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Zune: Price and Date

Posted at 17:07 on Sep 28th 2006 by Gerard :: Discuss

After the mass of rumours and speculation over Microsoft's iPod-competing Zune, they have now announced the price - $249.99. The Zune device will be launching in the USA on November 14th.

Other pricing includes individual tracks for 79 Microsoft points apiece, and a standard $14.99 monthly fee for the Zune Pass service; Microsoft's also released some details on the Zune accessory line, which will run between $19.99 and a hundred bucks...

Zune Home A/V Pack ($100 - dock, remote, AV cables, extra battery, sync cable, adapter)
Zune Travel Pack ($100 - Dual Connect remote, premium headphones, bag, cable, and adapter)
Zune Car Pack ($80 - FM tuner, car charger)
AV cable ($20)
AC adapter ($30)
sync cable ($20)
car charger ($24)
dock (with AV output, but no AV cable for $40)
wireless remote (for control of zune dock, $30)
Dual Connect remote (for inline control and splitting the audio out for two people, $30)
Zune FM Tuner (with autoseek, which finds the optimal station - $70),
gear bag (containing all these accessories - $30)
Premium earphones (sound isolating canalphones for $40)

As you may have heard, the Zune will also come with a load of preloaded content from such bands as Cansei de Ser Sexy, Band of Horses, The Rakes and The Thermals; and videos from Serena-Maneesh and The Fruit Bats; and even some film shorts and images of classic rock posters. We were hoping the whole iPod attck might have resulted in more included (or cheaper) accessories, but $20 for a USB cable is indeed low hanging fruit that apparently not even the artful Zuners could pass up.