One can understand Arstechnica writer Emil Protalinski’s frustrations– One of these days, I swear the Window Mobile/Zune rumor mill is going to collapse under the pressure of pumping out such enormous amounts of speculation. The first time I can remember the mention of Zune Mobile was over a year ago in April 2008. Zune Mobile doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
One thing that is always spot on with the Microsoft Zune is the Zune Originals, artwork on Microsoft PMPs. This year it’s inspired by spring. Three artists contributed: APAK – this Portland-based husband and wife duo create colorful paintings that explore the beauty, mystery and magic of life through adventures of curious creatures living in utopian [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Move over SNES emulators, XNA will be coming soon to a Zune near you. Zune gameplay will support ad hoc WiFi network gaming with up to eight players, and it’s just too cool watching Zauri being played on the Zune 2 using the Zune Pad. For Canadians, the Zune will be dropping June 13. The Zune [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 27, 2008
I wish to God Zune-Arts never calls it quits, whatever happens to the product its selling. Again, this one is from ad agency 72andSunny and directed by “Three Legged Legs.” Music is titled Fancy Footwork by Chromeo. Watch the video. Somehow, it reminds me of the Eighties and Macaulay Culkin’s special friend.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 21, 2008
Poolga has collected a bunch of beautiful wallpapers from illustrators the world over ready to be downloaded and, well, used as wallpaper. The wallpaers were meant to fit the 3.5-inch 320 × 480-pixel display of iPhones and iPod Touches but some of the designs seem more apt on the screen of the Zune HD players. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 29, 2007
Clipta - new video wave: The Masks This is what you get when you let artists do whatever they feel like, a campaign for a media player that can be beautiful at times but at other times right out baffling. The TV spot seem to depict two armies locked in brutal combat, then a melon [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 6, 2007
Find more videos like this on AdGabberYet another fantastic Zune ad. Again the brainchild of ad agency 72andSunny featuring the music of The Deadly Syndrome. That’s not only the good thing the ad features; there’s also that old “message in a bottle” theme taken cosmic. It’s ultra-lovable if you bother to play the video. Microsoft [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 8, 2007
Indie rock band The Shins gets the nod from T.A.G., the Microsoft Zune’s current ad maker. I have to admit, I like the first one, titled “Ballad of the Pink,” better. “Academy of Dreams,” the title of the second ad, uses a mix of references that are a little baffling to me. I’d rather you [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 5, 2007
I wonder if Microsoft will actually allow it, given that they have an image to protect. The Zune Tattoo Guy wants to be officially and legally known as “Microsoft Zune,” as if Steven Smith, the name given to him by his mother is not common enough. Steven Smith has three Zune tattoos on his body, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 2, 2007
The first Zune 2 ad campaign has kicked in and it’s a beauty - not sexy like the new iPod Touch ad, but a real beauty, and it reminds me of another series of Zune campaigns or rather the Zune-Art series, not the tattoo guy, but this one and especially this one. And oh, the [...]
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