Wired has a thorough, objective review and comparison of Zune 80 GB and iPod Classic (80 gb). Check the results here . Hope everybody had a great weekend!

Our friends in the 'rama forums have been following the Top 20 Most Wanted Rankings on CNet for the past few weeks, as have our friends at 'scene . This week, Zune tops the most wanted list, beating out the Nintendo Wii. Cool. As usual, the normal caveats apply - just like the Amazon sales ranking, the CNet ranking is a good picture of how Zune is tracking - but only among the registered users on CNet.com. Overall, a good step for Zune, though.

Yesterday I spoke at the monthly gathering of the Puget Sound Handheld User's Group, about Zune. Check the writeup here. And that brings up a question - any Zuneinsider readers in Seattle interested in doing another Zune and Soup night ? Drop a comment or email me (email is after the jump, below) I also wrote up some tips/tricks on Oblivion , and glibly titled it " How to be Awesome at Oblivion " check it out over at the Gamerscore Blog (before I worked for Zune, I worked for Xbox). Hope you're having...

We just got a shipment of Pink Zune players, and I got my hands on one: (I'll open my eyes wider next time ;) And check this picture of my employee-launch-gift Magenta Zune side by side with the Pink Zune: (both are playing The Editors, but different songs) And finally, by request , I'm posting the backgrounds on the Zune players I posted before I went for vacation. Go here for larger images. I actually requested more than one Pink Zune. And they're not for me; they're for you. In the next few days...