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Friday, November 27, 2009

New Zune Colours on Zune Originals Confirmed

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Zune Hardware" @ 03:50 PM

https://zunestore.net/us/catalog/index.aspx

There you have it. Exciting, no? Magenta is coming on December 1st, and so is Purple. I'm kind of curious about these choices because magenta and purple aren't exactly far apart on the colour spectrum. Myself, all I want is a Zune HD with 64 GB of storage. Colours are great, but capacity matters even more.


Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Zune Top 10 Ugliest Tech Products of the Year

Posted by Adam Krebs in "Zune Talk" @ 09:42 PM

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137988-page,10-c,electronics/article.html

Oh come on... it isn't nearly that bad, is it? It may not yet have the sexy factor of its competitors, but placing it in the same category, let alone the same sentence as the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, Furby, or Virtual Boy is just uncalled for. The PC World article mentions the "hide-a-pod" website as proof of a massive outcry against the Zune's "ugly" design. Really, I see nothing wrong with the Zune design (of course, I do have a slight bias; owning a brown one, and writing for a website specializing in Zune news doesn't help any claim of neutrality) other than it being a bit beefy at times. The new designs seem to have mostly fixed this, but again, it's truly in the eye of the beholder.

I compare the Zune's polarizing design, and especially the color choices of brown and green (for Zune2) to Toyota's Scion xB. While I personally am not a fan of the car's boxy design and what I see as a clunky look, I know several happy xB owners who wouldn't have it any other way. I love my Zune, and if I could, I'd nominate PC World for an "ugliest site ever" award.


Thursday, April 26, 2007

Capturing the Double-Shot Effect

Posted by Darius Wey in "Zune Talk" @ 11:38 PM



Zune's double-shot finish (or trim) often goes unnoticed. A Flickr group by the name of "Zune Double-Shot Effect" offers some incredible shots, while a Flickr search for "Zune" yields even more. Which is your favourite double-shot colour? Mention it here, or perhaps capture an interesting composition of it for our upcoming contest (oops, did I just drop a hint?).


Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Steve Kaneko Tackles the Brown Question

Posted by Darius Wey in "Zune Talk" @ 07:40 PM

http://www.zuneinsider.com/2006/10/interview_zune_.html

"Why brown? Because love it or hate it, people feel something. Artists and musicians take chances everyday, and so will we. What few people haven’t seen yet is that we didn’t stop with just brown, we encased it in an “anti-freeze green” double-shot. There’s nothing like it out there that resembles the warmth and grittiness of certain styles of music. It is both formal and informal. And it appeals to men and women. It’s a color that’s both everyday and high fashion at the same time"

I guess that's a fair response to Microsoft's choice of brown as the trademark colour of the Zune. I'll admit that it's grown on me. The brown Zune doesn't seem as bad now as it did weeks ago when it was first revealed, though I'm still a sucker for the black Zune with its cool blue trim. Back to the interview, Steve goes on to discuss other aspects of the Zune design. Most of it is focused on the current. I'm actually interested in the future. What does Microsoft have in store for the second-generation Zune and beyond, and even nano-sized Zune devices (assuming they're in the making)?


Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Your Favourite Zune Colour?

Posted by Darius Wey in "Zune Talk" @ 06:16 PM

Simple post. Which of the three Zune colours do you prefer? Note the existence of the colour trim around the edge of the device (green with brown, blue with black, and black with white). Personally, I still haven't decided between black and white. As for the brown, well, that's a little out of my league. ;-)

Brown Zune with green colour trim [click here for a high-resolution version].

Black Zune with blue colour trim [click here for a high-resolution version].

White Zune with black colour trim [click here for a high-resolution version].


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