Archive for the 'Zune Reviews' Category

The first Clock Radio for Zune players

Monday, December 15th, 2008

With Microsoft revamping, as well as remarketing, their Zune players, a slew of new products for the Microsoft Zune MP3 player has appeared on the market. With that, iHome has just introduced the very first clock radio specifically made for the Microsoft Zune player. It is called the ZN9 and it features iHome‘s Reson8 speaker [...]

Zune catching up to the iPod?

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Rachel Metz, a Tech journalist for the Associated Press, wrote this interesting article concerning Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player and how it is slowly catching up to the Apple iPod. Check out this interesting read: Review: Zune Slowly Catching Up to iPod NEW YORK —  The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat [...]

Pics of new Zune 120 and Zune 16

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Gizmodo has just received the new Zune 120 and the Zune 16 and have posted pictures of them online. Gizmodo mentioned that the Zune 120 did NOT come with Zune premium headphones, but the Zune 16 did. So keep that in mind when you consider buying one of these products. With out further ado, I [...]

Zune 3.0 vs iPod nano

Friday, September 12th, 2008

The Microsoft Zune 3.0 music player is here, but how does it stack up against the new 4th generation iPod nano? Well the folks at Zunerama did a head to head comparison of the new Zune 3.0 player vs the new iPod nano. Check out the specs of both players in the comparison chart above. [...]

Zune 120GB vs iPod Classic 120GB

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The Microsoft Zune 120GB music player is here, but how does it stack up against iPod Classic 120GB? Well the folks at Zunerama did a head to head comparison of the new Zune 120GB vs the iPod Classic 120GB. Check out the specs of both players in the comparison chart above. The essential differences and [...]

Zune how-to: Listen to your Zune on your home stereo

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Want to listen to your Microsoft Zune on your home stereo but don’t want to spend too much on a Zune accessory kit? You can get the same results with a Zune audio video cable from Inspiretech. Their audio video cable features a 3.5mm input at one end and Composite/RCA inputs at the other with [...]

Is the Zune Pass not all what it's cracked up to be?

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I had some free time the other day, and thought I would get some “interesting” music from the Zune Marketplace on my pass. With “over 3 million songs” in the catalog, these things might turn up. I actually found one of the albums: Kraftwerk’s Autobahn. This obscure album somehow managed to get the only popular [...]

The Advantages of the v2 Zune over the v1 Zune

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Confused about the differences between the first generation Zune and the second generation Zune? This guide will help you out with the low down in case you were lookng to by a v1 on the cheap. Perhaps after reading this, you might consider going for the v2. The Zune v2 offers so many capabilities it [...]

Jasmine France rates Zune #1 for Podcasting on CNET

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

According to Jasmine France at CNET, the Zune is the #1 mp3 player when it comes to podcasting. This was written in her recent article ranking all the top Mp3 players in regards to their Podcast friendliness. In second behind the Zune was Apple’s iPod Touch. Zune seemed to garner this position because of it’s [...]

Zune comes in at 7th for best Audio from a media player says Cnet

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Below is the review from Donald Bell of Cnet. They came in at 7 of top audiophile players. That was the bottom of there list. Here is the reasons why. Down, but not out…the Zune There are only six slots in our CNET product comparisons, so I didn’t have room to fit the Microsoft Zune. [...]