At my local Best Buy store the ZuneHD 32GB model is on sale for $199.99 an astounding $70 off the regular price of $269.99. The 16GB model is $30 off the regular price of $199.99, selling for $169.99.

Is this Best Buy trying to get rid of inventory in preparation for Microsoft discontinuing the Zune hardware?

To be honest, I didn’t spend much time taking pictures or video at MIX11 because I was spending my time listening and learning about what’s coming with the Windows Phone update scheduled for later this year, codenamed “Mango.” However, I figured that I’d share some of the pictures and video that I did capture.

Here are the pictures:

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Oh, and I also captured a short video clip:

The party on Wednesday night was rockin’!

Since @ChrisWalshie is waiting for it, I figured I would give everyone some more thoughts on the Asus Eee Slate that I picked up last night. Given that I’ve only been using it for 24 hours or so, my general impression is that I like it.

You have to understand what you’re getting, though. In this post I’m going to outline some of the things that I like followed by some of the things that I don’t. Hopefully this will help you determine if a Windows 7-based slate like the Asus Eee Slate is right for you.

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So I stopped by my friendly neighborhood Microsoft Store this evening and picked up the Asus Eee Slate, a tablet pc running Windows 7. I’ve been spending the evening messing around with it and have come to a few quick, preliminary conclusions:

• Windows 7 isn’t as bad as everyone thinks for using on a tablet, though there are some areas where it’s just not as easy to use as it should be
• There’s some interesting work being done on tablet-y UIs for Windows 7, but they are a bit difficult to find on the net.  I’ll likely be posting about them as I come across them.
• The Eee Slate is a really nice PC in terms of specs, but it’s a little heavy and unweildy due to its larger size.  Definitely not for one-handed operation.

I’ll post more as I use it some more.

When I first purchased my Samsung Focus I put a 16GB MicroSD card in it.  Unfortunately, I had a hardware issue with the phone and had to return it to AT&T to exchange it for a new one.  At the time I thought my MicroSD card was dead until I could find someone with an old Nokia phone to FORCE ERASE it.

I’ve learned tonight that if you put a MicroSD card that is locked to one Samsung Focus into a different Samsung Focus and then hard reset the phone (Settings -> About -> Reset button)  it will force erase the card and lock it to the new phone.

While this doesn’t solve the problem of someone wanting to utilize the card in a different manner (as storage on another type of phone OS for example), it does at least prove that if you have to replace your WP7 hardware you can use your MicroSD card in your new Windows Phone 7 device.