Available this holiday season in the United States, the Microsoft Zune is a new 30GB digital media player that includes earphones, a protective sleeve and a USB cable. The Zune device features wireless technology, a built-in FM tuner and a bright, 3-inch screen that allows users to not only show off music, pictures and video, but also to customize the experience with personal pictures or themes to truly make the device their own. Zune comes in three colors: black, brown and white.

Wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing lets you spontaneously share full-length sample tracks of select songs, homemade recordings, playlists or pictures with friends between Zune devices. Listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times over three days. If you like a song you hear and want to buy it, you can flag it on your device and purchase it from the Zune Marketplace, software that comes with Zune and will compete with iTunes.. Watch video of the Zune device’s interface below:

Easily import your existing music, pictures and videos in popular formats and browse millions of songs on Zune Marketplace, where you can choose to purchase tracks individually or to buy a Zune Pass subscription to download as many songs as you want for a flat fee. No price or exact release date has been announced.