Lots of folks have asked me “hey, what happened to the double-shot ?” Short answer: we still have a double-shot, but this year’s implementation is different from last year’s. For the long answer, I checked with our design team - here’s what I heard back from Steve Kaneko , our design director. Here’s what he told me: We have maintained the double-shot plastic for this year’s devices. The surprise this year is that we used a light inside color and a tinted outside shot that carries the hue. The effect...

For all you arm-chair design experts, this post is for you. What do you think of the Zune colors? Get to the Flickr page if you want to see a larger image.Did everyone notice the trim (we call that the double-shot finish) in each shot? Brown with green? White with black? Black with blue? Which do you think will be the most popular? It's interesting to see how polarizing brown is. You either love it or hate it. Me? I love the brown w/ a green double-shot. You?