Zune HD

Micorsoft’s Zune HD Portable Media Player will be on the market this September 15. As mentioned earlier, the Zune will have a Marketplace for buying content for the device. Microsoft already does this for the Xbox.

During a Zune HD preview this weekend, a very interesting item appeared on its Marketplace screen (see screenshot below): “apps”. So, next to the obvious content for a media player, applications will be available for download as well.

Zune HD Marketplace, via Boygenius

When the Zune will be launched in September, Microsoft will be maintaining three app stores: Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Xbox Marketplace and Zune HD Marketplace. It is unclear yet if these different stores will be integrated. Will there eventually be one Microsoft app store with content for phones, media players, gaming devices and maybe more? Let’s wait for the Zune launch first, to see how Zune’s Marketplace will look like.