What new apps will be coming out for the Zune HD?

[Shaynel11]

I'm planning on getting a new Zune HD, so I was curious as to what new and cool apps might be coming out for it. I know some 3D games and a twitter and facebook app but what else might we be looking at?

[World of Zune]

That's pretty much the details that all of us have, so your guess will be just as good as anyone else's.

The only piece of information I can add is that currently no developer toolkit has been published so we won't see any third-party apps anytime soon. This means that we won't see an explosive growth of apps in the Zune Marketplace just yet.

However, given Microsoft's general business strategy I would be very surprised if they don't open up the Zune HD platform in the future.

[Obiwan]

Currently, developers have access to the XNA Game Studio extension for Zune HD, which actually allows them to create games and apps for the Zune HD. However, Microsoft currently does not have a way of accepting app submissions and delivering them to Zune HD owners. I also heard that there isn't full support for 3D gaming in the SDK yet (even though Zune HD fully supports it).

People speculate that Microsoft wants to have a merged experience and have a Windows Marketplace for mobile, which would include Windows Mobile devices as well as Zune HD, but so far none of us know for sure.