Ok, sorry this has taken so long, but between school and work, it’s been hard to do anything. I know there are tons of reviews for the Zune already out there but I just wanted to write one on my own.
First off the software took two or so lifetimes to install and update. When [...]
Engadget was good enough to post an entire wrap up on the nights events here:
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iPhone to get third party apps
Apple TV gets 160GB disk… [...]
Ok so this has to be the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. This is all part of LG’s new “Home appliance with MP3 player” idea. It has a Ipod/Zune doc, for the mp3 device, and has speakers. To their quality I’m sure their decent, but not the best. Also it appears to have a networking [...]
-from Gizomodo
Electronista is reporting that “according to French sources familiar with negotiations for multiple online music stores,” Apple is set to drop EMI’s DRM-free catalog onto iTunes this week. Techs are entering the last stages of encoding and prepping the files to go live.
While previous statements seemed to indicate a gradual release starting this month, [...]
-from Zune boards
Sometimes you can never know for sure, but we’ve got some pretty convincing material from a Zune source which shows a beta build of firmware v1.4 (shown as 2.1.4, perhaps as an internal designation). Apparently you’ll finally be able to put your WiFi to good use (other than being a part of “the [...]
Microsoft might be taking a page from the mobile phone playbook, offering cheap or free Zunes for customers willing to sign up for a long-term service contract. Zune marketing director Jason Reindorp stated that they were looking at using the all-you-can-eat Zune Pass subscription like a phone contract.
This is a really interesting idea, and it [...]
-from engadget
After this morning’s big announcement we had to head over to get the other guy’s take on the news. Microsoft was happy to oblige and furnish us with the usual boilerplate PR quote, including a very interesting bit on the future direction of DRM in the Zune.
Microsoft’s response, specifically regarding the Apple / EMI [...]
-from egadget
It was but a mere eight days ago when we suggested that the number one thing that would currently improve the Zune’s status would be to get firmware v1.3 out to end users, and thankfully, that day has come. Sure, it’s arriving ever-so-slightly behind schedule, but ZuneInsider is reporting that the latest software is [...]
-from http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2601
By Prince McLean
Published: 10:05 AM EST
Nike Inc. said last week that it plans to make its entire line of running shoes compatible with Apple Inc.’s iPod nano line by the end of this year.
The comment was made Nike president and chief executive Mark Parker on Thursday as the shoe maker released its third-quarter results, [...]
So after some research I decided to get the Zune over the Ipod. hen I get one I’ll do my own little review on it, but from what I’ve seen it doesn’t seem as bad as people are making it sound. You turn it sideways for the movies, and keep it up for the music. [...]
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