New Zune tries to rock, too

The Microsoft marketing staff must be getting paid per idea these days! How else can we explain the Seinfeld+Gates response to the “I’m a Mac” campaign?

Or the release of details about the new Zune media players, which comes suspiciously one day before Apple’s Let’s Rock event. Analyst predictions for the September 9th event include updated iPod nanos, refreshes to the iPod Touch, iTunes 8 with fancy new features, or even a Macintosh netbook computer. Oh, and let’s not forget Steve Jobs’ famous, “One more thing…”. Obviously, nobody knows for certain what Apple will present to the world, but Microsoft sure knows how to try and steal the spotlight.

Find out how after the break.