You'll notice tight integration with music and the Zune Pass as well as the Zune HD name taking over all television and movie streamining.

Everything is 1080p, on demand, and instant.

Did we mention gorgeous?

Your Zune Pass will let you access everything we show you on the quick video walkthrough.

It's nice to see everything so tightly integrated - don't you think? Is this the box we've been looking for?

We hopefully learned that from the, dare we say it, … Kin.

Software plus services is the future and is where Microsoft has a chance of Windows Phone 7 getting ahead in this space.

Zune is a solid offering and a great service to those lucky enough to get it in their hands.  It's music in the cloud - something Apple has (yet) to offer.

Articles like this silly one are way off.  Zune is good for Windows Phone 7 and not bad.

But, … what say you?

We've always been huge fans of the Zune here at ZuneLuv (it's not just a domain name) and know that her future success lies in being able to get the Zune software, interface and service in front of as many people as is humanly possible.

We think Windows Phone 7 (the Zune phone) will do that.

Heck, the simple move of getting the Zune interface in front of every Microsoft employee should do wonders for our favorite device.

What do you think?

The moving of Zune from a simple media (music) player to an Internet connected device is part of what makes this Zune HD so exciting.

Here are some additional directions from Zune.net about using the Facebook App to share the music you are listening to with your Facebook friends.

Obviously, we suggest you download now - but want to hear your thoughts.  Is the Zune Facebook App something you've been waiting for - or something you could care less about?

And, of course, once you download it … tell us what you think.

Again, this is not rumor anymore.  The specifics have been announced (heck, Engadget even offers a very impressive walkthrough) and this looks to be a winner.  There is a YouTube Commercial that we'll embed at the end of this as well - but those are supposed to look pretty.

Beta News also offers a great overview well worth your time and read.

Here at ZuneLuv, we say "long time coming."  What we see looks great, and we hope to see some more.  As luck were to have it, we're heading up to Redmond for the Zune MVP event so who knows, we might have more to tell soon.

What do you think?  Will you get one?  Is this an iPhone killer?

The games include Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf Tilt and Vans Sk8: Pool Service (which all make use of the NVIDIA Tegra processor to do some incredible 3D rendering (these games look gorgeous).  Also in the mix: Checkers, Lucky Lanes Bowling and Piano.

But here is the fascinating part.  THEY'RE FREE. Like the (lame) games that came with the Zune HD originally, the games are supported by an ad at the beginning of play.

Grab 'em in the Marketplace.  These even download over the air using the Zune HD's excellent Wifi functionality.

Free (good) Zune HD games in place for ads - you ZuneLuvers luv?

After a couple of days of playing with the browser, I have a few things so say.  This might not be a "traditional" review, but it is one of the more honest examinations that I've seen out there so far.

When Apple launched their "portable" browser, I already had years and years of Mobile Web experience.  There were highlights and low lights of the experiences but, to put things in plain English: since we could take the Web with us, I've been taking the Web with me.  The world of the Mobile Web was both frustrating and empowering as some got so close and others missed it so much.

See, the Web, as know it, is the full screen experience that we like on our computers.  It simply doesn't translate well to a few inches of space.  Some organizations, reformatted their data for the smaller screen and this worked great.  Yahoo was one of the best early examples.  I actually preferred their Mobile Web interface over their traditional site.  Heck, I think I still do.

When Apple launched, they attempted to bring the "full Web" to a portable device.  Functionally, it worked, but, honestly, it wasn't anything that anyone would "surf" on for a long time.  Yes, you could get the task done but the real benefit came when we started to see sites formatted specifically for the iPhone.  And, let's admit it, the iPhone gave the numbers to make such efforts worth it for Websites.

But the Safari iPhone experience, despite the marketshare, is not the only way people are surfing Web content on their phones.  Nokia or Opera, anyone?

The Zune HD Web Browser is the best possible "Mobile Web" browser I've ever seen, period.  It's fast and makes a heck of a lot of sense.  I'm quite happy with it, but I'm not so happy with sites that don't format copy for it.

One example of the coolnees: the NewYorkTimes.com takes almost 4 times as long to load on my iPhone (via wifi) as it does my Zune HD (via wifi).  Why?  The Zune HD brings up the "Mobile Web" version of the site while the iPhone attempts to bring up the whole site.  Viewing the "whole" site on the iPhone is a PAIN.  It's a lot prettier, but it's a PAIN.  Doing the Mobile Web thing let's me read the content I'm looking for much faster.

Also cool: Google and Gmail and Google Reader and all those other sites "look" a lot better on the iPhone but "work" a lot better on the Zune HD.

So, yes, you can do the pinch zoom in and zoom out thing, but at it's core, it's a browser for the Mobile Web - which is exactly what I think it should be.

I'm sure some will complain.

I won't.

I'm happy.

You?

I have no desire to give you a full "review" at this point because it simply wouldn't be a full review.  As you know, here at ZuneLuv.com, we deconstruct the Zune as much as anything else and since I've only had this thing for about 90 minutes, … not much to give you yet.

But, I'll tell you this - it's a gorgeous experience.  The cloud approach to music enabled by this thing will change music - perhaps even more so than what iTunes has done.  Yes, you read me right.  More on that later.

Here are a few reviews from some of our favorites and an embed of an unboxing video I was able to do a few days ago (had the device, but couldn't make it work until the software update this morning).

Zune Thoughts talks Zune 4.0.

Inside The Circle offers an inside video.

Got Zune isn't totally thrilled (I thought you only offered the "good news", ZuneLuv?).

Todd Bishop sums things up as only Todd can.

As the video below shows, … Xbox and Zune are finally coming together for a single source of content.  I.e., you buy a video (movie or television we're guessing) in the Zune Marketplace and you have the ability to watch it either on your Zune or your Xbox.

One place to buy, one way to play, multiple ways to watch.

Whereas Apple has had this for years (to be honest, they've never had a situation where a piece of media bought from Apple can't be played on an Apple device), this is the first time Microsoft is even admitting that this is an issue.

Nice to see they've got an answer.

Watch the video and tell us what you think below.

A lot of people are talking about this clip because of the very clear view of a 3D racing game inside of the interface.  Looks awesome - much better than any of the games we've seen coming with the Zune HD so far.

We don't know if this is the only thing worth commenting on though.  It's obvious Microsoft is positioning this thing as much more than an mp3 player.  This is a complete entertainment device and if hot gaming is part of it …

Does this video point to some "big surprise" coming on Tuesday?

Enjoy the video and place your comments below