The consumer edition was initially offered in black, brown, and pearl white, which came with a "doubleshot," or translucent glow, in a different color, of blue, green, and clear, respectively.

[1] The words "Hello from Seattle" were inscribed on the back of the outer shell, and it featured several songs, videos, and images pre-loaded on the device.

They had "Welcome to the Social November 14, 2006" written on the back and came in white packaging featuring Zune artwork, then were released on the very same month.

Red Zunes were also sold in a limited quantity of 100,000, but were exclusive to Target stores and the Amazon website.

Both versions were loaded with Halo content, including a custom episode of the popular series Red vs. Blue and were designed to feel like something that came from the game.

In early August 2007, 300 of the dark brown Halo 3 Zunes were distributed free of charge by the USO to soldiers deployed to foreign soil.

The bug also froze up Toshiba Gigabeat S media players that shared the same Freescale device and driver.