A year ago today I wrote a quick snippet about the, at that time, new Microsoft Zune, yesterday the second version of these amazing MP3 players were released on U.S. shelves nationwide. I for one am happy to say I am now a proud owner of one of these terrific devices. If you would like to see the photos I have taken of my new Zune, visit the Community Page > Flickr Group, the latest photos will be in the group.

"Microsoft released it's first ever marketed portable media player. Name, Zune, looking at this little media player from a distance you could see how it would resemble an 'ipod' but make no mistake this is no ipod, in fact it's the ipods worst nightmare. Up until today apple has had no real competitors, basically apple has been running a monopoly on the portable media industry. I mean sure there have been a few innovations from time to time, but nothing like what Microsoft has unleashed today. You can view a ton more information than previously offered by Microsoft at there new web site announcing / advertising the Zune at, http://www.zune.net. Personally I am very excited at the thought of the Zune, and it looks a lot better than the ipods, sure its a bit thicker, but when your talking about how small everything is now a days does 1mm really make a difference? Also the fact the Zune has built in WiFi to share you music to nearby Zune users, and not to mention that you can customize the background (unlike the ipod), and a ton better features to help you organize and find your media. Overall the Zune is looking more and more like the so called 'ipod killer' name it has been dubbed."