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...

It's true - we have a pink Zune hitting retail stores starting in May. They'll be sold in the same retail channels where Zune is sold. Here's a new photo that one of the designers just sent over: It's interesting: it seems like technology design is mirroring fashion. We're looking at trends in the coming fashion seasons as we develop new colors. < Edit 2:57 PM> - added the group shot.

Industrial Design reports on something that Zune owners have known for a long time: brown is the new black. Saying, "When Microsoft revealed last fall that its new iPod challenger, the Zune, would come in brown, there was a chorus of snickers on the blogosphere. . . But what if Microsoft was right?" An interesting article. As well as anybody, I'm no stranger to the 'chorus of snickers' the article mentions. Often makes me think of the quote , "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they...

Ok, I'm really curious. Which Zune color did you get? Didn't get one? Which color do you like?