting by Zune HD users, Microsoft has finally released a Facebook app for them. The Twitter app for Zune HD was released almost 76 days ago, back in December, 2009. The Facebook app provides all the usual features such as viewing Photos, News Feed, profiles, messaging, notificatiosn and status updating. It even allows you to set the song you’re currently listening to as your Facebook status.

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Zune HD to be available in more colors soon

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imageGizmodo had spotted different color models for the Zune HD in the Zune software source files some time back which included pink, magenta, purple and atomic. The magenta and purple colors have now popped up on the Zune Store and will be available on the 1st of December.

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Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition in action on Zune HD (Video)

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image If you are a lucky Zune HD owner, you probably know by now about the new 3d games released by Microsoft after firmware 4.3 release. Probably the most anticipated game was Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition, which was shown in advertisements for the Zune HD as well. It’s a port of a popular series for the Xbox 360, therefore the high expectations. Couple that with the Nvidia Tegra horsepower in the Zune HD and now we have a real world example of how powerful it is and how it performs.

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New Zune HD games launched by Microsoft

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image Microsoft has just made available new games for the Zune HD. These aren’t the same old simple games that were launched with the Zune HD, but make full use of the power of Nvidia Tegra. A welcome addition to the Zune HD gaming catalogue are Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition as well as Vans Sk8: Pool Service and Audiosurf. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the making of Zune HD as a portable gaming console.

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