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| Zune HD goes live on Sale today Posted: 15 Sep 2009 01:11 PM PDT
The much awaited Zune HD goes live today in United states and will go on sale. Apart from announcing the new Zune HD, Microsoft also announced the availability of new Zune PC software 4.0.With Zune 4.0 music player you can find new music, other recommendation features, such as Quickplay and Smart DJ, which helps users find and play digital content.Microsoft has confirmed that the Zune HD will have applications and games later this year.Pre orders had already started two days back when Buy TV posted six Zune HD promotional videos and a Zune HD commercial. The videos have already been taken down, likely at Microsoft’s request, but not before they were grabbed and re-uploaded at various sites like You Tube.
The most important detail revealed is in the Portable Perfection commercial At around the 30 second mark, you catch a quick view of what appears to be a racing title as the narrator notes the ability to play games on the device. In a press release, company officials confirm that both Twitter and Facebook applications are due later this year and the following 3D games:
Games can be added to Zune HD via Zune Marketplace over the Wi-Fi connection or when connected to the Zune PC software.Resolution is 480 by 272, and the Zune HD features an accelerometer this time in order to do automatic screen rotation. The screen is driven by NVIDIA’s high-def, low power Tegra chip.Apps are coming to the Zune, but in a limited way. Here’s how Microsoft puts it: “Simply go to the apps catalog and select the ones you want and sync them to the device. Zune apps are free. We are introducing a handful of new and updated casual games, along with a select group of utility apps, such as weather and calculator. These first apps for Zune HD are an introduction of what will be an ever growing library.” It’s larger than the iPod nano and the earlier Zune flash units. Two models are available, 16GB and 32GB flash units, in five colors.The Zune HD can handle WMA, AAC, and MP3 audio along with H.264, MPEG-4, and WMV video, along with (hugely) limited support for DVR-MS files from the company’s own Windows Media Center DVR. When provided with the right connectors (sold separately), it can output some HD video over HDMI.Zune HD is still capable of syncing its media wirelessly with a PC.Zune HD is available from major retailers with a black 16GB version for $219.99 (estimated retail price) and a platinum 32GB version for $289.99 (ERP).Until then check out the six videos from You tube (thanks to neowin) and also download the Zune 4.0 player software,If your are interested in the Zune 3.1 you can get it for 32 and 64 bit versions as we need to download the 3.1 first and then update to 4.0 . Download Zune 4.0 Music Player
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| New Feature to Bing 2.0- Visual Search Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:03 PM PDT In the war of the search engines Bing has come as a tough competitor to Google.Search using Bing gives more information at shorter time and with results compact to your search query.But text search can be tough at times when you know what and how it looks like but don’t remember the term to search for. To give a nice alternative to this Microsoft has come with a new feature for Bing 2.0 named Visual Search. Visual Search presents you with a grid of images, making it easy to find exactly what you need without having to know its exact name. The feature is powered by Silverlight and you would need to install Silverlight to experience this,the content for Visual Search is provided by several sources, one of them being MSN. The transitions look quite cool,In this era of competitions Bing is moving one step ahead of Big Daddy Google with new innovations.
The official blog quotes
When i tried this it was not working for me even though i had Silver light installed,then i got to know that it was only available for the American Version.To experience this on the top right corner of Bing Choose Preferences and select United States of America(English) then visit the following page Bing Visual Search.This feature is really cool and i would love to hear your views on it. |
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