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zune buyer's guide
Is Zune 2 Worth a Damn?
Here's what Zune has for us this year: a 4/8GB flash-based Zune that's the same size as the 2nd Generation nano, a 30GB first-generation Zune that gets updated features and firmware, and a 80GB Zune with the improved Zune pad and larger storage. The question to both new customers and owners of the first-gen: is the Zune 2 worth a damn? The answer is yes, yes it is.
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Complete Guide to Zune 2's Software and Firmware
Zune 2 and its batch of new features are finally upon us, bringing new players and an entirely new experience. On the device side, there's 4/8GB flash-based and 80GB hard drive-based Zune with fancy form factors and increased storage, as well as new firmware for your old first-gen 30GB players. On the software side, the functionally rich (but somewhat clumsy to use) Zune suite is gone and is replaced by a beautiful, but hollow successor. Read on to find out how Microsoft has managed to change a lot on the one hand, and very little on the other—then see how the Zune stacks up against iTunes and iPod. More » -
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Flash Zune Hardware Gallery and Test: Tight Jeans, Sizemodo, and Zunepad
The new Zune firmware is bringing new functionality to even old Zunes (which we covered in detail here), but is the new hardware special enough to be worth your purchase? Here's a rundown of our tests on how easy it is to fit a Zune in your pocket (video above), the paint job, and the new touch sensitive directional Zune pad. Video of Zune Flash enduring the pressure and friction of jeans too tight, after the jump, followed by everything you need to know about the hardware. More » -
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Zune Release Date Confirmed: 11/13
Microsoft's just confirmed with us the November 13 release date of the new Zunes—previously stated by Amazon. Whether or not the firmware for the old Zune is coming on 11/13 is still unconfirmed.
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J Allard Finally Photographed In Public With Zune
We're not sure why this was a policy, but J Allard famously avoided being photographed with a Zune starting from the launch last year up until this week. Seriously, go try and find a picture of him with a Zune. It's impossible! Apparently his shame for the generation 1 product is over, since he proudly held up a Zune at the Microsoft event Tuesday. Welcome to the Social, J.
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By Jason ChenComment by wbremner: "J" actually stands for "Janus" - i.e. the two-faced god. If you mask the right side of his face (left... more » | Other threads
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Microsoft Aims Zune at #2 Spot
Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Devision President Robbie Bach suffers no delusions about unseating the iPod this year. He says that the new Zune Updates can put the company into the solid #2 spot for the overall portable music player market by the end of the next fiscal year (which ends June 2008) now that the Zunes are "where they probably should have been last year, when they launched." More »
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By Jason ChenComment by mathew: Microsoft wants the Zune to be #2. That's why the original Zune was brown. more » | Other threads
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More Zune 2 Details: Lossless Support, Glass Screens, Green is the New Brown
Going beyond the Zune 2 and Flash Zune launch details, we just got off a conference call with Microsoft and got new details on the Zune and Zune platform.
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First-Gen Zune Getting All The New Features: This is How You Treat Your Customers
The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is getting all the new Zune's features. All. Sure, the new Zune is more of a half step forward than a completely new design. But Microsoft's done something fantastic here by rewarding first gen buyers with cool new stuff that also happens to be free by software upgrade. And talk about spin—Microsoft just took a middling jump in hardware and turned it into a genuinely good move for loyalists (as well as a PR miracle). Are you paying attention Apple? More » -
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Zune 2 and Flash Zune Official
The next-generation Zune has just been announced, coming at you with a price tag (which we already saw) of $249 for the 80GB hard drive model and $149/$199 for the 4GB and 8GB flash-based models respectively. The new features in all models, which were leaked early, are wireless syncing with your computer automatically when you're in Wi-Fi range—something users have been clamoring for since even before the first Zune—as well as videos in the Zune Marketplace and new music, some of which are DRM-free. The Zune Pad is actually touch sensitive, much like the iPod's Click Wheel.
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First Official Zune 2 and Zune Flash Photos
We'd seen the new Zune in red, pink and black (or whatever its called) but I was curious about the green model we reported today. Here it is, leaked, along with some better photos. Now, is that a pea green? An army green? An evergreen green? Looks kind of like Master Chief's armor. But I've been playing too much Halo. Click through for the rest. [Updated with Press Shots leaked by CNet News.] [Rompres via Zune-Online]
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Zune Getting Media Center Video Integration?
A Zunerama forum memberdude who works at an unnamed publication has written about an embargoed fax confirming much of the previous dirt on Zune 2. Here's one new tidbit, unconfirmed, but juicy: Media center integration. Much like Tivo2go can push video to an iPod, the Zune will be able to tote shows you've recorded on an MCE via the TV tuner. Or maybe, with the addition of this Wi-Fi functionality, it'll stream from your box over the internet, using tech found in webguide. (But I'm really going out on a limb here, and its doubtful, since the acquisition only just happened less than a month ago.) And without the fax, we have no idea if MCE integration is anything but fanboy vapor. [Zunerama]
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By Brian LamComment by Ron-Mexico: This could be a VERY attractive combination for people that use Media Center. I've tried various 3rd party HTPC... more » | Other threads
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What the Hell is a Zune Pad?!
Zunepad?! That's the name of the new square/circle control? Is that the branding effort to combat Apple's well-known clickwheel or multitouch interface? Bad idea, Microdudes, bad idea. Here come your blog wedgies. [zunepad?!]
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By Brian LamComment by iPhoney: That's the worst name idea MS have had in years, period! 1 Responses | Other threads
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Zune 2 Price
Early unconfirmed reports are claiming that the new second-generation Zune, or Zune 2, is going to cost $249 for the 80GB version, $199 for the 8GB, and $149 for the 4GB. As for features, there are rumors of wireless syncing and DRM-free music, but nothing confirmed yet. Compared to the iPods, these Zunes are pretty much the exact same price. The 80GB iPod classic is $249, while the iPod nanos are $149 and $199. And if you look at the old Zunes, you can get one anywhere from $165 to $184 depending on color if you look on Amazon. [King via ZuneScene] -
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Zune 2 Getting Wireless Syncing, DRM-Free Music, Video Downloads, Colors
Zunescene's reporting that they know about three upcoming features for the new Zunes courtesy of a reliable source. All the Zunes, including the old 30GB first-gen, will get wireless syncing. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by freakshow1: Not that any of these functions will work out of the box. This is Msoft, kids... more » | Other threads
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question of the day
Zune 2 Launch: Excited?
Until yesterday, Tthe Zune 2 Launch was kept under extremely tight wraps. That's all and well if you like sticking to plans, but the lack of any leaked info seems to have hurt the overall effort. Maybe leaks are better publicity than a random news/image drop with little prior warning. Also, it appears the October 3rd launch, which we've also confirmed, will happen at midnight when everyone is sleeping. My question? Oh yes: Who cares about the new Zune? I do, but not nearly as much as I cared about Zune 1. (Here's how to comment.)
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By Brian LamComment by slingblade: yea...im sorry. zune really is cruddy IMO... and double post? oh crud. i thought it didn't post the first time so... more » | Other threads
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Flash Zune Specs Leaked by FCC
Lending a little more credence to all the Zune launch rumors we heard yesterday, the FCC just leaked out some sketches and specs for the flash Zune. It's not even a mystery Toshiba like last time—these 4GB and 8GB mini-Zunes even have the Zune symbol on board. It looks exactly like the display model we saw, down to the circular/square keypad and the play and skip buttons that are moved up. Along with these flash-based players, there's also a charger and what looks like an FM adapter. Looks like it's going to be a war between the skinny long Zune and the fat, wide iPod nanos. [FCC via Technabob]
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By Jason ChenComment by RobotVampire: @chinhster: I'm not saying M$ couldn't have given us more. But if you think about it the first Zune was... more » | Other threads
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Zune 1 Getting New Firmware, Features
Engadget's claiming that the Zune 2 is coming on Wednesday and bringing a firmware upgrade for your original Zune along for the ride. As you can see from the picture, firmware version 2.1 is clearly running on the old hardware, and is most likely going to make it forward-compatible with the second-gen. Whether this means your current Zune will get all the new Zune's features is uncertain and unlikely, but it probably means the two can at least talk to each other. [Engadget] -
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Rumor: Zune 2 Launches Tomorrow
According to BetaNews, there's going to be a Zune Event in Redmond tomorrow to launch the next-generation Zune. Bill Gates and J Allard are supposedly attending, but supposedly it's just an announcement, with the players only being available in November. Not much else is known now, including whether there's going to be just a flash-based Zune or both a flash-based and a newer hard drive-based one. Will it look anything like the Toshiba T400? [Beta News]
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portable media
Zune Scene Predicts Zune 2 on October 16th
Nate from Zune Scene predicts an October 16th date for Zune 2's launch. He also confirms our already double checked Zune photos, making them a surer than sure sure thing. Thanks for the backup, Nate. [Zune Scene] -
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Rumor: Flash Zune to Come In 4GB & 8GB Flavors
Zune Scene is proclaiming that the unannounced Flash Zune, code-named Draco, is set to come in a nano-like 4GB & 8GB variety. That is all, thank you. More » -
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Rumor: First Zune 2.0 Photo?
In light of yesterday's rumors about Zune 2.0, I'd remembered an anon tip that came in two weeks ago along with this puzzling photograph of a Zune with an approximate 16:9 wide screen. (Compare that to ye old Zune 1.0's screen) I dismissed it then, but now, it makes a little more sense with all this talk of a screen covering 75% of the surface. We're not ones to say if its real or fake. The angle at which the photo is taken would make it harder to hack for an amateur Pchopper. But you can see some strange pixelation on the right side of the screen that looks like someone took a retouching tool to it, and there appears to be a seam higher up on the LCD. It's hard to tell at this resolution. The rest of the email verifies last night's rumor, except for the fact that this 16:9 Zune is sized like the HDD Zune. The info gathered by Zune Scene from a Microsoft employee claims that only the flash Zune had the wider screen. Keep those tips coming, friends. We can't report this one without good sources. More » -
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Zune 2.0 Details Leaked
A Zune Worker and unmarked Zune Scene Editor walk into a convention center. The Zune scene editor says, "What do you do?" The trusting Microsoft employee says, "I make Zune."
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