Just a quick post, as there are only sketchy details about this at the moment; but it has been confirmed that Microsoft are going to release a portable music player to rival Apple’s iPod. The project to build this player is codenamed ‘Zune’ and Microsoft apparently are going to release it sometime this year.

There are already Zune spoof sites popping up and a lot of rumours flying around. All we know at the moment is that it’s Microsoft’s portable music player, it’s called ‘Zune’ and it’s going to be released this year. There will be more details here at Gizbuzz when we get them.