Zune

By Nilay Patel Rumors of a Zune phone have floated around forever, but we've always thought it would make more sense for Microsoft to start by simply making a Zune player for Windows Mobile -- a plan Steve Ballmer casually confirmed today in an ...

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By Paul Miller Microsoft couldn't let the gory, highly-anticipated launch of Gears of War 2 (chainsaw duels! Rhhhahaararggg!) pass without bloodying a Zune or three in the process, Halo 3-style. Specifically, Microsoft has laser-etched that pesky little "Crimson Omen" onto a glossy black Zune 120...

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Visit Bulgaria  CA - That's a ton of choices -- so c'mon, kids, what's it going to be? What new iPod or Zune are you most interested in? Microsoft's Zune begins to challenge Apple's iPod Newsday New iPod nano a notch above the rest Boston Herald all 25 news articles

By Paul Miller Microsoft is still toiling away at the Zune, but there isn't a whole terrible much to show for it so far in regards to market impact. They just broke the 2 million mark, almost a year after they hit 1 million in May 2007. ...

By Paul Miller Microsoft has quite a bit in store for the Zune faithful with its new Zune version 2.5 software update. The high points are the new Zune Card integration and the addition of TV show downloads on Zune Marketplace, but much-requested ...

By Nilay Patel Just hold on a little while longer, Canadian Zune-lovers -- it seems that your wait is almost over. A job listing just popped up on the Vancouver Craigslist, looking for a "Microsoft Zune Program Coordinator" who will "represent our ...

By Donald Melanson Not to be confused with the Zune 2.3 firmware update, Microsoft is today pushing out the Zune 2.3 software update, which brings with it a whole slew of fixes but no real new features. If the rundown of those fixes given by the ...

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Finding yourself unhealthily frustrated by that annoying "three-play rule" still included in the latest firmware update for the Zune? Fret not, as a solution easier than easy has been discovered. Apparently, users can simply accept a share...

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video[IMG ]We've already had a few reports of some problems with the latest Zunes (and the latest firmware), and it now looks like there's another issue brewing, with a number of users complaining of battery problems with Zune 30s and 80s loaded wit...

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video While some sporadic problems with any new device are to be expected, we've had a few reports of problems with the latest Zunes (and the latest Zune software) and thought we'd open thing up and see just how widespread they might be. The most preval...

By Ryan Block The thing is, we have high expectations of companies like Microsoft because we know that they can deliver. And you have high expectations for us for the same reason. We get that, so we'll be posting further, deeper Zune coverage this week. Ryan Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ryan Block We all cheered Microsoft on when learning that the same firmware powering its freshly announced second-generation hardware would also be made available as a free update to all first-gen Zune users. Not that we really need to explain ...

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By Thomas Ricker iPod classic 80GB iPod touch 8GB AAC, protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple lossless, WAV, and AIFF WMV, H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 H.264, MPEG-4 No Apple earbudsApple earbudsPC / Mac compatible Client Software Zune Software iTunes iTunes

By Nilay Patel Update: We're now being told that while Microsoft will announce and discuss the Zune 1 firmware update on Wednesday, it won't be available until sometime later -- presumably when the Zune 2s hit the market. ...

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By Ryan Block For example, one unannounced iteration of that integration would be with "MTV's Top 20 video countdown -- you'll be able to see the countdown and get music directly in Rhapsody."On PlaysForSure: "PFS is a legacy system that Microsoft abandoned when they went to Zune." With the Clix2 Rhaps...

By Chris So that being said, while I have no intention of buying a Zune (I've spent entirely too much money on the iTunes Music Store over the past couple years), I'm glad it seems like a good product. Competition is healthy, and Apple could certainly use some.

By Darren Murph If anyone gave that Zune tattoo guy props for his bravery / stupidity, you owe a handful of kudos to this fellow, too. In an admittedly bizarre move to show one's disdain (right?) for the always infuriating Blue Screen of Death, this man has went so far as to tattoo the BSOD error message on his...

By Donald Melanson Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video While Microsoft has yet to officially announce anything about its next-generation Zunes, we've had no shortage of rumors informing us of the company's supposed plans. Last we heard, Microsoft so-called "Scorpio" and "Draco" Zunes were hea...

By Ryan Block Filed under: Portable Audio Oh, IT'S ON. After months of eager anticipation, it looks like either Viodentia has finally come out of hiding, or s/he's passed the torch on to another (Doom9 forum user Divine Tao?) -- but either way it looks like MS DRM IBX components up to version 11.0.6000.6324...

By Conrad Quilty-Harper Thanks, David] Warning: Hide-a-Pod not a real product. Will cause extreme ridicule if taken seriously. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

By Donald Melanson Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video The man so devoted to all things Zune that he got not one but two Zune tattoos looks to have finally drawn the attention of Microsoft itself, which has decided to fly its biggest fan out to Redmond and give him the star treatment. In a post on the Zune...

By Joshua Topolsky A tenacious Zune user has recently stumbled across some potentially eyebrow-raising information while dipping into the device's desktop software files. It seems that embedded in an innocent looking ZuneMarketPlace.dll file is some internal code that suggests a new content partners...

By Ryan Block You already knew Microsoft's limited release Zune Halo 3 Edition was coming June 15th to commemorate the big September 25th title launch, that it would come bundled with a booty load of Halo 3 content (soundtracks, pictures, movies, etc.), but now you can check it out for yourself all up cl...

By Thomas Ricker Oh yes it is. That special edition Halo 3 Zune is real, out, and up for pre-order exclusively through GameStop. Available June 15th (pre-order now), the $249 promotional Zune comes packin' a 30GB disk loaded with a flood of Halorific music, video and artwork. Although you've made your thoug...

By Conrad Quilty-Harper We're a little hesitant to call a Zune that has a tiny little Halo 3 decal on the front a "new Zune," and therefore we're assuming that isn't, by some sort of cosmic corporate joke, the Zune update that we've all been expecting. Nevertheless, this is definitely going to be of some interest to t...

By Ryan Block There you have it, ladies and gents. Microsoft is working behind the scenes to shake some of the DRM from the Zune. Maybe a good place to start Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

By Ryan Block Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoLast week marked the fourth month the Zune has been on the market, and its sixth month since being officially announced. We know the Zune was in development all the way back into 2005 -- so why the hell is Microsoft having such a hard time ironing ou...

By Donald Melanson Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoFor now at least, Zune hacks appear to be far outweighing the Zune cracks, although we doubt neither are making Microsoft very happy these days. The latest on hack front comes to us courtesy of Zune Boards member Marshilboy, who whipped up a litt...

By Paul Miller It takes a certain amount of spirit to be a Zune user in the first place, so when the few, the proud discovered odd bugs in their precious "social" DAPs, and then learned that Microsoft was not only not fixing these problems, but not even confirming a fix was in the works, you can imagine the ou...

By Ryan Block Read - Orange Zune on eBay [Via Zune-Online] Read - Zune Masters program [Via Zunerama] Read - 80GB Zune Continue reading Zune oddities (part II): Zune in orange, Zune Masters program, Zune with 80GB Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ryan Block Oh yeah, and in other news somebody hacked XNJB -- the Mac app that makes use of select Windows-centric portable media devices -- to at least partially rock out Zune style (which so far as we know uses a variant of MTP, kind of like how it also appears to use a variant of PlaysForSure). Hot diggi...

By Cyrus Farivar Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoGather round, 'cause we've got some Zune hacks to get your Sunday going. First, a fellow named Kristof has informed Zune-Online about a way to get the Zune software running on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (there's also a Vista hack too, w...

By Conrad Quilty-Harper Filed under: Portable AudioWhen we report on the sayings and sound bites of higher ups at technology companies, we tend to cover them from a negative angle because, as you well know, execs are pretty fond of belittling their opponent's products. The latest exception to this rule comes fro...

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By Ryan Block A larger 3-inch display -- which, like the iPod, is also QVGA -- and WiFi (802.11b/g). ... The battery life was as expected. We got 11 hours and 37 minutes of ... Microsoft expects Zune users to be Windows users. That's unreasonable. ...

By Ryan Block Finally, though, we have to address two things. First: Mac support. Yes, we know Apple users make up between 4-10+% of users in the US (depending who you ask), but not launching with Mac support is a Bad Thing. Microsoft expects Zune users to be Windows users. That's unreasonable. This was inten...

By Ryan Block Hmm, let's stream some media to our Xbox 360. Music and video for now. Ahh, Microsoft points. Xbox 360 users know ye well. So much for buying songs in straight American currency without buying blocks of points, but hey, we'll live. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

crime of pre-launch gadget sales, but it looks like Microsoft is one customer closer to overthrowing the nation of iPod courtesy of the Zune-gun-jumping Best ... Zune Reviews: It's OK, But No iPod BetaNews Mossberg, Pogue unimpressed by Microsoft Zune iLounge

By Ryan Block Zune connection performance options. Here we've got sharing options for the Xbox 360. Zune and drive mappings. Yep. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

By Evan Blass After having already seen photo galleries, video walkthroughs, and endless spec sheets focused on Microsoft's upcoming Zune player, there's no real need to hear Walt Mossberg's and David Pogue's take on the attempted iPod-assassin -- but we'd be lying if we said that we had absolutely...

By Ryan Block Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video And here we have the brown Zune stacked agains the Zen Vision:M, iPods 5G and nano, and the Sansa E200 series. Just because it's taller than the rest doesn't mean it's larger than the rest though; we actually found the Zune to be deceptively small...

By Ryan Block Generally the software seemed very responsive, especially search. This may have had to do with the fact that the Zune software stores an index of every artist, album, and track on your hard drive for faster access (don't worry, they say it's minuscule, which we've got our doubts about), as...

 CA - Nov 1, 2006 According to Wal-Mart (not their first bit of Zune-related leakage) Microsoft is set to include a free 14-day Zune Pass trial with each Zune sold, letting you ...

By Donald Melanson Filed under: Portable AudioIf anyone's a little hesitant to thrown down the $14.99 a month for a Zune Pass subscription, you count on Microsoft to be doing its best to tempt you to sign up for the all-you-can-eat music service. According to Wal-Mart (not their first bit of Zune-related leak...

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By Ryan Block Filed under: Features, Interviews, Portable Audio, Portable Video We only got a mere 20 minutes of his time, but Peter and I got a chance to talk to the one and only J Allard about the Zune, digital media, and the direction Microsoft is taking things in what could be their most public marketp...