Microsoft Enters Digital Music Zune-iverse

Move over, iPod. The Zune has arrived. Microsoft announces its 30GB digital media player, equipped with wireless "beaming" functionality for Zune-to-Zune trading of music and photos. The player also has a three-inch LCD video screen that functions in portrait or landscape mode, and an FM tuner.

To accompany the device, Microsoft introduces The Zune Marketplace, which will enable the formation of an online community of music listeners as well as help emerging artists form the new musical horizon.

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