![]() ![]() It offers wireless connectivity, though shared files (only of purchased songs, not those ripped from your own CDs) with a very limited lifespan - three days or three plays, whichever is first. Zune, which will reach US shops by Christmas but still has no confirmed price, exposed itself as a revised version of Toshiba's Gigabeat player with a bigger screen and smoother looks.īut it's what's on the inside that counts - and there are a couple of features Steve Ballmer will hope can lift Zune above the crowd. ![]() It waited until the day after Apple's announcements to lift the lid on Zune, its own attempt to break the music market open. Microsoft, meanwhile decided it also needed a splash of colour - and, somewhat bizarrely, plumped for brown. Hardware geeks had to get their fix from the miniscule new shuffle and the nano's revival of the iPod mini's popular candy colour schemes. ![]() ![]() Turning the iPod into the heart of a true multimedia platform will take a long time no matter how the $299 iTV (there is no UK price yet) fits into Apple's wider plans, it will not be available until next year. Such a gizmo is not a new idea - but where others flopped, industry watchers say Apple could have the market muscle to push forward where predecessors have feared (or failed) to tread.Īt the event in London last week for the launch event, Apple's product manager Christi Wilkerson was visibly excited by the link between the iPod's small screen and the living room TV, despite iTV's launch still being months away. There was, unusually, a preview of a set-top box system, temporarily called iTV, which will stream media files sent wirelessly from a Mac or PC to a TV set. ![]()
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