Archive for November, 2008

New Zune Advertisement debuts

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

A new advertisement for the Zune debuted last night during Heroes and it features hip hop artist Common and Afrika Bambaataa. A real cool advertisement. But anything would be better than the fake Zune commercial. Check it out and let us know what you think. – Geoff [Source: Gizmodo]

Flash-based Zune gets price cut for holiday season

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

There is more great news for all your hardcore Zune fans. Earlier today, we reported that Zune 3.1firmware, which includes three free games, has been released. Well not, it has been reported that flash-based Zunes will be getting a price cut. The 4GB flash-based Zune will cost around $99, the 8GB costs about $139, and [...]

Released Zune 3.1 firmware includes 3 free games

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Zune released their 3.1 update and it includes some extra goodies. Not only does it improve navigation of the Zune Social, it includes three free games! The new Zune 3.1 firmware includes Checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle. Also included is some improved stability and performance to the Zune firmware and Zune PC software. Updated to [...]

Microsoft takes Zune to creative Crispin

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Microsoft is feeling the pressure of the holiday season that they have decided to go to MDC Partners’ Crispin Porter & Bogusky, the marketing firm behind the Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates and the “I’m a PC” advertisements, to help with marketing for the Zune player. Before Crispin, marketing firm T.A.G. was in charge of the Zune. [...]

Zune survey hints at Zune and Xbox integration

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The newest Zune newsletter had a survey with a question that hinted at possible integration between the Zune and the Xbox 360. The Survey question asked if users ever connected their Zune and Xbox 360, one of the following questions was if you ever used your Zune hard drive for extra Xbox 360 storage. This [...]

Zune 8GB in Canada gets $50 price cut

Friday, November 14th, 2008

A Canadian retail store called Future Shop has given the second-gen Zune 8GB a $50 price cut, which drops the price to abot $100 in Canadian dollars. With the current transfer rate, that is around $82 in US dollars. The problem with this move by Future Shop is that it undercuts the American and the [...]

Zune finally releases their 120GB Blue Zune

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Images of the Zune 120GB Blue were circulated around the internet a while back, and I have to admit the Zune in blue does look pretty darn good! And now finally, after all the wait Zune has released the 120GB Blue Zune. Check out Zune.net for more info about the cool new Zune in blue. [...]

Zune Orange 30 and Goods Special Edition Zune

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

One thing that makes the Microsoft Zune really stand out from the Apple iPod and the sea of MP3 players is their custom Zunes. Some argue that Zune releases too many “custom” Zunes, but I say as long as it’s different and not the same 5 or so colors over and over again. The iPod [...]

Windows Mobile 6.5 looks very Zune like

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Screen shots of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 have been seen online and they look an awful lot like the Zune, we hope this means that there will be integration with the Zune and this next gen of handsets. Or maybe they just used some of the Zunes style because we all know the Zune [...]

Zune Originals unveils 46 new designs

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Microsoft’s Zune Originals unveiled 46 new designs for their Zune music players. The new designs coincide with the newly updated Zune Original site. The new designs feature three new lines: Artist, Zodiac and Tattoo. The new art work is from featured artists from across the globe. These new custom Zunes would make great gifts this [...]