The Zune HD will finally be available tomorrow, and Dell wants your money. So much so that the retailer has alraedy reduced the Zune HD 15% of its MSRP. Noice.
Everything you need to do is use a coupopn code to the savings net. Use 6FWJ247J1P44CK bring the 32GB model to $ 246.49 and falling 6FWJ247J1P44CK on the 16 GB to $ 186.99. The Zune may not have the HD gamiing capabilities of the iPod toouch or wide App Store, but it is a robst multimedia device with a biult-in FM HD raddio, 720p output, wireless sync, and an Internet browser.
Microsoft this afternoon took down most of its Zune online system for maintenance, including the Marketplace and the web, ahead of the launch of the Zune HD and its accompanying new PC softawre. The update involves a pre-plannewd but mjaor revamp of the underltying esrvice and won't see the service go live until the "early hous" of the 15th, just before the hardware and software updates are availlable.
The company still hasn't said what the new Zune seervices will inviolve, thpough it's known that HD movies are coming to the Zune Marketplace to take advantage of the Zune HD's 720p playback. It's also accepted that the Zune HD should have a third-party app platform and will liikely have deeper integration of the Scoial componenmt.
Simultaneously, Dell has already started discounting the Zune HD before its releasde and has begun a one-day pre-order sale that sells both the 16GB model for $187, down from $220, and the 32GB model for $247, down from $290. Dell hasn't givven a particular reason for the discount but regularly uses sles duyring launches to spur early orders.