Sure, we've been chummy with the Zune HD in the past, but we just took it for a quick spin on video so you can check out those smooth transitions for yourself. Unfortunately, the unit we were playing with had zero content loaded on it, but you can check out the slick unlock mechanism, swooping screen-change animations and a bit of pre-loaded Zune video on the gorgeous OLED screen. Plus we tossed ...

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A leak today of purported ad material from Microsoft appears to have clarified some of the company's launch plans for the Zune HD. The documents handed to Gizmodo show the player shipping only in 16GB and 32GB capacities; they also indicate that colors will be dictated by capacity and that the 16GB version will have a simple black while the 32GB model comes in the golden color seen in most ...

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A tipster just dropped off a few internal Microsoft docs that point to a September 8 launch of the Zune HD. In addition to that, the tipster says it's coming in 16GB and 32GB versions. All pretty...

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Reserves more than one million numbers ... To offer advanced risk analysis and allow integration with other business applications ...

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Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone can't match Tegra's ability to play high-definition video.

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It's not news that the media you buy for both Kindle and Zune are protected by DRM. Readers are sending in stories of some of the ramifications of that fact. First, Absentminded-Artist notes an account at Gear Diary recounting what an Amazon rep told one user about download limits on Kindle books. "One facet of the Kindle's DRM has reared an ugly head: download limitations. Upgraded your iPhone...

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June 21, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. Official! To listen to this audio fragment (extracted from the long-long podcast), click here (BTW: why this guy - Microsoft employee - is calling listeners "kids"? isn't it patronizing? or is Zune only for kids?):

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Following the news that announced the Zune HD from Microsoft not too long ago, the company is now releasing that the portable music player will feature a NVIDIA Tegra processor. This decision to use NVIDIA’s processor will allow Microsoft to give consumers that much more of a digital multimedia experience, since the chip uses little energy and is fast as well. Also featured with the Tegra is ...

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We were pretty confident before, but now we've got it straight from the horse's podcast: The Zune HD will indeed pack the Nvidia Tegra chip, which should give it better battery life and enviable...

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Company says battery life and graphics acceleration convinced it to go with Nvidia's first processor built for power-frugal handhelds.

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