After a few posts speculating details about its portable media player, Microsoft decided to finally make it official. Here’s what you can expect from the sleeker, slimmer Zune. …Zune owners will now be able to use the device’s built-in Wi-Fi to download songs. Also new, the updated Zune will make recommendations based on the songs [...]
If your calendar is free on September 9 and you live in the San Francisco area (or even if you don’t), you may want to know that Apple is hosting a special event at the Yerba Buena Center For Arts at 10AM. What’s the gig about? Nothing’s confirmed yet, but the rumors are there, as [...]
Canadian music and video aficionados might be able to expand the range of devices to choose from this June when Microsoft releases the Zune. I said “might” because nothing’s certain yet, but a recent job post on the Vancouver Craigslist is looking for a Microsoft Zune Program Coordinator, so all signs are pointing to a [...]
Word from the rumor mill is that Microsoft is going to open its own chain of retail stores. The details end there, but I’m pretty you can come up with your own speculations regarding what the stores will contain. Like Apple’s Genius Bar, Microsoft will staff its stores with experts to help customers with questions [...]
Mobility Site has a list of the best portable media players of 2007. Here’s the obligatory descriptive paragraph to get you started: The category of Media Players is almost to broad to fairly throw them all in the same list, but we’ll do it anyhow. The best Hard Drive based players would definately be the [...]
Gadget Lab has a review of the 80gb Zune. Excerpts: Would I recommend the Zune? Yeah, I think I would. If you’re not invested in the iPod/iTunes ecosystem, it’s the most polished competitor I’ve used to date. But realistically, it’s hard to imagine the Zune convincing people to ditch their iPods if they already have [...]
Presenting the Zune 2: Glass: The plastic screen has been replaced with actual glass. On a hardness scale of 1-10 where 10 is a diamond and 1 is an iPod, glass is 5.5. This is a major improvement over the Zune 30. Video Out: The new Zune 80 will have a video out resolution of [...]
Microsoft recently unveiled three new models of their portable media player, the Zune. The 4GB and 8GB models will use flash memory and are priced at $149 and $199 respectively. For $249, consumers can get the 80GB version at $249. New features include the following: Wireless sync. Zune devices will automatically sync over consumers’ home [...]
Are you ready for a new Zune? What? You know, the Zune? Microsoft’s portable media player? Their answer to the iPod? No, Apple made the iPod. The Zune’s from…nevermind. A Microsoft PR rep has revealed that an updated model of the company’s oft-maligned DAP will be coming by years end. “We have seen the rumors [...]
Filing for a patent is newsworthy enough these days, particularly if it’s a new product from a tech company. The patents also give you some insight on what the company’s working on, and it can get pretty exciting if it’s a device that other people are already speculating about, like a Zune phone or Google’s [...]
