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    S-Express: Unlimited Zune pass on my iPhone... Give music back to MS when I stop paying them... Meh! more »
    senatormayer: Why hasn't anyone said the obvious? A Zune Pass App. Have it synchronized between the Mac and iPod with the Zune Pass Account. Am I forgetting a cruci... more »
    Monty: Current Zune HD Instructions for running on Macintosh: 1. Install Windows 7 with Boot Camp on your Apple Macintosh Computer. 2. Follow standard Window... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: Now would be the perfect time for Microsoft to start running out some code to get Zune + Zune Desktop onto OS X, especially with how FUCKING SHITTY iT... more »
    SpudMills: Why rub hog poop all over a prize chicken? more »
    mxpx5678: It still really isn't the best argument. Most people like the Apple players better and it is a feature that Apple could add at any time. It is a hor... more »
    efenili: From the Zune Site "Discover millions, keep 10 With a monthly Zune Pass music subscription, you can download millions of tracks from Zune Marketplace*... more »
    efenili: I always thought that you were allowed to keep 10 songs a month permanently ? Did I miss something? [www.zune.net] Is everyone just deciding to ignore... more »
    Justin Paulson: Honestly though, name one person you know that has an iPod and hasn't spent as much as a nice car loading it up with songs? I don't know a single per... more »
    Nick: can we stop using the word douche? /sarcasm more »
    MrBlahBlah: I would really love to use the ZunePass service. I really would. But I just can't get myself to do it. It's not even the PC only thing becuase I can i... more »
    frigg: Awesome idea. Seems like a way to make subscriptions palatable until the day that music becomes taxed (but otherwise "free") at the ISP. more »
    Ken_Darrow: Goodbye iTunes and iPod. Looks like MS figured out how to beat it. How the got the music labels/cartels to agree with this would make an interesting ... more »
    EBone: I run Vista on BootCamp on my MBP, and have refurbished Zune I bought for cheap that I connect to it. I tried the free three weeks of the subscription... more »
    shalegac: My ex-girlfriend tried to tell me a few months ago that the Killers were "way better than the Beastie Boys"...... Ex-girlfriend. Just had to share tha... more »
  • #zune

    Microsoft: There's Still a Sliver of Hope For Zune On Apple Products

    Microsoft's all about letting little nuggets loose this fine afternoon: a Microsoft rep just told Mary Jo Foley that the company is mulling "port[ing] the Zune software and services to other platforms, including Apple's." Hey, yes! Do that! More »
  • #zune

    Stream Zune Songs to Your iPhone

    Gear Live found a roundabout, but clever, way of streaming Zune tracks onto your iPhone. Why would you do that? Because Zune Pass gets you a basically unlimited amount of songs, and they don't play natively on the iPhone. More »
  • #cartoon

    New Zune Ad Obliterated Because, You Know, It's Stupid

    Wes Moss. Certified financial planner. WSJ reader. Local host radio. Porcelain dog collector. Ultradouche. Jason nailed him. Now Penny Arcade has a take on the Zune Pass itself with the argument of the Zune ad. More »
  • #music

    How I Plan to Taste Music

    I haven't attained new music very regularly in years since the days I actually respected FM content. Between the modern choice—buying tracks, subscribing to a service or stealing it—I'm just not getting enough exposure to try before I download. Last night, things changed in a way that I hope paves the way for the future of buying music. More »
  • #zunepass

    Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month

    Microsoft's $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We've talked about Zune Pass in our Zune reviews before, but it's basically access to all of the Zune Marketplace for only the price of a CD a month. Since most of their catalog (90% or so, including all the majors and a few indie labels) is already in MP3 format, you can load these free songs on any kind of device you want, like your iPhone or Android phone or PS3 or Wii. More »