Microsoft’s brand new portable media player, called Zune, will be accepting Microsoft Points for purchasing Zune songs. Microsoft Points will be available via retailers and the Xbox Live Marketplace. The price of each song you can purchase is 79 Microsoft Points, which is the equivalent of 99 cents, which is also the exact price of a song that could be purchased on iTunes.

The Zune will launch on November 14, 2006 with a $249.99 price tag. It is unsure at the time if the Xbox360 will be able to communicate with Microsoft’s Zune media player, but with the Microsoft Points system being used, it may be possible.

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