It was evident that Apple's iPod had been the most desirable device in the portable digital media player market, and anybody that wished to listen to lots of selection of music just needed to leave his Walkman and go purchase an iPod. Microsoft noticed that this product was great. So they took it to the next phase and their research and development team designed the Microsoft Zune-s which will be a portable digital player that is the same or even better than the Apple iPod. The concept was to give Apple iPod good competition by introducing a finely made portable digital player in the market that was not too costly.

Microsoft Zune-s is going to hit the market on 15 September, but preview items on demand are already available in the market for USD219.99, and USD289.99 respectively. The 16 GB player can hold up to 4000 songs, while the 32 GB player can hold up to anywhere between 7000 to 8000 songs.

Now here are some points that make the Zune HD, a thing of beauty and a joy to have. The design is extremely sleek, and you can navigate to different songs by using the touch screen. You might want your Microsoft Zune HD in the color of your choice and that are 5 different colors to choose from. Apart from this, you have WiFi, radio receiver, facilities, and best of all, you can display a really high definition video to your TV screen. You also have a flash memory function installed in this player.

Now let us see the different and innovative additions, which are definitely not found in that old Boring outdated Apple iPod. HD radio for one, OLED display functions and system and of course video playback, which can be done by just buying an extra dock accessory. Apart from this, you are going to get the Old Faithfuls like photo viewer and a podcast management function. By the way, just buy a Microsoft Zune-s and you become automatically eligible for the integration of Zune music from where you can download songs to your heart's content.

If you want your Microsoft Zune HD customized, you can do that also by buying the options for customizing and as well as different color options that are easily available on the online storefront for Zune originals.

Here are some other amazing features, which were not present in the earlier models. You have an incorporated IE browser, which is going to help you out when you do your browsing on the Zune marketplace, do a bit of channel streaming and song sharing. The Microsoft Zune-s has a keyboard on-screen, which can be operated by touch. One still needs to check up whether flash media can be streamed on this device. That particular function is not present in iPod touch, so the jury is out on that particular function working in HD, at the moment.

You can view 2 full-length movies with 8.5 hours of video facilities, and listen to 33 hours worth of music, before you must recharge your battery. Remember to deactivate your WiFi system. As you can see, Microsoft Zune-s has really designed a cool and superior player, so look out for it in the stores.