Microsoft, without doubt, is prepping Zune HD to compete with Apple's
iPod Touch portable media player. Last weekend, images of Microsoft's
Zune HD were leaked, and now WMPUserhas been tipped off about the technical details. The new Zune HD is
expected to be launched this September in the US, Canada, UK, France,
and other European countries.
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Microsoft would obviously like to get competitive by grabbing more
market share in the portable media player market. A confirmed list of
features include LiveSide and NeoWin.
The new Zune HD will have a 3.6-inch OLED touchscreen with capacitive
multi-touch support. Nvidia's Tegra chip will power the Zune HD, and we
think it might be the new Tegra 600 seriesannounced in mid-February at the Mobile World Congress 2009. Hopefully,
Zune HD's Tegra chip would be faster than Apple's Second Generation
iPod Touch's ARM11-based S5L8720x chip clocked at 532MHz.
Microsoft's
Zune HD will have a HDMI out for streaming content directly to the
television. Again, the Tegra platform, which is HD video friendly,
would be helping out in this process. Also, Zune HD has HD Radio, which
is not a built-in feature in Apple's iPod Touch but available through
Apps from App Store. Zune HD would also be WiFi compatible and capable
of Wireless Sync with Windows Marketplace.
