There have been complaints from users about fast-draining batteries due to the new Zune firmware. Both Zune 30 and Zune 80 drain their batteries fast even when they are not being used. Apparently, the new firmware goes into hibernate mode with great difficulty. The only alternative is to shut the Zune when you’re not using it, which puts us back in the middle ages as far as media players go. Hope the word gets to Microsoft fast. they got a good firmware and a pretty good new media player in the Zune 2. The problem is that they don’t have the fans that iPod does, who do not give up easily.

[via engadget]