Comments on: Zune… There I said it!

By: Brandon Steili

Brandon Steili — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:40:57 +0000

I actually considered buying a “used” one the other day just to try out what Zune had become in the past year or two… but my mind got the best of me

I ended up leaving it one the shelf since I don’t see myself buying music “OTA” as I’ve only done it a few times even with the iPhone.

By: Menneisyys

Menneisyys — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:06:25 +0000

situated outside the US / Canada (and because I don’t want to spend money on stuff for a device I don’t really use), I couldn’t test the new over-the-air Zune store features. Must be cool.

By: Menneisyys

Menneisyys — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:03:02 +0000

Upgraded my desktop SW to 3.0 and also my Zune2 8GB’s software. Apart from the channels, no radical changes - at least to the already existing menus.

The Channels are cool; too bad you can’t create your own channels. The ability to update them is also cool. I only wish there was a way to update traditional podcasts over the air, without the need for syncing with the desktop Zune software. Yeah, I know podcatching (with everything involved: incompatible feeds, incompatible formats can’t be natively played back on the Zune etc.) isn’t at all trivial; still, I would REALLY welcome full podcasting client support as opposed to the pre-made, no-user-channels-possible channel syncing currently supported.

(MS could, for example, just port the podcatching code from the desktop software to the device firmware. It’s pretty solid and dependable; it was able to sync to all the feeds I’ve thrown at it not necessarily present in Microsoft’s library.)

By: Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:26:16 +0000

@ Brandon, the metered response of a caffeinated person
@ Werner, I’d be really happy to hear what you think of the update, and so would our readers, and it may prompt other Zune JAMMers to come out of the closet as well

By: Menneisyys

Menneisyys — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:36:01 +0000

OIC, the 3.0 update will only be released tomorrow… will still post on it as soon as I’ve installed it.

(I only hope they added A2DP some time…)

By: Menneisyys

Menneisyys — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:15:15 +0000

Will very soon update and report on the success

Too bad I’m in Europe and don’t have full access to the store…

By: Brandon Steili

Brandon Steili — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:59:47 +0000

And Yes, I’ve had coffee.

By: Brandon Steili

Brandon Steili — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:59:25 +0000

I’d like to see what they have to say too … because the Apple commercials make transitions look instant and flawless on the iPhone too - but we all they aren’t that perfect.

Seriously though, I’d love to hear about the new wifi buying capabilities as well.