Microsoft Zune player will retail for $249.99, on Nov 14

Microsoft announced that Zune player will retail for $249.99, with 30GB capacity, on Nov 14.This price will be 99 cents higher than than an equal capacity iPod. Each song will cost you 98.75 cents.

Zune player will be preloaded with the following music tracks:

Band of Horses, “Wicked Gil” (Sub Pop Records)
Bitter:Sweet, “The Mating Game” (Quango Music Group)
CSS, “Alala (Microsoft edit)” (Sub Pop Records)
Darkel, “At The End of The Sky (edit)” (Astralwerks)
Every Move a Picture, “Signs of Life” (V2)
Small Sins, “Stay” (Astralwerks)
The Adored, “Tell Me Tell Me” (V2)
The Rakes, “Open Book” (V2)
The Thermals, “A Pillar of Salt” (Sub Pop Records)

You can find more info on InsideMicrosoft.