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Zune 2.5 Firmware: TV Downloads + Zune Card Sharing + Gapless Music

6. May 2008

Microsoft has made the Zune a lot better in the new 2.5 firmware update. The Zune, virtually officially, is going a different direction from the Apple iPod. I will not hesitate to pronounce the Zune a non-competition of the iPod after the 2.5 firmware. The Zune Video download spotted a couple of days ago turned [...]

Zune Marketplace Adds Videos… Movies?

2. May 2008

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I couldn’t get the Flash display to work on my browser, but a poster at Zunerama took screen shots of what appears to be an update of the Zune Marketplace. Marketplace have just added video downloads but it’s not exactly a major upheaval to offer music videos on Zune. The roaring face of King Kong, [...]

2nd-Gen Zune Clone Sold on eBay

1. May 2008

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Microsoft will go nutters over this piece of news. The Zune 8 (8GB) has been cloned and the fake has been sold on eBay. For the year that we have been covering PMP news, this is the first time we’ve come across an real Zune knockoff. In fact, though we searched high and low, this [...]

Zune-Arts: “Three Legged Legs”’s Piece of Me Piece of You

27. April 2008

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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.

Zune News: Third-Generation Coming in 2009

13. March 2008

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Microsoft plans to launch a new “platform for downloading Zune [at] several terminals in 2009″. This will include the PC, Zune devices and Windows Mobile 7 devices. The suggestion that Zune 3.0 will be able to sync with Windows Mobile 7 handsets is very enticing. On a different note, it’s taking Zune Marketplace a while [...]

Microsoft Surface Table Shipping This Year

4. February 2008

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Does anyone remember the Surface? You know, the multitouch table from Microsoft. It can sync with Zune and your Bluetooth cellphone that rests on top of it. The Surface recognizes the device instantaneously and displays it on the table content so you can gesture and multi-touch photos and videos as you like. Such technology, surely, [...]

Defective Zune Damaged His Ear, Says Guy Suing Microsoft

2. February 2008

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If Joel Geddis wins in court against Microsoft’s Zune, this may mean a beating for MSFT’s market share in the media player business. The accident happened November of 2006. In his own words: “I received an electric shock through the earbuds of my Microsoft Zune. Simultaneously, the Zune software reset and emitted a very loud [...]

Microsoft Phasing Out Zune 4 GB?

2. February 2008

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It’s not just Toys R Us offering a $179.99 Zune 8GB, it’s everybody. Gizmodo has confirmed the price reduction for Zune 8 in all colors in the following stores: Amazon, Buy.com, Best Buy and Circuit City. It’s as official as it gets without a formal announcement from Microsoft. Why? Is Microsoft tentative about this Zune [...]

Zune 8 GB for $180

1. February 2008

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We’ve seen Zune discounts before and Zune 8 (8GB) is no exception. Originally selling for $199.99, Zune 8 can be bought online from the Toys R Us site with $20 off. That means, you’ll only pay $179.99. Only the red and the black colors are available. Discounts is a great way for Zune to compete with [...]

Microsoft Zune Software V2.3 Released

22. January 2008

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Microsoft released a Zune Software V2.3, which is the software to match the recently released firmware. The new software generally enhances performance but oddly enough your PC will not be able to tell your old update soon. When you try to sync it with yourn PC it says new hardware found. New French and [...]

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