http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 21st 2006 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
You'd think stores would have started checking returned items by now.]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
The lesson here is don't shop at Wal-Mart. Not the first time they've sold a returned item filled with porn. (Although, if you like porn, maybe the lesson is *do* shop at Wal-Mart. There are easier and more reliable ways of getting it, though.)
]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/ No way for MS to control that...

Does Zune provide a function "Reset to Factory Defaults"?

If answer is "Yes" - then blame Wal*Mart. If answer is "No" - then blame M$ for not providing the vital functions.

P.S. I bet "Reset" function is there. Though it is M$ we are talking about.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Maybe it was loaded post sale to get some extra gift cards from wally world.

Porn really drives the technology market. We should all just embrace it.

http://www.vequalsir.com]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Just one more reason not to shop at Walmart.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
This will be a problem from here on out for all retailers selling devices with storage capabilities. Heck if you get caught in the future from the RIAA and they say you downloaded music, just tell them you bought the computer at Wal-Mart and it came with it "pre-installed" and you were just enjoying it. "Honestly, it was a cheap open-box item, and it was nice of Wal-Mart to fill my 120 GB hard drive with free music."

Companies need to watch themselves, and learn how to "recondition" devices before putting them back up for sale.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/I wouldn't put all the blame on MS or WM right now.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
"Join the social" ROTFLMAOOL
]]>Dec 20th 2006 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
(Sorry)]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
So don't be surprised if you see more Zune bashing in the future.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
I was always wondering why CE manufacturers even bother to include such self-destruct functions with their devices. Now I know.

My question is, did M$ provided such function in Zune or not.]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/ This will be a problem from here on out for all retailers selling devices with storage capabilities.

I have kind'a being in that land. This problem - cleaning of storage devices - is 100% problem created by Microsoft.

The only file system properly read/write supported across all kind of OSs out there is FAT12/16/32 and all consumer electronic devices are pre-formatted with FAT for sake of better compatibility. You do not expect USB stick to be formatted with Ext2/3 of Linux of HPFS of OS/2? Aren't you?

So the problem here is that Microsoft forces everybody to switch to their proprietary NTFS which is supported very poorly outside of Windows worlds.

Starting from Win2k, Microsoft handicapped format utility so it doesn't allow to create FAT partitions larger than 4GB. IOW, retailers basically have no tool to return the device to its pristine form. The tools used by storage manufacturers are proprietary and not easily available: some speculated that nobody wants to provoke M$ by releasing such tools.

P.S. I personally keep in office Linux Live-CD specifically for such occasions: it can format anything to everything.]]>Dec 20th 2006 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Regarding a full reset of the Zune - yes, Wal-Mart should have used the Zune's factory reset feature. Unfortunately, it's a non-obvious keyboard combination - see this FAQ entry - http://www.zunerama.com/zune-faq/faq.php?s=2#64 - and I doubt anyone at Wal-Mart would have known about it.

Still, very sloppy of Wal-Mart. This should be part of their procedure when re-stocking.

Unless, of course, this is somebody scamming Wal-Mart to get some easy pain-and-suffering money.
]]>Dec 20th 2006 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Seriously, that's what they get for buying her a crappy Zune.]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
I'm betting that mom did it to get some publicity. If we see Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton show up you know mom did it.
or
WM didn't reset the device when it was returned. Can we honestly expect WM employees to reset a Zune when they can't clean up that mess on aisle 4?
]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Looking at those ghetto nails, I have a sneaking suspicion that perhaps this is all a sham to try and shake down some $$$ from Wal*Mart.]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
There is 1 good thing to say bout the Zune: They caused Apple to lower prices for their iPODs.]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
... I'm with NHAnimator, if I see any electronic box with even the slightest of nicks, I'm looking for another box. I learned my lesson way back in 94' ... bought an open box PC from Circuit City for college (saved a few hunderd deer). Fuck all, that god damned thing changed my life. I went from majoring in Psychology/Chemistry to a major in Comp. Engineering just so I could type a fucking paper without having to hit save every 5 words in fear of the thing crashing and losing my work.

Sadly, the intarnets wasn't as widespread back then as it is now, I got no pr0n ... I did get a bios password which was unknown to me and a free install of CompuServe which took up 50% of my 320mb hard drive.

I'm not a fan of the Zune ... or those ho-ish nails. My vote = skanky mom ftpr0n]]>Dec 20th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/

]]>Dec 22nd 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/
Although I do think it's much more likely that Wal-mart just reboxed a returned Zune, or an employee was pulling a prank. I don't think the story itself is fake though... ]]>Dec 20th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/]]>Dec 20th 2006 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/walmarts-zunes-now-with-more-porn/Dec 20th 2006 10:29AM