Zune HD made official, sans HD and gaming hardcore’ness

  

  Microsoft made official today that Zune HD is indeed imminent, with a release expected sometime in the 4th quarter of 2009. Some of the details strike me as a bit curious, however, most notably the lack of built-in 

HD video output capability; that will require an optional docking station, not included. Considering its quoted

display resolution isn’t that much better than non-HD mobile devices, I find its "HD" classification to be a bit

of a stretch, to say the least (unless you consider the built-in HD radio receiver a good justification for the 

moniker). 

 

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