Microsoft has unveiled Zune HD, its next generation Zune portable media player. Zune HD is the first portable media player that combines a built-in HD Radio receiver, high-definition (HD) video output capabilities, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen, Wi-Fi and an Internet browser.

Some key new Zune HD features are

• Built-in HD Radio receiver -� listen to high quality sound, with additional song and artist data broadcast by HD Radio stations and additional channels from their favorite stations multicasting in HD.
• OLED touch screen – flip through music, movies with 16:9 widescreen format display (480×272 resolution) for amazing viewing
• HD-compatible output - Watch supported 720p HD movies, TV shows and videos in high definition on your HDTV through the Zune HD & AV Dock
• Full-screen Internet browser - optimized for multitouch functionality.
• Wi-Fi enabled -� instant streaming from over 5 million-tracks in Zune music store.

Zune HD is coming in fall in US. Moreover,� Zune will extend its video service to Xbox LIVE internationally and expose the Zune brand to over 17 million international Xbox LIVE subscribers!

CNET got a hands-on with the new Zune HD

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