Hard to believe that Microsoft’s been offering consumers the flexibility to customize their Zune purchases for the easier portion of four years now , but as they are saying, all unbelievable things must someday face reality. Er, something to that effect. Without rather a lot as a heads-up, the designers in Redmond have apparently decided to shutter the Zune Originals storefront. As of this weekend, no new orders for highly personalized Zunes are being taken, with interested Earthlings encouraged to throw creativity to the wind and go for a mass produced alternative within Best Buy or Walmart. So, you are looking at two tidbits of import: in case you placed your Originals order at 5PM PT on July 1st, you likely have quite the coveted device headed your way, and in the event you ever needed evidence that Microsoft was making WP7 its next Zune, well… you’re welcome.
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