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The daily roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed

Zune HD unboxing and hands-on
Non-functional until this morning’s Zune software launch. We’ve got a proper review coming soon, but we take this stuff pretty seriously and don’t like to offer our opinion till we’ve spent some quality time with a device (see all Zune HD news from today).
Zune HD gaming and app downloads confirmed: Twitter, Facebook, and 3D games on the way
At the moment, the strategy is to keep all the apps and games free and developed in-house or in close collaboration with third parties — no third-party SDK for devs to freely crank out apps just yet.
HP ENVY 13 and 15 bring luxury to the everyman, look like MacBooks
The laptop body is magnesium coated with aluminum — which gives it the texture of a MacBook Pro, but a bit less of the weight (see all HP news from today).
Other news of import


Seagate launches FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player, we go hands-on
The bulk of its functionality relies on having a FreeAgent USB drive at your disposal, and if you’ve selected any other portable HDD, you’ll have to deal with connecting it the old fashion way and ditching the “clean look.”

Android 1.6 SDK released, coming to devices ‘as early as October’
The update will add QuickSearch à la webOS for scavenging through contacts, apps, and the internet in one text field, a text-to-speech API with translation capabilities, and that revamped market we spied earlier this month.

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