New Gen Zunes and Zune 3.0 Software Coming Soon?

According to a post earlier today on Engadget, new Zunes and new Zune software are coming. So what is rumoured to be new, and how much will they cost? And what about the software?

The Engadget story claims that capacity will increase to 120GB (U$250) for hard drive models and there will be a 16GB flash model too (U$199). There will still be an 8GB flash version and it will cost U$149. There will be new colours too, not sure exactly which colours specifically, but I LOVE BLUE!!!


There's also talk of a new WiFi music store, Zune 3.0 software (with recommendations and pre-programmed theme channels), and two new games, Hexic and Texas Hold 'Em.

And there's going to be new Audible support, which will be great for abooks. I've often thought there should be a category for abooks, just like there is for music and podcasts. It would be even better if one could have bookmarking support on audio files that aren't just from Audible. For example, I have lots of stories and book in mp3 format, and if I could just stop the file and come back later and take it up on the same place as I left off, that would be great.

Current Zune owners can expect a 3.0 software update on September 16th, and hopefully that gets pushed to everyone, and not just users in the States.

52

Synopsis: "52 is a weekly comic book that chronicles the year after, “Infinite Crisis,” the story in which an alternate reality Superman, Superboy, and Alexander Luthor try to reshape the universe as we know it. The rest of the DC comic book have flashed forward one year later and 52 is being used to tell about what happens during this time. During this time, the big three, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman are MIA. The tagline of the series is, “A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman...but not a year without heroes.” (source: Comics.About.com)

The series was written by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid with layouts by Keith Giffen. Read the first 5 issues online for free at UGO.com.

Links of potential interest: Official Site, Wikipedia.

Themes:
1. Right-click to download to your desktop
2. On your Zune, select pictures, and chose the one you want to use
3. Press the center of the Zune pad to bring up picture options
4. Select 'apply as background' and then enjoy


Volume 1 (collects #1-13, 304 pages, May 2007, ISBN 1401213537)

Volume 2 (collects #14-26, 304 pages, July 2007, ISBN 1401213642)

Volume 3 (collects #27-39, 304 pages, September 2007, ISBN 1401214436)

Volume 4 (collects #40-52, 304 pages, November 2007, ISBN 140121486X)

52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen mini-series is six issues long, covering the Four Horsemen's battle with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

Babylon A.D.

Synopsis: "In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman named Aurora from Eastern Europe to New York. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that his guest is carrying twins that have the potential to become the next Messiahs — and everybody wants to get their hands on them." (source: Wikipedia)

Links of potential interest: Official Site, IMdb, Wikipedia.

Themes:
1. Right-click to download to your desktop
2. On your Zune, select pictures, and chose the one you want to use
3. Press the center of the Zune pad to bring up picture options
4. Select 'apply as background' and then enjoy