Targeted squarely at Apple's iPod and iTunes Store offering, the Zune will ship with a 30GB hard drive, built-in WiFi, an FM tuner, and a 3" 320x240 display. Zune players will be tied to the Zune Marketplace, which will sell music by track and on a monthly subscription basis. Users will also be able to import tracks ripped in the AAC, MP3, and WMA formats—as long as they don't have any DRM.
Wal-Mart told ABC News that the price "was incorrectly and inadvertently listed at Walmart.com." $284 does seem like an odd figure, unless you take into account Wal-Mart's practice of discounting products a few bucks below the competition. For example, one 2GB Creative Zen player retailers $119.72 at Wal-Mart vs. the $139 price usually seen at other retailers.
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