The cat is outta the bag as far as the Zune preloads. Here's the media everyone will delete upon first boot of their lovely new players.

Audio Tracks
Band of Horses, "Wicked Gil" (Sub Pop Records)
Bitter:Sweet, "The Mating Game" (Quango Music Group)
CSS, "Alala (Microsoft edit)" (Sub Pop Records)
Darkel, "At The End of The Sky (edit)" (Astralwerks)
Every Move a Picture, "Signs of Life" (V2)
Small Sins, "Stay" (Astralwerks)
The Adored, "Tell Me Tell Me" (V2)
The Rakes, "Open Book" (V2)
The Thermals, "A Pillar of Salt" (Sub Pop Records)
Music Video after the jump...

30 Seconds to Mars, "The Kill" (Virgin Records) BT, "1.618" (DTS Entertainment) Chad VanGaalen, "Red Hot Drops" (Sub Pop Records) Coldcut featuring Roots Manuva, "True Skool" (Ninja Tune) CSS, "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" (Sub Pop Records) Fruit Bats, "Live: The Wind That Blew My Heart Away" (Sub Pop ...

Microsoft dropped the news today, officially. The price for the WiFi, 30 gig player is $249.99, and we'll be able to hold em in our hands on November 14th. Which is the same price as a 30 gig ipod, but with a sightly larger screen (3-inches vs 2.5-inches)
Also, the music subscription service is called Zune Pass, will be available for $14.99. Single tracks will go for 79 microsoft points, the same currency used to buy Xbox games, which turns out to be about a buck.–Brian Lam
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Ok guys what you been waiting for. The hard core info! The multi media play from Microsoft, the Zune will be out on November the 14th and retail for $249 US. There is also info on the Zune Marketplace, which will offer A ZunePass (giving you access to millions of songs) will cost you $14.99 per [...]

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It's only fair and wise for Microsoft wait until the dust settles before coming to some hard and fast decisions on the release and pricing of a device being posed to take out the iPod. Now that everyone's reacted to the many posts on prospective and vaugely officious prices and theories, it would appear they've settled on $249.99 (not to be undercut by Apple after all), and will be launching the device in the US market on November 14th. Other pricing includes individual tracks for 79 Microsoft points apiece, and your standard $14.99 monthly fee for the Zune Pass service; Microsoft's also released some details on the Zune accessory line, which will run between $19.99 and a hundred bucks for:
Zune Home A/V Pack ($100 - dock, remote, AV cables, extra battery, sync cable, adapter) Zune Travel Pack ($100 - Dual Connect remote, premium headphones, bag, cable, and adapter) Zune Car Pack ($80 - FM tuner, car charger) AV ca...

Zune device to retail for $249.99.

Today we're issuing a press release about Zune's launch date and price: November 14 in the U.S.; $249.99. Many people have asked about Zune Marketplace: A ZunePass (giving you access to millions of songs) will cost you $14.99 per month....

We have all seen this picture of the sleek black Zune haven’t we? Well have you ever thought about the band thats displayed on the Zune screen? Thanks to an email I received today from Phil, who told me about how he dug around and found the bands MySpace page. The band, Bitter Sweet is a [...]

Microsoft’s 30GB digital media player with a twist may have just stolen the thunder from Apple’s iPod with its unique social networking feature. Dubbed the “iPod killer” by blogwatchers and industry watchers alike since the time of its announcement, the two features that could indeed establish Zune as the “iPod killer” is its social networking [...]

Many of you know this, but for those who don't: I worked and blogged for Xbox before I started working here at Zune. My old Xbox buddies just wrapped up X06, a press event in Europe. And they had, as...

Zuneinsider's latest post is in Spanish. Because I love machine translation, and through the miracle of Google translate, I bring it to you in perfect english: For the friends Hello Hello. Before nothing, I mean: if you cannot read this message, bad luck;) A thing that perhaps does not know: I was born in Peru. Good, he wanted to greet all the friends of Zune who understand to me. Welcome!