We now have “confirmed” features of the Zune HD. Neowin.net posted a pretty complete feature list today on their site. The following are the “confirmed” features the device will have.

|

• 3.6 inch-ish OLED full touch screen.
• NVIDIA Tegra powered.
• 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 120GB? versions.
• HDMI Connection to stream straight to your TV.
• HD Radio.
• Web Browser.
• WiFi compatible, with wireless marketplace.
• Released, early fall.
• International release of the Zune device itself.
• Home AV packs, Car packs, Charge packs.

None of these come as a shocker to me except the 4GB version. I just ask myself “WHY?”. I guess it goes with Microsoft’s ever need for tons of Windows versions. The next section of features are more of rumors at this point they have not been confirmed.

• Camera?
• Company insiders tipped us off with the possibility of a limited edition dock accessory in various colors.
• 3D Xbox Game Support?
• Windows Mobile 7 preview bits included? (Maybe these reports mean an early WinMo 7 beta?)

Are any of those things actually necessary? No not really. Why would one care if their media player had a camera? The rest of it I am not even going to comment on.

Quoting Neowin:

There has been a tremendous amount of buzz created throughout the past week regarding the Zune HD, with a ton of speculation regarding the device. We were asked by some members of the Zune team to remember, the device is still months away. The specs, UI, and the device form factor itself can change before the launch later this year. We’re excited, just as many of our international viewers are excited.

The entire Zune platform is being completely overhauled, just as Steve Ballmer mentioned back at CES earlier this year. You’ve got the software division and the hardware division. There have been reports and speculation that this could possibly be the last Zune release, however I’m very confident that Microsoft is going to be competitive this time around with the Zune.

They then say something very interesting at the end of the article:

Quoting Neowin:

Keep your eyes open on May 14, your Zune software might just be updating.

[via Neowin]