Dec 31
It appears that today, at midnight, Zune30’s froze, rebooted, and appear locked up. I have 2 30gb which are showing this issue, but my 80gb Zune is doing just fine.
The issue appears to have been resolved as per below.
Sep 09
Well it looks like Zune 3.0 is dropping the fall update for release on September 16th, and it definitely looks feature rich! The one big feature I have been asking for, which is the ability to subscribe to an artist and have it download any new content on the marketplace is finally here. No more having...
Aug 18
Well look what Long found here . Just this weekend I was complaining (quietly…to myself…) that I was running out of room on my 80gb Zune, so maybe this is a sign. I tend to listen to live DJ sets which can be 2-6 hours long, which as you can imagine can take up a large amount of space on...
May 18
I love the Microsoft Zune Pass, since to me it's the most economical way to discover and enjoy music. Currently with a single Zune pass for $15 a month, you can connect 3 computers, and 3 Zune devices, with unlimited downloads of music. It allows you to have separate music libraries on multiple profiles on a single PC, or multiple PCs.
This is a much improved model over the Apple iTunes "Buy" model which seems to lock you in to pay more, and get less ability to consume media how you may want too. However, with the addition of the Zune Social community some issues are apparent with sharing a Zune Pass that I think MS should rectify to promote the Zune pass.
May 07
This morning I was excited to see a tweet that the XNA games studio 3.0 CTP is out. With the tweet, came the reminder to make sure you read the accompanying README information. So after folloing the link to the download site, I find this in the readme: 1.1.1. Zune Development Is Not Supported on 64-Bit...
May 06
One of the features that made the original Zune stand out from the iPod product line, was the ability to transcode your media in your collection to a lower bit rate when syncing to your portable Zune device. This made it simple to have Lossless copies in your media collection kept on your PC, which are...
May 05
It looks like Zune will be getting some spring update love this Tuesday...
Feb 20
It appears that with the demonstration that Xbox Live XNA games are coming to the Zune! These are the community developed games using the XNA studio 3.0 tools, but I would venture to expect 1st party published games as well. Cesar on the Zune Insider blog was smart to point out that XNA is available...
Feb 16
This seems to be a popular page on the site for people looking for the Music from the Zune Commercials, so I am going to update it with the latest information I could find on the commercials since the original 2006 post. Since I originally had posted this, the Zune Marketplace has been upgraded...
Feb 02
Here is a photo guide to using the Zune80 in the v1 Dock. Since the v2 dock came out which supports the Zune30/80/8/4 via removable face plates, the v1 dock has been on clearance (Originally $99, now $25!) at places like buy.com. So since we had 2 Zune30's in the family, and love having the Zune hooked...
Oct 11
The Multi-Format registry keys to allow you to use non-WMV video on your Zune for awhile now, but those of us with Vista 64 found that they did not work. This has to do with the WOW (Windows on Windows) subsystem that has the 32-bit Zune software running in a 64-Bit environment. The problem is that the...
Oct 07
A few weeks ago I had wanted to put some downloaded video onto my Zune, but it was not in a format that was easily recognized without additional software. The problem appears that my PC was missing the proper CODEC needed, so I had decided to install one of the many "Packs" that are around...
Nov 20
As I play with the Zune, I have to say I love the experience. Even in the v1.0 product you can see the long term plan starting to emerge, and I think it will be exciting to see what revisions come after these. I believe the community and framework features will really set it apart from the simple Ipod...
Nov 16
On the way home last night I had spoken to my wife on the phone who said she had a surprise for me, and would give it to me later that evening. I really had no idea what it might be, but Stacy always comes up with great things that she knows I would like, so I was curious on what it could be. Upon arriving...
