Information about the Zune HD

[Devabrata]

Hello everyone, I am looking for an information of the Zune HD. I am not having much knowledge about it and my uncle want to know about it. So I thought that searching an information about that product in Web, it would be better if I ask you guys directly. You guys provide useful information in simple language, but the main thing I liked about this forum is that your replies are very fast. along with the suggestions. So, please also provide some detailed information about the Zune HD as early as possible.

[Cadallic]

The ZuneHD is a media player mobile in the relations of Zune products Microsoft to 16 and 32GB aptitudes. It uses a touch screen crossing point for navigation and embraces Wi-Fi for synchronization, access to the Zune Market and navigation Web. Its interface is the design of Microsoft Metro. Numerous elements of the mobile OS of Windows 7 are shown ZuneHD. Zune HD uses the NVIDIA Tegra APX 2600 chip, which allows him to play 720p video with the optional docking station HDMI Zune on a TV high definition. Otherwise, the content will be reduced to 480 x 272 pixels on the screen OLED Player.

[RockON!!]

As you can see, the interface is very responsive, a necessary condition to fight properly against an iPod Touch which is one of the qualities. Note, however, a number of interesting points :

• The "Pines": it is a general list of favorites that can include both the music video or images. You have such a video that you want to show many people and you put in this section for quick access
• History
• A complete virtual keyboard in portrait mode to landscape mode as
• The connection to HD Radio (digital quality)
• Screen Artist: contains various information about the artist you are listening. These data are from the Marketplace: albums, songs, pictures, biography and related information.

[Zombi]

The Zune HD is on paper, a complete player. We started with dimensions of 52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm. Go on the average of a portable player designed for watching video, 16:9 widescreen and weighs only 74 grams. HD Zune screen is 3.3 inches with resolution of 480 x 272 pixels. Not in size or resolution product registration but away from his rivals for the use of OLED technology. Also, for the construction of the screen has been used scratch-resistant glass. And yes, it is a multitouch screen. Since the Internet is a feature on the Zune capitalized HD, WiFi connectivity is not lacking among their specifications. We refer specifically to WiFi 802.11b / g with WEP 64-bit and 128-bit, TKIP, and AES. This connectivity will also help us to synchronize the player without cables.

[RasMus]

Autonomy, a key element of any player, the Zune HD is a fact intriguing. Officially announced in principle a range of 24 hours in audio mode and 2 video, but finally it seems that the Zune HD endure up to 33 hours audio playback with wireless off and up to 8.5 hours in video mode. Specifies that for these figures have been used pre-production units, in addition to very specific files such as audio and video at 128 Kbps to 320 x 240 pixel resolution. For the battery of the Zune HD 3 hours are needed if we connect the USB port and two hours on DC. We were a little concerned that Microsoft warned that the batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may lose capacity over time.

[Broot]

In addition to the OLED screen, the secret of the reputation that precedes the Zune HD is to be found inside. Nvidia's Tegra processor is the secret behind the fluidity of movement of the player and the ability to display video on external monitors at 720p without problems. The Zune's Tegra HD processor has eight separate processors, a graphics chip and two ARM cores.

[Donald]

As a reminder, here are the specifications of the Zune HD :

• Tegra chip
• OLED display with a resolution of 480 x 272 (16:9)
• Multitouch
• HD Radio (digital)
• Wi-Fi
• Internal browser full screen reworked for the multitouch
• Ability to link the Zune HD dock (sold separately) for the broadcast of a video via HDMI (720p)
• Available in versions 4, 8, 16 and 32 GB
• System based on Windows CE

[Gonzo]

The relevancies obtainable for the Zune HD include stopwatch, Facebook , Twitter , calculator, MSN weather and piano. An extension under Microsoft XNA on condition that support for the development of HD Zune was released September 16, 2009. The Zune PC software can be used to append applications to HD Zune. In May 2010, The Zune Marketplace has 22 applications. Stopwatch and lonely maze were additional to the market, April 28, 2010. Two supplementary applications of card game, Spades and heart, were printed on May 18, 2010. The updates to the Facebook App and Twitter have also been added. All applications in the Zune Marketplace are complimentary.

[Pugsly]

The keyboard is accessed by the browser receiving a text box, sweeping the top of the bottom bar of the browser and moving the address bar or touches the magnifying glass icon (searching) on the navigation bar. The keyboard also has portrait and landscape, with touches of swelling around the user's finger to touch. The Zune's HD browser does not support flash applications, such as playing the video on YouTube. The updated 4.3 firmware, improves performance, and users can change the settings to display the Internet browser optimized for a mobile device. In addition, users can now activate "self correct" and "self build" when using the keyboard to enter information, facilitating their type of content in the browser.

[Regina]

The appearance of the player on Microsoft's shop is also the opportunity to discover its complete data sheet, revealing some interesting details. We discover that the Zune will be compatible with HD audio formats WMA, MP3, but AAC. It may therefore play a song purchased from the iTunes Store of Apple rival. Its audio playback time is 24 hours. Disappointment of the video side, however, since if the optional dock allows you to display well the definition of 1280 × 720 pixels on an HDTV, the player decodes up videos of 720 × 480 pixels in WMV, MPEG -4 or H.264, HD video is transcoded on the fly synchronization. So he did "HD" as the name (if one puts aside the radio), since iPod did nearly as well. Its video playback time on her climb up to 4 hours.

[Rasdasa]

The quality and movement of the interface is amazing, from my point of view rather than the interfaces of the iPod Touch (maybe they are too views have hardly changed since the first version). Zune is also confirmed that HD carries a huge leap in design (both internal and external) regarding other Microsoft Zune players of previous generations. In the absence of having the player on our hands (touch wood for coming to Spain as soon as possible), I would ensure that the Zune HD is one of the most innovative new products this year. Need to know, as you said Javier this morning, the player that Apple almost certainly present in the coming months, a successor to the iPod Touch, whose specifications are still completely unknown.

[SergioSantos]

Impressive, and when to use these two fingers to enlarge the image, I thought, Microsoft has finally surrendered to the multi-touch screen you now if we have a real competitor to the iPod touch. I just hope you get to Spain and want the Windows Mobile 7 future take into account the Zune interface. This Zune you make it a next-generation telephone (phone, gps and camera) and I will buy with their eyes closed. With the theme of the developers who have Apple's all relative. Just take a good product, good price and excellent service and you have gained much. Zune platform also runs on Windows CE, so that develop applications for this not going to be so difficult (especially the years he has been in the market).

[CoModO]

I can only say something important, Apple controls over 70% of players in the world, even better software-hardware integration that has the Zune HD, it will make him or tickle the iPod touch, telling how many people have the iPhone reference, as shown in the last part of the IExplorer video (like hell to put that on a device) suffers as does the current 3G iPhone, iTouch and Safari, unlike the 3G had no problems and is very fluid surely when Apple updates the Zune touch exceed by: Sales, marketing, software, application store and simply because it is Apple, so with the macs only changes the question of the market share.

[Dammit]

Do not forget that this was the beginning of the iPod Touch and iPhone, which only served to music, videos, weather, notes, calls and mails, but then released him hacker groups like the iphone and it was all a platform for have applications in the system, and how Apple could do nothing against what consumers wanted chose to take ($) and make formal applications. The HD zune with his super processor and its system have great potential, the only thing surprising is that they have taken so long.