Gizmodo UK guys are giving us some thoughts on the new Microsoft Zune. Is it worth to put your cents and time into this MP3 player as it could be just a ripoff from a Toshiba Gigabeat player. Hm,,,you would think that Microsoft could at least afford some designers with their fat wallets.

Is the Zune just the Toshiba player with some re-arranged buttons? An insider at Microsoft gives us some food for thought. Stay with us on this. First, Microsoft spun off a good portion of the Xbox 360 team to work on the Zune, including J Allard. They formed a new team called “Pyxis”, which is working on the Zune. Since they only had about a year, from the launch of the Xbox 360 to this upcoming Thanksgiving, they were on a very tight, very aggressive schedule. No real time to design a completely new product from scratch.