As promised (and as a sign that Microsoft isn’t forgetting about Zune HD to work on Windows Phone 7), the Zune 4.5 update brings more video codec support and Smart DJ music discovery to the player.
Wander over to Zune’s website and you’ll see three different capacities for the Zune HD are listed: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. There’s no further info on that roomy HD, but we’ll be here all day, Microsoft. [Zune Thanks, tipsters!]
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After yesterday’s censorship brouhaha, Microsoft has released Zune HD Twitter app version 1.1, now with unfettered swearing. You may now return to your regularly scheduled vulgarity. [Engadget]
In the most random and unfortunate act of censorship we’ve seen since the iTunes Ninjawords debacle, the Zune HD Twitter app automatically whitewashes any bad words that show up in your timeline. Updated.
The Tegra system-on-a-chip, the zippy hardware that powers the Zune HD, had so much potential. Then, the delays. Slow pickup. Disappointment. Whatever happened to the Tegra, Nvidia doesn’t want it to happen again. This time, they say, will be different.
The highly anticipated Twitter app for the Zune HD is rolling out to the Marketplace now, so you can start frantically refreshing the apps page. [Twitter]
