Zune survey points to video downloads
Monday, den 25. February 2008
Apparently, video is all the rage these days. Just ask the folks who received a survey from Microsoft about services which may or may not be coming to the Zune. It’s possible your heart might skip a beat when you read questions like, "I would rather download a movies from an online service than buy [...]
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Microsoft Mulling Zune-Windows Mobile Integration
Monday, den 25. February 2008
Is Microsoft considering some sort of integration between its Zune digital music player and its Windows Mobile platform? InfoWorld.com speculates that this might indeed be the case. The Web site reports on a series of postings on the Windows Mobile blog over the weekend that include a Microsoft developer asking bloggers for ways that the [...]
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Write Once - Game Anywhere
Thursday, den 21. February 2008
You may have heard a little announcement today - that developers now can develop a (multiplayer!) game once and gamers can play it on a Windows PC, Xbox 360, and Zune. Wait, what?!?! Zune??? Yes, that’s right, the new XNA Game Studio 3.0 available this Spring will have the ability to let devs make Zune [...]
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Games for Zune details, hands-on
Wednesday, den 20. February 2008
We got a chance to check out the first functioning games for Zune and were able to answer a few — but not many — questions about how this thing’s bound to play out.
For starters, first-gen Zunes don’t appear to be ruled out by any means, but it’s going to be dependent on the game [...]
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Zune: Zune 8GB Gets $20 Price Cut, Now $179.99 at Major Retailers
Sunday, den 3. February 2008
The 8GB Zune seems to have received a no-fuss $20 price cut. The reduction has not taken effect across the board, but we’ve managed to track the $179.99 8GB Zune to Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City and Buy.com, all without any official word. Buy.com are only currently offering the black 8GB Zune at the knocked [...]
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Grab and convert YouTube videos in one go -
Monday, den 28. January 2008This is a good way to pump up those Zunes.
There are tons of YouTube video-grabbing downloads out there, but relatively few also convert those FLV files for later viewing on a cell phone, iPhone, or other flavor of mobile device. Since we don’t like using two apps when we can use one, here’s a hand-picked [...]
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Microsoft rolls out Zune 2.3 software update with fixes aplenty - Engadget
Wednesday, den 23. January 2008
Not to be confused with the Zune 2.3 firmware update, Microsoft is today pushing out the Zune 2.3 software update, which brings with it a whole slew of fixes but no real new features. If the rundown of those fixes given by the ever-helpful Cesar of the Zune Insider blog are any indication, however, it [...]
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zAlternator - Sync with WMP11, Winamp, MediaMonkey, iTunes(?)
Monday, den 21. January 2008
Finally, a release candidate of zAlternator is here! Yay! zAlternator is a program that will allow the Zune to be picked up and synced with programs other than the Zune program. It has been fully tested and proven to allow the Zune to be picked up and synced with the Zune program (duh), Windows Media [...]
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Red Zune 80s at the Zune Originals site
Wednesday, den 16. January 2008
Black Zune 80 was alone since its release in November but no longer. Today Microsoft announced the release of a new color, specially created for Valentines day. Its a Red Zune 80 for those in love and those who just like red released from Zune Originals. There are also 20 new designs available until [...]
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How To: Encode Zune Videos for Free
Friday, den 11. January 2008
I know some of you probably got a Zune for the holidays and there are a lot of great programs now that will encode your videos for a variety of portable media players. I’ve used many many of these applications in the last year or so, some of them free, some not so free. But [...]
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Microsoft Zune Firmware Update: Zune Firmware Update 2.3 Hits Today, Brings Bug Fixes
Tuesday, den 18. December 2007
The latest Zune firmware update is going to hit today, fixing some of the issues people have been experiencing with their 30GB and 80GB players. Among the fixes are "improved device recognition" and "improved stability and reliability on sync," which doesn’t really tell us much, but should help with the problems (hopefully). No new features [...]
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Workaround found for three-play rule on Zune
Monday, den 10. December 2007
Finding yourself unhealthily frustrated by that annoying "three-play rule" still included in the latest firmware update for the Zune? Fret not, as a solution easier than easy has been discovered. Apparently, users can simply accept a shared track, go into Windows and switch the genre to "Podcast," and play the tune over as many times [...]
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Zune: Limited Edition Zune 2 in Gold
Tuesday, den 4. December 2007
Only 10 of these gold-colored Zune 2s will be sold, in both 80 and 8GB sizes. Microsoft teamed up with the Goods to make these screen printed designs. I like the cross pattern. They’re available next Saturday, in Seattle, if you feel the need to splurge. (No price listed but "Gold" plus "Limited Edition" plus [...]
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Zune Originals engraving now available for 80GB models - Engadget
Thursday, den 29. November 2007
Take note, Zune dudes and dudettes: the Zune Originals engraving — which has heretofore been relegated to the 4GB and 8GB flash versions of Microsoft’s new player — is now available on the big daddy, the 80GB. That’s right — now text, wild graphics, and combinations of the two can be emblazoned upon your media [...]
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Zune 2 Hacks | Sarah In Tampa | Channel 10
Wednesday, den 28. November 2007
Hack #1: Multi- Extension Support mod - This hack makes the Zune program support more types of video, audio, and image extensions. This mod converts files for use on the Zune. Files are automatically converted to the exact specifications used on the Zune device, so no guesswork is involved. It also adds the songs and [...]
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bigBrains Zune 2.1 Wish List
Tuesday, den 27. November 2007You can tell by my blog that I am a huge Zune fan, and that I think the second version of the Zune rocks. In many ways it is superior to the iPod, on others it is not. The following is my open letter, or wish list, to the Zune.net team for the next [...]
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Download preloaded contents pack for new Zunes, in case you have ‘lost’ it *wink* - istartedsomething
Friday, den 23. November 2007One of the less obvious facts about the Zune is that as soon as you turn on the device, you have an abundance of quality content of both music and videos preloaded onto the device so you can literally start enjoying the experience from the first hands-on. On the other hand compare that to the [...]
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Fill your Zune up with video with Youtube Batch Downloader - Softpedia
Thursday, den 22. November 2007So here is the deal. Youtube has tons of videos, most them just a few minutes long. This tool gives you a easy way to view and download them into a format that you can move to your Zune. What is even better is that this tool can join several videos together. Why is that [...]
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Zune Insider : On the Availability of Zune 80
Wednesday, den 21. November 2007You may have seen some buzz in the news and online over the last few days about the availability of Zune 80 - so I talked to the product management and retail teams to get the story. Here’s what I found out: Based on our own forecasts as well as early retail orders, we [...]
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Four secret button tricks for your Zune
Wednesday, den 21. November 2007
Special button combinations can be used to execute Zune player functions. These button tricks - not widely known - are sure to amuse and delight your friends.
And yes, they work with the new players as well as the updated 30GB.
By default, Zune goes to "sleep" after a few minutes of inactivity, and then [...]
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