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• The Zune and Zune Software now supports lossless audio. Windows Media Lossless.• Microsoft claims that the Zune is now a much superior option compared to the iPod.• Launch date, according to Amazon, is November 13.• Zune Pass (the monthly subscription scheme) work with the 1 million DRM free songs, but all songs you download with the Zune Pass will still be wrapped in DRM to be recognized as a rental.• Wireless syncing will automatically sync one minute after activity is stopped as long as you're in Wi-Fi range and attached to a power source (dock, AC adapter). You can manually trigger the Wi-Fi sync as well even without being connected to power.• Syncing will interrupt any activity you're currently doing.• All the old accessories are compatible with the new devices (there may be some problems with a dock, but they'll get back to us)• Screens are now made of glass as opposed to plastic in the 30GB• The Flash Zunes, even though smaller, have the same resolution as the 80GB Zune.• Zune Social, the social networking site, will launch in beta.• You won't be able to send songs through Zune Social, just pointers to 30 second clips of what you're listening to• The brown isn't discontinued (it's still in the 30GB models), but they say green is the new fashionable color, so they're going with that in the Flash models• No battery life details yet• No sound quality comparisons vs. the iPod yet either

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