Microsoft recently dropped the price of the Zune 4&8 to $129 & $179 respectively. iFanboys instantly saw the action as MS admitting  defeat. I however see it a different way. The only reason that apple has been able to continue to sell it’s overpriced MP3 players, is because of the apple logo on the back of the device. By placing the price of it’s Zune right underneath of the iPod MS creates a compelling argument for MP3 shoppers. $20 may not sound like a whole lot, but it can be the “tipping point” for consumers.

I predict this to be a lasting tradition for the Zune (at least until the brand builds some cache).

Have any of you heard of Tegra?

If your a geek like me, you probably have. Tegra is Nvidia’s newest chipset for mobile computing. For now Nvidia is firmly planted in the windows camp (Thank Goodness). Nvidia has been slowly releasing bits and pieces of Tegra over the past few months. So far it looks very very promising. 1080p high def video, Awesome 3D interface, HDMI ouput and much more. Sign me up! The reason that I think Tegra would be the ideal partner for the Zune is this.  We all know that sometime in the next 2 years, MS is going to be bringing out  a Zune with touch capability. If you take a look at some of the videos posted below, you will see that the purposed interface is simply jaw dropping.

Can you imagine what the MS could do with hardware like this?? We can all hope and pray that MS has the sense to use this one the next Zune. Anyways, this is one tech that I will be watching very closely.