Wednesday, August 8, 2007 |
10:48 - Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Xbox Yankee Zune
http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Calls+Up+Special+Halo+3+Zune+for+Military/article
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I guess I can't quite find fault with this:
On the heels of the Halo 3 Edition black Zune, Microsoft is introducing a new brown version of the Halo-themed player for military service members. After receiving feedback on the popularity of the Zune players from U.S. soldiers, teams from Microsoft Zune and Microsoft's U.S. Federal business joined together to develop a special Zune - Halo 3 Military Edition, which will be available exclusively at military retail stores in August.
The new version of the Zune player will be packaged in a collectible Halo 3 box, and will come pre-loaded with artwork, trailers, and music from all three Halo games – presumably with similar content found on the Halo Zune found at GameStop.
A group of soldiers leaving for active duty yesterday from the Baltimore Washington International airport were the first to receive the new Halo Zune devices. Working closely with the USO, a non-profit organization focused on improving the quality of life of service members, Microsoft contributed 300 of the new Zune players to the USO of Metropolitan Washington to be part of a special USO care package the soldiers received.
Because one thing the Zune does have that the iPod doesn't is ruggedness, or at least the ability to get buried in sand and dropped on pavement and flung around the inside of a Stryker and not look significantly worse than it did before.
What does make me wonder a little bit, though, is this whole Halo/Xbox/military tie-in thing. I mean, have we decided yet whether it's a good thing or a bad thing to act like today's soldiers are video game junkies?
Via JMH.
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