Thanks to Crunch Gear for this press video of the Zune 2.

Here?s what happend at Microsoft today, hands on with the Zune 2

More. More. More. I love it. Rumors are flying around like jabs in tonight's Contender Boxing Match. Hope nobody gets knocked out.

Engadget has posted some nice looking leaked photos 1st of all. (click them for the big version!)

Somehow, I don't think these were supposed to be seen quite yet.

Well, 30 minutes later, more in at Engadget...

This Engadget post, if accurate basicly takes all the guess work and some of the excitement out of it all. Read on for all the details.

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Last night I upgraded Windows Media Center with the most current patches and installed the Zune Software. Like most of the software packages, it scanned all my drives and built a library of all my media supported by the Zune. The software the started a transfer of all this media to the Zune. I then used the 14 day pass to check out some new music. I ended up downloading quite a few albums to the Zune. If you are wondering? Weird Al?s newest, Buckcherry, Hinder, Korn, and some others you probaly haven?t heard of. 1700 songs with 17gb free now.

Day 2 starts with one of the most important tests of all, ?Does the battery work for me??.

I started the day at 7:30am and used a Belkin FM Modulator to pipe the Zune?s audio to my car stereo. I then got into work and messed around with all the media I transfered last night. (boy, I sure need to purge) I have been playing the Zune through some powered speakers in my office almost all day. It is now 3:00pm and it?s still playing. I was bored of the new albums, so I am now listening to the radio. The battery indicator shows about 25% life right now. (give or take 5% I guess)

If this charge, the 1st full charge i?ve given it, lasts until quitting time, we have a winner in my books. The Dell DJ Gen 1 did this test for 20+ hours, too bad it is no more.

I posted my initial impressions already, now for the video of the unboxing earlier today.

This video was available on November 1st but for those of you that never saw it and are thinking of the Zune, I thought it would be nice to pass it along.

What makes this one different? I think editor James Kim has just a different excitement in his manner as he presents the Zune in this short 2 minutes 24 seconds video. The is a very brief ad in the beginning?C/NET has to pay their bills I guess.

Check it out ?. it?s pretty good! You can see James? video on Microsoft?s Zune zooms into CNET Networks here.

Ok, so your interested in the Zune ? like just about everyone else. So the question is, how good is it? The folks at Gear Live have a Bleeding Edge video interview with a Zune beta tester at the Podcast Media Expo.

This is about as complete a Zune video as you will find anywhere - nice shots of the interface and navigation scheme of the device are all included, along with a little magnetic headphone love.

On a related note, be sure to check out their Zune Hands-On gallery.

Special thanks to Jason Dunn over at Zune Thoughts for pointing me in this direction.

This is a long video that could have been done as an audio podcast, but video is easier for me

In this video, I answer some of the questions asked as well as talk about what I like and don?t like. Enjoy

looks like alot of music to be had here! Look at this Zune in this comparison shot, it?s bigger but look at that screen, its HUGE, I love it! I am going to wait to get real giddy until I get mine, but this comparison shot has me all excited again!

Source : Engadget