Pamphlet Discloses That HD Movies are Coming to the Zune Marketplace

BostonPocketPC has uploaded a photo claiming that the above image is a pamphlet given to viewers at a Best Buy Zune HD demonstration. If this is true,this confirms that Microsoft will be selling HD movies on the Zune marketplace. Microsoft has already sold TV shows, music video, and video podcasts on the Zune marketplace so it was only a matter of time.

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Amazon Confirms Zune HD Pricing

Yesterday, a Bust Buy employee leaked the Zune HD pricing and it looks like he was not fibbing. Amazon’s pre order page is confirming the price as 220 (16GB) and $290 (32GB).

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Flash Zune’s Disappear From the Microsoft Store

 

It looks like all of the hype over the Zune HD has killed the Flash Zune’s. The official Microsoft Zune Store no longer lists any flash players at all, leaving the only the Zune 80 and Zune 120 available for purchase. Amazon and other retailers still have the flash Zune’s in stock, so hurry if you want one because they may not be around for long.

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Image of Zune HD Marketplace Surfaces

An XBOX 360 program manager "Fitret” has posted on Twitter a photo of the Zune HD showing the Zune Marketplace selection, specifically an artist sub-menu for The Hold Steady. It does not show much but it does look nice. We just hope there is an app store.

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Microsoft Picks Zune’s AD Agency to Promote the Zune Phone (a.k.a. Pink)

Advertising firm McCann Erickson has won advertising contract with Microsoft.

The Office shft follows a pitch for a new Microsoft mobile offering won by McCann's T.A.G. unit, said sources. JWT, McCann and fellow roster shop Crispin, Porter + Bogusky competed for that assignment, for which the client used the code-name Pink. – AdWeek

This is basically a confirmation that Microsoft was shopping the project around, and that's about the end of the new information.But a quick trip to the McCann T.A.G. site reveals a portfolio that contains three videos for the Zune, including two ads and a trade reel. Zune? Pink? Zunephone! Pinkphone! Pink Zune! Pink Zune phone! And so on.

Now, these ads are nestled among a fair number of Xbox promotional materials, so it's clear that this is one of Microsoft's go-to teams for advertising in general. But hell, since we still haven't seen any kind of confirmation that the Pink phone's alleged specs and Windows Mobile 7 rumors are real, that Pink is a hardware device, or that the project even still exists, we'll take what we can get. [Adweek via Slashgear]

From: Gizmodo

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First Videos of Zune HD Get Published to the Internet

Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed the Zune HD. The leaked images were finally established as genuine thanks to Microsoft's own provided image (right). Later at the All Things Digital conference Microsoft announced Bing, and brought a version of the Zune HD with them so journalists could try it out.

Both sites had positive first impressions of the device. Personally, I can't help but notice that the OLED screen looks absolutely terrific. What are your thoughts of the first video footage of the Zune HD?

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