Zune HD’s Packaging and its release date have been leaked and suprisingly its a little later than we thought, its September 15th. Gizmodo got leaked shots of Zune HD’s packaging and with the Amazons price leak, I’m pretty sure that the Zune HD will release on September 15th at $219.99 and $289.99 for the 16gb and 32gb, respectively.

Two more Zune HD hands-on with Ben Patterson from Yahoo Tech and Peter Ha from Crunchgear featuring a great video, the Zune HD dissected by the FCC (photos), CNET hands-on with Zune HD’s internet browser and Amazon releasing price (and colour) information.

Engadget were lucky enough not only to get into GDGT in San Francisco but also to snap some photos of the new Zune HD Dock & Remote. The dock was connected to a flat-screen via HDMI at 720p and the remote can be used from your sofa for convenience (just like previous Zune AV packs) while leaving your Zune HD docked.

CNET’s hands on with Zune HD has stirred eve more interest with the device looking sexier in every released shot. As most of you will already know the Zune HD will ship this fall (expected September) and will come in two variations: 16gb Black with silver trim and 32gb Silver (chrome) with black trim.

A new Zune photo shoot reveals that Microsoft will be delivering its highly anticipated player in 2 flavors – Black 16gb and Silver 32gb (chrome). ZuneHD maintains it’s distinguishable hot looks in both colors and I’m very sure our very own Aden Fraser will be pre-ordering his very own black ZuneHD as soon as possible. [...]

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With an iTunes based subscription service no where in sight and no iTunes streaming service either, Zune still has one up on Apple in this market and its the one thing that really rattles the fanboys. However with the recent Spotify app announcement for the iPhone things sound killler – except they aren’t, here is why.

Microsoft recently responded to Apple’s request by altering their Laptop Hunter TV Commercials to accommodate Apple’s recent pricing change. Microsoft’s focus however has not changed “which is to showcase the value and choice of the PC”.