In anticipation of his upcoming full-length album debut, Attention Deficit , Wale and Zune have produced a limited edition Zune media player -- in blue and red. BallerStatus.com has received one of these custom Zune Wale-etched Zune 8gb devices, not be available for purchase anywhere, and will be giving it away to one of our visitors.

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We don't know exactly what's going on, but both Xbox Live and Zune Marketplace are apparently acting up right now -- we've gotten reports that the entire Zune user database is more or less MIA, while Xbox Live seems unable to process purchases reliably. If we had to guess, we'd say that Microsoft's free Thriller video giveaway is causing some pretty massive server strain, but that's just a shot ...

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With some good integration with the Xbox Live service and some better marketing on the part of Microsoft, the upcoming Zune HD could prove to be a real competitor in the portable media player market. But how much will it cost? Well, some leaked info is pointing toward the proposed price points.

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Let’s just admit it: For a long time it was embarrassing to be a Microsoft Zune owner. While all of your buddies where showing off their flashy iPod touches and iPhones that they could control at the swipe of a finger, you were covertly lugging around the MP3 player equivalent to a brick.

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It's obviously a bit hard to put too much faith in Zune HD rumors when even Steve Ballmer himself can't keep things straight, but someone claiming to be a Software Engineer at Microsoft (who has also dropped Zune HD tips in the past) has now spoken at some length with Neowin.net , and provided plenty of speculation fodder in the process. The biggest of those purported details is word that the ...

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Neowin talked to an alleged "software engineer" on the Zune team who revealed that the 16GB Zune HD—though its price is not finalized—should run somewhere between $249 and $280 this...

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When it ships later this year, the Zune HD could cost as much or more than the iPod touch by the time both updates are released this year, an additional leak said Thursday. An interview with a previous source on Neowin cautions that prices aren't "set in stone" but has the base 16GB model costing between $249 and $279, or at least as much as the Zune 120 does today. A current 16GB clickpad Zune ...

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We first heard about the HD video-player goodness of the Zune HD weeks ago, and now a rumor suggests a September 8 launch for the device. Perfect timing to pitch it into a head-on battle with the rumored new iPod touch. The leaked information was sent to Gizmodo , and suggests the Zune HD will come in only 16 and 32GB varieties, arriving on Tuesday September 8--three days later than previous ...

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Reports suggest new Zune will come in 16GB and 32GB variations.

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Alright, here's the skinny. Gizmodo just recieved some leaked Microsoft internal documents that give us two big rumors about the upcoming Zune HD. First of all, there will be a 16 GB and a 32 GB version of Microsoft's new high-def media player. Second, the...

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