Gizmodo offers some "pictures" of the next version of Zune today. Are these the real thing - the real Zune 2.0 mock-ups? I'll let you decide that.

The claim is, and 80gig upgrade for the HD version and 4 and 8 gig flash models.

It is kinda fun how Gizmodo warns us that "if I were Microsoft, I might seed the internet with mockups as to confuse." Should we learn from their warnings?

So, what do you think? The real Zune 2.0, or just a nice photoshop job?

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Take this with a grain of salt, but this could be the first picture of the upcoming Flash Zune and 2G Zune player. Gizmodo published this and said that their source took that from marketing material (probably a retail channel)....

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Toshiba announced a new mid-size flash player called the Gigabeat T401. But what’s interesting about this new MP3 flash based player? Well, its 2.4-inch tall LCD might be interesting, the 802.11g Wi-Fi feature is certainly a plus, but what is...

Woot is selling brand-new White Zunes for $150 today. That's today only.

These bad (white) boys come with the full year warranty and are, as mentioned above, brand-new. No refurbs in this offer.

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Have you recently bought a Zune for $109 (or even less) from Dell and you haven’t received it yet? Well, you should forget about it right now. Dell won’t send you the Zune because this is considered an “internal error”...

This offer will probably be gone by the time you read this. But as I write it, you can buy a Zune for $109 from Dell. Use this link and select the pink Zune in the list. Once the pink...

The NYT is reporting that Universal Music is going to start selling music without any DRM at all. And, according to them, iTunes ain't gonna get a piece of this action.

DRM free not only means that you can play on your Zune, but it means that whatever comes next, or whatever else you might have (a cell phone, a flash player for jogging, etc.) … will play those tunes as well.

Friends, buy the music that makes sense to your implementation.

DRM on purchased content is quickly dieing - you just can't deny that. DRM as a management tool for rental services (such as the Zune all-you-can-eat plans) still makes a lot of sense. Unless Apple quickly enters into this game, you're going to see Zune as the one provider of something you can't get anywhere else.

It gets more interesting every day …

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Ford announced the cost for Sync communication and entertainment system develop with Microsoft that support the Zune and the iPod. Sync allows drivers to control the communication and entertainment devices using voice recognition and steering wheel controls. The system will...

Microsoft released another version of the Zune-Halo 3 special Edition, specifically limited to the soldiers and their families. Based on the brown Zune instead of the black one, the new limited edition Zune looks very similar to the one available...