British company Amosu unveiled line of 24 carat gold iPods. Covered in hardened mirror gold, users can stare triumphantly at their beautiful, golden visage while rocking out to the new.

So how much will a golden iPod set you back?

30GB = $600
80GB = $800

Named the Xpod, this device is extension of external Xmod Wireless – these two are using X-Fi chips to produce clear and higher-quality audio from a compressed source, and offering streaming the sound to different components in the house as well. We have seen this concept live and we have to admit that we were impressed with the difference in sound quality and the range of streaming.

Microsoft is quickly working behind the scenes on its Zune MP3 player. Microsoft has modest expectations from the player and is expecting for it to pass the one million shipped mark by June 2007.

The first Zune will soon get two new colors. The first color is Baby Pink. And only 100,000 will be produced. A second new color, Watermelon Red, will be released after Baby Pink.

The Zune 2.0 will be similar in design to the original Zune but will be slightly thinner and will come with a larger HDD. The second new Zune is the highly-anticipated “Flash Zune.” A flash-based Zune player is exactly what Microsoft needs to compete with Apple’s popular Nano and Shuffle, so it comes as no surprise that the Flash Zune is in the pipeline.

The Flash Zune measures 3″ x 1.25″ x 0.25″. The flash MP3 player will have integrated WiFi and will be available in capacities equal to 2G.

Also of note is that 2.4 million Zunes will be manufactured during calendar year 2007 and 75% of those will be of the new Flash Zune.