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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. More »

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3:30 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Jason Chen
23,645 views, 73 comments

Latest by Ron-Mexico: I don't know if the Zune 2 is worth a damn, but for less than $100 with new software/firmware I can give definitely say the old Zune 1s are a steal. more »

complete zune guide

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.

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9:00 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Jason Chen
62,471 views, 110 comments

Latest by AugustDragon: Search while typing works well with the artist list selected. It pops up a box in the middle of the screen and does what you'd expect. Editing ID3 tags seemed like a big deal to me at first, 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.
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6:18 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Brian Lam
22,365 views, 53 comments

Latest by BostonK: Oh and ZippyZ. Eat shit. more »

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.

4:00 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Jason Chen
6,672 views, 39 comments

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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 »

3:00 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Jason Chen
4,895 views, 16 comments

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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.

• The Zune and Zune Software now supports lossless audio. Windows Media Lossless.
• Microsoft claims that the Zune is now a much superior option compared to the iPod.
• Launch date, according to Amazon, is November 13.

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1:13 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Jason Chen
38,873 views, 57 comments

Latest by n/a: How far will the new Zune 2 take the zune is yet to be seen. I been using my Zune primarily for music and movies at [zunexpress.blogspot.com] This service is great for any zune more »

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First Video of Zune 2 and Flash Zune


Giz wasn't invited to the launch of the Zune, but the folks at Edelman working late into the night supplied us with a promotional video of the event. Check out the UI; it looks amazing. On the other hand, the act of scrolling on the Zunepad looks very constrained and awkward (see the hand in video). I stripped out the parts that were "lifestyle" and left mostly the closeup shots of the Zune. I also swapped out the aggro Seattle rocker track for a Hall and Oates song. ("Out of Touch," fitting as it were on more than one level.) More »

3:11 AM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Brian Lam
31,567 views, 60 comments

Latest by CoolZWhip: have you noticed when the ipod 5 gen was out the zune wasn't glossy bu tlike um plasticy but when the 6th gen came out it's all glossy i think they wanted to do it but knew apple might sue more »

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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 »

12:21 AM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Jason Chen
114,953 views, 105 comments

Latest by bazdeluxe: So Microsoft, the company known to suck the money out of everyone's pockets, is providing this free update. Apple on the other hand is charging $20 for the January update to their practically brand new iPod Touch. Pretty more »