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It’s 11.14.06 today, and you know what that means.  Yep, you’re right - Microsoft’s new portable audio/video player the Zune hit store shelves this morning.  This is a wrap up of our Zune coverage thus far.  And if this thing is half as popular as the iPod, you can expect us to cover them for years to come.  Check out our Zune tag here, or click on for the entire list.

• Zune Marketplace: Songs to be re-downloadable
  


• Zune Premium Earphones and Wireless Remote


• Microsoft strikes deal with Universal, to pay for every Zune sold


• Belkin releases a boatload of accessories for the Zune


• Microsoft gets ready for Zune, launches Zune.net


• The cans and can’ts of Zune WiFi


• 5 reasons the Zune is causing Apple to have nightmares


• Breaking: Pre-order Zune on Wal-Mart.com


• Zune and iPod get compared


• Zune factory pictures, mass production has begun


• Zune gets a price: $229.99 ($249.99 final)


• Zune won’t be undercut on price by iPod


• Sorry Mac-heads, no Zune for you


• Apple forces Microsoft to rethink Zune pricing


• Zune battery life revealed: 12 hours music, 3.5 hours video


• Microsoft says Zune phone is coming soon


• Video: Zune-to-Zune in action


• Microsoft Zune coming today!


• Zune approved by FCC, confirmed as a repackaged Toshiba Gigabeat


• Microsoft Zune details leaked


• The Microsoft Zune is in the wild


• Zune docks up with the Razer Pro|Type Multimedia Keyboard


• Microsoft plans to spend hundreds of millions to compete with Apple’s iPod/iTunes

So Nintendo dropped a few goodies and lots of titles at today’s press conference. Here is the run down if you want to forgo the live blog:

• The controller (remote) will have a built in speaker that will play different sounds than your TV (i.e. the bow being pulled back on Zelda and arrow being shot while your TV will play it hitting the enemy)


• You can run, jump, swing a club, hit a ball, swing a racket, drive a plane, drive a car...all with the remote


• The nunchuck will have it’s own gyro sensor and combined with the remote will act as a sword and shield in Zelda


• Games include: Zelda, Metroid Prime 3, Dragon Quest Swords, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Fire Emblem, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Cars, Super Mario Galaxy, SD Gundamn G Breaker, Tony Hawk Downhill Jam, Sudoku Action, Excite Truck, Elebits, Red Steel, Rayman 4, Super Swing Gold Pangya, Sonic, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., Finalfurlong Revolution, Madden, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Twilight Princessand, Madden ‘07.


• Nintendo DS games include Yoshi Island 2, Starfox DS, Diddy Cong, Final Fantasy III, Tony Hawk , Legend of Zelda for DS, Mario Hoops 3 on 3


• Almost instant on for the Wii


• WiiConnect24 service delivers a new surprise or game update, even if users do not play with Wii. Users can connect wirelessly using IEEE 802.11b/g, or with a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Wii also can communicate wirelessly with Nintendo DS.

The price and release date were not anymore announced than we knew before: cheaper than the rest and out in Q4 of this year.

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