The first portable media player developed by Microsoft in the series of Zune is Zune 30. This media player was released on 14th November 2006. It was initially names as just Zune. After that there were subsequent versions created with different hard drive capacities and the original Zune was names ad Zune 30.

The consumer edition was introduced in different colors like black, brown and pearl white that came with a double shot or translucent glow in a different color of blue green and transparent respectively. The Zune model cases were made of silicon rubber. The controller consists of a circular controller with four buttons that indicate the different directions with the middle button to help choose a song album or the menu with a black button to the left and a play / pause button to the right along with a hold switch on the top of the media player next to the headphone port. The words as inscribed on the back of the case are “Hello from Seattle”. It also features several music, videos and images that are preloaded on the device.
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