Surprise! The prototype of Microsoft's Zune player was actually like this

[CnWap.com News] August 3 - According to foreign media reports, despite Microsoft's confirmation of plans to release the "iPod killer" - the Zune player by the end of the year, surprisingly, the design of Zune is drastically different from what the media had previously disclosed.

According to British media reports, on July 21, Microsoft confirmed that it would launch the Zune player before the end of the year, challenging Apple's iPod. Moreover, Microsoft did not disclose any further details.

According to earlier media reports, the player would be based on a 400MHz DSP processor, with a built-in 30GB hard drive, running the Windows Mobile operating system. At the same time, the media also revealed the appearance design of the Zune player. From the pictures, it can be seen that the design of Zune is quite ordinary, and some analysts even described it as "ugly."

However, according to the latest information, the Zune images exposed by the media earlier were not the final design. The actual final prototype design is completely consistent with Microsoft's new version of the Windows Media Player software. This news also claims that Zune will be launched before Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November).