What is a Zune Player?

A Zune player is the latest version of portable media players made by Microsoft. The first instrument was released to the United States market was the 30 GB model on November 14, 2006, the unit price for these new players is $ 250.00. The first model is equipped with a 30 GB hard drive and a built in FM tuner, it has a Radio Data System, a 3 inch screen and WI-FI networking. The Zune player can house a MP3 player, a WMA and an AAC. The Zune can also hold Microsoft’s WMV movie format. It has preloaded music, videos and images that are shipped with the player.

One big difference between the Zune and the other types of media players is that Zune has Zune to Zune player communications. You can connect with another player Zune and share their music and videos. If a track is received from another player can be played on your system for up to three days. You cannot resend over music or an audio file that have been received from another player. You can only send music or audio over once.

One of the best features of the Zune is that it can connect with the Microsoft XBOX 360. This gives the user the capability to stream music, videos and pictures through a USB. Zune is a windows based software that can stream music, videos and pictures to the actual XBOX.

This is the next wave in technology. It is exciting to see what we can do. Now we have to wait and see which company comes out with something bigger and better than the Zune.