The new Zunes go on sale Tuesday, and everybody with a 30GB version will be able to get the new software and firmware. Last week, Microsoft sent me a new 8GB olive-green Zune to try out, along with some prerelease software (version 2.1).

This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive review–there are plenty of other resources for that. Rather, this is a set of first impressions from a year-long 30GB user who was somewhat disappointed by Microsoft’s October announcement in the wake of the excitement generated by Apple’s iPod announcement a month earlier. Read the complete review through the link below.

Source: CNET News.com