― Wrinklecause for Applause! (Wrinklepaws), Monday, 13 November 2006 03:42 (seventeen years ago) link
PlaysForSureXbox 360 integration Fully compatible with all URGE blogs
product launch this Tuesday, November 15th. who's excited?![spam link removed]
― Wrinklecause for Applause! (Wrinklepaws), Monday, 13 November 2006 03:43 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.superwarehouse.com/images/products/Sandisk_MP3.jpg
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:26 (seventeen years ago) link
-- Wrinklecause for Applause! (wrinklepaw...)
What's with the /RefID=Wrinklepaws at the Walmart site? Looks like spam more than anything.
― van igloo (van smack), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:38 (seventeen years ago) link
ugh i hate this thread already
― ^@^ (map), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Well THANK GOD
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:08 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/five-zune-tv-spots-211801.php
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:13 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd-fMA0HFUE
they paid someone two whole dollars to make it if it is real.
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link
They do have an advantage over the iPod: you can send songs and pictures from one to another. Granted, the chances of two Zune owners ever being in the same place together are probably slim, but I could see the fun-potential in sending goatse to random strangers.
― naus (Robert T), Monday, 13 November 2006 07:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 13 November 2006 08:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Also, it's got a stupid name.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Monday, 13 November 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, three times and/or three days, which sort of sucks but it's probably MS' concession to the big record labels (in addition to paying Universal $1 per Zune sold). I guess it's fair though, to at least have the full song to hear like that. If it was good enough to own you could always buy it. If the song stinks, you're not going to care if it disappears. They didn't have a demo of the Zune software, so I don't know how that is, nor do I know how good the bundled headphones sound (most likely crappy).
― naus (Robert T), Monday, 13 November 2006 10:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― carson dial (carson dial), Monday, 13 November 2006 11:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Microsoft aren't even compatible with themselves...
double whammy/kiss of death.
saw Zune ad @ movie theatre Saturday. Trying so hard to be hip it was painful. "Welcome To The Social" = worst slogan of all time.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 13 November 2006 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 13 November 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.zune.net/en-us/social/launchparty.htm
― StanM (StanM), Monday, 13 November 2006 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― a.b. (alanbanana), Monday, 13 November 2006 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― a.b. (alanbanana), Monday, 13 November 2006 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― PRKLTR (flezaffe), Monday, 13 November 2006 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/13/business/13zune.1903.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/13/business/13zune.3951.jpg
― manute lol (sanskrit), Monday, 13 November 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
As a side note, I never realized that Alanis Morissette had a song called "Doth I Protest Too Much?" - I'm surprised that this grammatically incorrect allusion to Shakespeare didn't provide even more fodder for the relentless mockers of "Ironic."
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 13 November 2006 16:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Monday, 13 November 2006 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Monday, 13 November 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Digg This!
One of the key selling points of the iPod (I'd go as far as to say that it's the unique selling point) is that the iTunes store is easy to use. In fact, it's very simple to use. I'd hoped that Microsoft would follow suit with the Zune Marketplace. It didn't.
Apple Matters takes a look at how the Zune Marketplace works and here's how they summarize the process:
The 5 Step Plan To Fill Your Zune With Legal Music 1. Create a free Zune account 2. Register a valid credit card 3. Buy “points” from MS 4. Scratch your head as you try to figure out why you need to buy “points” to buy songs. Why can’t you just use standard American currency? Doesn’t Microsoft accept the Dollar anymore? 5. Say “screw it” and go buy an iPod
The Zune points system works as follows:
$5 = 400 points $15 = 1200 points $25 = 2000 points $50 = 4000 points
For those just wanting to buy a few tracks, it's going to be an pain in the rearThis means that a Zune Point is worth 1.25 cents and a track is priced at 79 Zune points costing 98.75 cents (so ultimately it is cheaper than the iTunes store ;-). So you have to pay up $5 before you can buy a single song. From Microsoft's point of view, that's a good thing because it means that people keep on coming back, but from the point of view of the customer it means giving Microsoft a minimum of $5 for a single purchase.
The points system is also a clever way of hiding the real price of the tunes. It'll be easier for Microsoft to add one point to the cost of a tune that it will be for Apple to add a single cent to the price, even though both would take the price of a track up to the $1 psychological barrier. (Which sounds cheaper to you - 79 Zune Points or 99 cents? 80 Zune points or $1?). It also means that you almost always end up with spare points, spare points that you won't want to waste.
Microsoft's reason for using points is that they can also be used at both the Zune Marketplace and the Xbox Live Marketplace. That might be good for Xbox Live Marketplace users but for those just wanting to buy a few tracks, it's going to be an pain in the rear.
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Looks like the band Secret Machines is doing a free show at Pine and 4th at 12pm, right when the worst weather this year in Seattle will start.. (heavy winds, heavy rains)... barely anything on top covering the stage. If you hear of members of the band Secret Machines getting electrified due to water/power shorts, you heard it here first.
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Monday, 13 November 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― musically (musically), Monday, 13 November 2006 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 13 November 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Monday, 13 November 2006 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Monday, 13 November 2006 23:54 (seventeen years ago) link
It works both ways. Vertically for music, and horizontally for video. The controls (volume, etc.) reorient themselves accordingly.
My thoughts are that the Zune, while a passable iPod imitator, will suffer under the weight of MS' own ineptitude.
― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 00:46 (seventeen years ago) link
x-post
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:02 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.seattletimes.com right now.
Picture of Bill Gates digging his Zune while The Secret Machines are behind him in rock hair position.
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I didn't know John Richards (KEXP) looked like a Beachwood Spark.
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― songs and ballads of the bituminous miners (sanskrit), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 02:01 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irylEFW6KLs
― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4217/alltheseub1.jpg
― songs and ballads of the bituminous miners (sanskrit), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link
"I got new iPod and my neighbor only got iPod mini. Everyone know it for girls!"
― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― van igloo (van smack), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 04:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Developer/Zune
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
"As 'Black Friday' approaches and consumers line up for the Playstation 3 it looks like Zune has become an afterthought. Despite months of hype, opening Zune sales are only so-so. While Zune did reach the top 10 on Amazon's Top 25 list for electronic product sales on its first day, it quickly fell below the top 15 and continues to drop. Six separate iPod models now outsell it as well as SanDisk's e250 player. In-store sales are not much better."
SONED BY SANDISK!!!!
― roc u like a § (ex machina), Sunday, 19 November 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link
Bloggerati freebie moochers, STEP UP YOUR GAME
———————— Sent from my iPhone Wireless Handheld
― sanskrit, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks like SANDISK has left the Zune SANSDICK!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! . . . . . . . . . Yes it took me seven months to come up with that.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 29 June 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/first-zune-2-and-zune-flash-shots-295284.php
omg new Zune 2.0 pics have leaked
― Wrinklepaws, Thursday, 30 August 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
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― am0n, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
This is worth a chuckle or two:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nRKIDdIaFyE
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1196/1413503036_c4a5b446e6.jpg?v=0
― Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
His face says "I was really drunk at the time"
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
product launch this Tuesday, November 15th. who's excited?! [spam link removed - mod]
-- van igloo (van smack), Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:30 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link
― deej, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
http://justanothermobilemonday.com/Wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/zune-anus-thumb.png
― Wrinklepaws, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
HAH, that's made my day.
― grimly fiendish, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree that the Zune is kind of lame. My excuse for having one is that they were selling the brown ones (and only the brown ones) for $100 at Radio Shack. Much cheaper than the comparable 30GB player from Apple. The software kind of sucks - I use a LAME encoder to rip music and MP3Tag to edit the tags - but the player itself seems to work fine.
― o. nate, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, and I also disable that dumb wifi song-sharing feature, which only drains the batteries.
― o. nate, Friday, 25 April 2008 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
the software that comes with players always sucks tho, to be fair, up to and including itunes. creative's app is the worst, unless you count rhapsody (tied to sansa i think?).
― tremendoid, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i actually like itunes. it's very simple.
― Creeztophair, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:56 (sixteen years ago) link
i subsscribe to rhapsody because i like hearing every piece of music ever but that app is a pos and wholly unfit for library type functions. forget customization, i'd settle for a cut + paste in the context menu.
― tremendoid, Friday, 25 April 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not even sure where I put this thing.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 25 April 2008 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i went on a date with a proud zune owner last weekend
― a passion for posting (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
how'd the date go, and did she play any music on her zune for you?
― mh, Friday, 3 October 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Proud Zune Owner
― Trip Maker, Friday, 3 October 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
he did not play any music on his zune for me, nor did he have a tattoo
― a passion for posting (J0rdan S.), Friday, 3 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
apologies for gender-specificness in previous post, although the mixup is making me think I know someone who might do well with a zune
― mh, Friday, 3 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
zune pride parade
― and what, Friday, 3 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
met another zune owner today
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 June 2009 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
over the internet?
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
nah irl! it was v weird
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:21 (fourteen years ago) link
did you guys send each other songs over wifi?
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
m seeking m zune owner.
― margot channing tierkreis (Lamp), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
fyi j0rdan s i know a dude w/ a zune
― margot channing tierkreis (Lamp), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont own a zune!! "another" was referring to my post upthread about going on a date with a zune owner
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
oh haha it really made u sound like you were one, ever yearning to make contact with a fellow zuner
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link
uncrowned king of the zunes his lost kingdom his ppl scattered ever seeking to reunite the tattered remnants of his ppl and maybe share some music over wi-fi
― margot channing tierkreis (Lamp), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:32 (fourteen years ago) link
ya
― s1ocki, Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:34 (fourteen years ago) link
let's option that screenplay to max & lamp productions
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i have a friend w a zune. i think hes trying to 'think different' (tm apple)
― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, 18 June 2009 06:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Microsoft Exec Slams Report of Zune Death
― tremendoid, Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:12 (thirteen years ago) link
please remain calm
Ok, it's finally official.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
I"m probably the only person here that has one of these and uses it regularly. It's an 80 gig Zune - the red one with the larger screen. Never used any of the wifi, video, radio, sharing, social bullshit or anything. As a basic mp3 player, it's good. The software is pretty bad, the tagging and all that stuff is slow as hell and doesn't work properly. The headphones were bad - the fabric coating on the wire used to rub against your clothes and send a scraping noise into your ears. I got rid of them almost immediately. The machine itself is nice, the screen and the interface is good, and I can't believe it's still working after 3 years. I'd rather have an ipod but this thing just keeps going.
My ratingsSoftware: FailHeadphones: FailFeatures: who cares?Unit: Pretty good
― everything, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
Software: FailHeadphones: FailFeatures: who cares?Unit: Pretty good
That's a beautiful epitaph
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
so this lives on in software form only.you buy (or get given one !) a windows phone and suddenly you have no option to use windows media to x-fer music over onto the phone.instead you have to install zune.which after a few settling in issues, i have come to like .. but still, why the break from windows media, as given i use an old school low spec xp laptop, i would much prefer to use wm as its easy on the memory ..
― mark e, Thursday, 25 July 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ly84e6EaM
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
I think about this thread title at least 3x/week
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
Surprised this didn't get a revive last year with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
Just get you one of these.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 13 November 2006 04:12 (eleven years ago) Bookmark
this is still otm.
― calzino, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
Got myself a Zune today
― JoeStork, Sunday, 14 April 2024 02:22 (two months ago) link
Why (as opposed to getting a modern DAP)? Nostalgia?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 14 April 2024 03:11 (two months ago) link
It was at a yard sale, didn’t want to miss out on the zune craze
― JoeStork, Sunday, 14 April 2024 04:48 (two months ago) link