I've been in all day meetings the last few days, so the blog posting has been a little behind. Anyways, I've seen a good amount of speculation about a blue Zune - with lots of folks taking it with a grain of salt. That's a good call. In other news, I saw this and got a good chuckle. Reminds me of a line from the greatest movie ever made : "He's not just famous, he's INfamous!"

As of June 10, the Red Zune is available online at Amazon.com . The Zune retail team tells me that the Red Zune is on order at Target. Depending on delivery times from Target’s distribution center, you should see the Red Zune in Target stores soon, in the coming weeks, as I noted before . It’s cool to see the community get excited for Red! Edit, Friday 10:07 AM: Added the red background image, by request.

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...

Hi folks, I'm back from vacation. I missed you, too ;). Ok, so in between catching up on the 1000+ unread emails, I thought I'd post quickly and clear up a few things. Ready? Here goes: I'm sure many of you have seen this article from our friends at the scene, with lots of Zune 2.0 speculation. The only thing I can tell you on that: "We don't comment on rumors and speculation." Actually, Brian Lam at Gizmodo puts it best: "And please remember, these are all rumors. Nothing's official until Microsoft...