April 18, 2008 12:02 PM PDT

Microsoft to release a Joy Division Zune

by Jasmine France
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I hope it looks better than this!

(Credit: CNET Networks/Jasmine France)

If you're a big Joy Division fan, I've got good news for you--unless of course you're also a huge iPod fan. Microsoft is set to release a limited edition Joy Division Zune on June 10, to coincide with an upcoming DVD about the band. The player will feature an etching of the cover art from band's 1979 debut, Unknown Pleasures. Perhaps Microsoft will even throw in a digital copy of the album, though there is nothing to substantiate this postulating. There are no images available of the new Zune just yet, but my subpar mock-up at right might give you some idea. Or look below for an image of New Balances of a similar nature that came out around this time last year.

(via Wired)

(Credit: New Balance)

For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine.
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by teamrican April 18, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
I think most fans would prefer the Hitler Youth Drummer Boy cover from the 1978 An Ideal For Living LP, but Microsoft obviously lacks the balls to do that. What's with the dates though? Was this phone supposed to come out in 2007 as a 20 year anniversary?
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by Sumatra-Bosch April 19, 2008 10:30 PM PDT
Barph
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