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By Rocco Augusto There is a bit speculation going around the Interweb as of late that Microsoft is hard at work on a Zune based phone, or ZunePhone if you want to call it what all the cool kids are calling it. In a recent memo making the rounds at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying the following:

By Rocco Augusto There is a bit speculation going around the Interweb as of late that Microsoft is hard at work on a Zune based phone, or ZunePhone if you want to call it what all the cool kids are calling it. In a recent memo making the rounds at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying the following:

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By Chris Leckness Before I share some info about this review over at Anything But iPod, let me tell you about my only experience with an iHome product. Simply put, I returned the iHome Alarm clock for the iPod the next day. The alarm functions were week, the audio from the speakers weren’t very dynamic, and ther...

Non-ipods have always received the short end of the stick when it comes to cool docking stations. Docks are still lacking but the Zune is getting a little bit of face time for these types of accessories. iHome has typically made docks for the iPod but has now made a slight deviation and release...

By Chris Leckness 3 Months ago, I shot some video of a few cases from Incipio for the second generation of the Zunes. For some reason or another, I have a whole new batch of Incipio cases, so I decided why not do another video. This time I have 7 Zune 80 Cases and 5 Flash Zune cases to show you. These can all be purchased...

By Jason Dunn All in all, the Zune fares quite well in this review - but the lack of Zune Pass being immediately available in Canada makes the Zune a cool digital media player, but ultimately not that radically different from competing products from Samsung, Creative, SanDisk, etc. The Zune desktop sof...

By Jon Westfall It's been a week of technological upgrades for me in the Entertainment realm. Prior to Saturday, the last console system I'd owned was 8-bit Nintendo, my smartphone was my only music player that was updated (as I'd outgrown my 30 GB Zune and my 60 GB iPod's screen was just too small anymore),...

By Jon Westfall It's been a week of technological upgrades for me in the Entertainment realm. Prior to Saturday, the last console system I'd owned was 8-bit Nintendo, my smartphone was my only music player that was updated (as I'd outgrown my 30 GB Zune and my 60 GB iPod's screen was just too small anymore),...

Zune update will pose problems  WA - If you use BitTorrent to find and download episodes of "Heroes" or other NBC shows, think twice before buying a Microsoft Zune to watch them. ...

By Aaron Zune is going to let the small bands win.  Being the underdog has allowed Microsoft to innovate, and with the Zune they have.  The only question is how long it will take people to realize that being an Apple fanboy isn't the best choice for people who truly want to hear new and good music. I bough...

By Adrian Covert While at the Zune Media Event in Redmond on Monday, the media had some downtime between presentations, and naturally the conversation moved to Microsoft vs. Apple. The mix of bloggers, reporters and Microsoft advertorial/internal bloggers provided an interesting, if predictable dia...

So "Meet Again" is a bit of a misnomer since I use my Zune everyday but each time an update comes out it always feels like I'm relearning the Zune all over again.  This time it's the Zune 2.5 Spring 2008 Update and like every previous update I have a love/hate relationship with it. The Love

By David Tucker “With those fixes, the Zune software is no longer a show-stopper, and I can recommend the Zune as a credible alternative to the iPod.” - Matt Rosoff, “Digital Noise” @ cnet blogs “Unfortunately, news on the video store front isn't so compelling: Microsoft is only adding TV shows at this poi...

By flung Microsoft announced the new Spring release to their Zune Marketplace website and Zune software application. Finally, Zune owners will be able to purchase television shows playable on both PCs and the Zune media player. Users will be able to choose from over 800 episodes of popular televi...

By Team Zune Luv Sometime the morning of May 6, the Zune Spring 2008 update will be made available to all Zune owners. Television On The Zune Finally, real competition for the iTunes store. And, just try to get Battlestar Galactica in the iTunes store anymore. Not that Apple has that either.

By Max Zuckerman In today's Spring update, bringing us to version 2.5, the Zune software takes a big step forward in the "social" experience particularly.  The improvements can be seen throughout the web, the local client, and the device itself. Even the Zune Social homepage got a little visual tweaking...

By Robert Nelson While we are taking some time getting our full thoughts down, we wanted to show off the pics of the latest gadget to make its way into the Gadgetell headquarters. Its the Kicker iK500 iPod speaker system. While we have the iK500 which is made exclusively for the iPod, Kicker also has the zKick Z...

By Shawn Oster This doesn't mean "less is more" has worked for everything though.  The loss of a solid mechanism to find missing album metadata or edit the ID3 tags is a big bummer and I discovered just how much I was using the auto playlist feature to manage my syncing.  Compared to WinAmp, Windows Media Pla...

Patch: New Zune software update available (version 2.3) - ZuneSphere

Patch: Zune Firmware update 1.4 - 2dayBlog

Patch: Zune firmware 1.4 is out - ZuneSphere

By Zune MAX Microsoft is also applying its XNA development tools to its iPod wannabe, the Zune, meaning it’s providing a way for users to create mobile games, or port their Xbox creations to the mobile device. Zune support is due to be available later this year.

By Team Zune Luv Great job Zune. Technorati Tags: zune 2.3, zune 2.3 update, zune wireless sync As posted earlier, Microsoft has updated the Zune desktop software to 2.3 today. We've had a chance to play with it around here at ZuneLuv.com and have one very nice response to report...

The Mac Observer comments on Microsoft’s Last Ditch Effort to Save ... - inspiretech

This Is Definitely Not the End of Zune - eFluxMedia

I had some real reservations with Dawngrrl handed me this little gift bag with a new 8GB Microsoft Zune in it. I had been wanting one for quite awhile, but being the guy with 3 iPods (2 now, I sold one!) I wasn’t sure if this little gadget would find it’s way into the rotation. I took it out of the pac...

By jamesche People external to Microsoft have mentioned these shortcomings, but our internal email lists at Microsoft have hit the Zune team the hardest regarding the Zune software. Microsoft employees are VERY hard on other Microsoft employees. It's part of what makes Microsoft such a great compa...

By Drea Avellan Speaking of improving, Microsoft released the new Zune models last month. Do you own one of these? I currently don’t but its on my wishlist…but I may hold out for v3 if those mockups I found are anywhere close to accurate (touch screen! *drool*)

By Donald Bell Well, my Zune 80 arrived today, and I can honestly say I have no regrets (so far). I went the custom route and ordered the Zune 80 directly from Microsoft on their ZuneOriginals site, complete with custom artwork. Say what you want about the Zune, but their designers have definitely outdone t...

Posted by Nino Marchetti [IMG Ugo]A new review about the 8GB Zune has surfaced online, this time over at UGO. Reviewer Karim Tabar generally had good things to say about the Zune, with the pull quote for this review summing it all by stating "watch out, Steve Jobs, you can actually learn a thi...

By Zune MAX My point, and it’s an unoriginal one to be sure, is that Steve Jobs has created far more than a music player. He’s created an entire ecosystem that’s apparently self-refreshing. That is, it keeps gaining ground no matter what other vendors throw at it. Zune Vs. iPod: Which Music Player Do You Wa...

By Team Zune Luv But, more importantly is why a Zune docked to the Zune Home AV Pack is a game changer. When your Zune is docked to something with power and WIFI is on, the Zune will (in the background), check the network for new content and sync it with the device. Very very cool.

By Nathan And a quick look in the Zune forums shows it just the same. So i’m putting this out there right now. Microsoft WAKE UP AND FIX YOUR SHIT if you feel like ever trying to take a single percentage from the iPod ever. Because i can guarantee you a good 80% of the people who bought the new Zunes and had it de...

By Donald Bell Anyone who's read my review of the Zune 80 knows that my take on the Zune is overall positive. In fact I rated the Zune 80 a few ticks higher than Apple's iPod Classic, which was a surprise to me considering that between Jasmine and I, I've been the biggest defender of Apple's deserved supremac...

By Donald Bell Legions of first-gen Zune owners are are downloading the latest version (v1.2) of the PC-based Zune software, and profoundly regretting it. If the Zune support message boards are any indication, there are some bitter first-gen Zune owners out there who are feeling slighted by Microsoft...

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 adam frucci Walt Mossberg, the Wall Street Journal's tech gnome, got a chance to play with Microsoft's new line of Zunes, and he was pretty ambivalent about them. While he thinks they're a noticeable improvement over the first generation, that's not really saying much seeing how unimpressed he was w...

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 ...

By Team Zune Luv Technorati Tags: zune 80 gb review, zune 80 review, zune 2, zuneluv.com The Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player is an excellent product on multiple levels. Many of the things we covered in our Zune 8 gb review a true for this as well, but let's talk some other issues...

By Jason Chen vs. iTunes: What used to be quite a close match between the Zune suite and iTunes has turned into a one-sided first round knockout for iTunes. Apple's changed iTunes very little since a year ago, but Microsoft has completely re-vamped their offering. We'd rather them de-vamp this, take a loo...

By Danny Mendez As you may know, Microsoft’s second generation portable media player, the Zune 80, hits stores today (and lastweek). Here’s what some of the big names in product review had to say about the device. Yahoo! Tech: "…music on the Zune sounded pretty solid to me, although (not being an audio puri...

By Team Zune Luv This is a great little player. Microsoft has done a fabulous job. iPod finally has some competition. Technorati Tags: zune, zune 2, zune 8, zune review, zune flash, zune podcasting I was able to get my preview Zune (green is the “new brown”) right before a 5 day road trip. I figured this would be t...

By BrianB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ramrxfqhae0 The first major review of Zune 2 appeared on CNET, and Microsoft’s player received the best compliment it can ever hope for: “Up until now there have ever really been any good competitors to the iPod… ” Well, the review goes on… “as far as tight...

By Nathan This Week In Zune Engadget gets Hands-On with the Microsoft Ford SYNC. The only car computer with full Zune support. And finally over at Zune Insider Cesar has posted about the Zune Freebie this week and about the Zune Soapbox car that will be racing this weekend.

By Robert McLaws DISCLAIMER: This review was not solicited by Microsoft, the equipment was purchased with my own money. Holy crap, I've never seen a music player sync that fast. I put nearly 2GB on the device in a little over a minute. That would have taken almost an hour on the Zen. Now, if I could only sync wirele...

By pinksage great. I saw the Zune as an interesting inflection point of Microsoft knowing how to make generally good music software (Windows Media Player 11), and them knowing how to make great hardware (Xbox). The Xbox is a closed is so focused and streamlined. That was my hope for the Zune (it didn’t

By sam mcloughln From my point of view I'd say not very likely, in which case there would be a great market for a virtual Zune application for Windows Mobile 6 devices. I think everyone who has ever used a Windows Mobile/Pocket PC device will wholeheartedly admit that the Windows Media Player software that c...

By m.simon@spymacnetwork.com (Michael Simon) Apple Corps could have easily contacted Microsoft and given its own digital music player a little more clout on the open market. A few months of Beatles exclusivity would have given Zune a major one-up on the iPod and forced Apple to pay a little closer attention to the efforts of its longtim...

By TDavid About 33 percent of shoppers bought electronics over the weekend, including flat-panel television sets, Microsoft Corp.’s Zune digital music player and video-game consoles such as Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3, the NRF said. Microsoft disclaimers

By Dwight Anyway, here's what I think Microsoft needs to do to make the Zune live up to its potential: Lose the software. The Zune's media management software is an unnecessary duplication of what's available in Windows Media Player 11. Instead, it should be a plug-in for WMP11.

By Jason Chen When we're making a comparison between the iPod and the Zune, it's also important to note that the software makes a big difference in your music experience. You'll have to use the software suite extensively for both playing back music at your computer and organizing songs onto your portab...

By Dwight Chances are, you've seen Jim Thompson's post revealing that I lost both the Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Center installations on my computer, immediately after installing the software for Zune. I got Vista set up the way I like it and trundled off to bed. In the morning, I thought I'd tr...

By Jason Chen Miscellaneous stuff: no movie store (for now), can't talk about how many major labels they have on, Zune Marketplace will never fully integrate into Windows Media Player for an all-in-one package like iTunes. You can easily stream stuff to the Xbox 360 from the Zune software (there's eve...