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Zune HD software update brings 3D games, widescreen keyboard
And the Tegra procesor means the Zune HD can also handle some pretty slick games and other applications. Up until now, that meant a few games, a calculator, and a weather application. But now Microsoft has added a few new 3D games to the Zune Marketplace: Audio Surf: Tilt, PGR: Ferrari Edition, Checkers, Lucky Lanes Bowling, and Vans sk8: Pool Service. There's also a new Piano application.
The new games are pretty slick and really help demonstrate the power of the Zune HD platform. Unfortunately, it's still not much of a platform. There are over 100,000 apps in the iPhone app store. There are 15 in the Zune Marketplace.
Granted, all of the Zune apps are free (although you have to put up with a brief add for the Zune Pass music subscription before they start). But where are the third party apps? Where are the chat, Twitter, and Facebook clients? Or calendar and contacts applications? Heck, with the graphics capabilities on the Zune HD, where's Virtual Earth?
Anyway, the new applications should be available to anyone who updated their Zune HD to run version 4.3 of the Zune software. The update also brings a few other changes, including support for a larger virtual keyboard in landscape mode and an auto-suggest feature for text input.
You can check out my brief hands-on video with the new games after the break.
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Subscribe to commentsDeoWulfNov 12th 2009 8:18AM
AudioSurf has killed all productivity for me. PGR is a blast as well. The Vans game was pretty lame, though, but whatever.
taykerDec 18th 2009 11:19AM
I want the Zund HD. There wasn't Zune software for the Mac the last time I checked, unfortunately. I would prefer the OLED display on the Zune HD over my iPod Touch (why not call it the iTouch?).