Microsoft announced today that their Zune digital media player and online service will be available on Nov. 14, 2006 for $249.99 to consumers in the U.S.

The $249.99, 30GB digital media player will be available in black, brown and white and features:

• Wireless functionality with Zune-to-Zune sharing of music, pictures and home recordings.
• A bright, three-inch LCD video screen that works in portrait or landscape mode to view pictures and videos.
• A built-in FM tuner.

A selection of preloaded content including songs, music videos and film shorts are installed on the device’s hard drive. A Zune Pass subscription gives consumers access to millions of songs for $14.99 per month.

Posted by Sam Churchill on Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at 2:36 am.