http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/ Engadget Comments for New Zune at Microsoft event on Monday? 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/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 9th 2007 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://tinyurl.com/ytl98o]]>May 5th 2007 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/01/10/470_iphone03,0.jpg]]>May 5th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/
But hell... if they even loosened up the format restrictions it would be great. The probably would be worth the whole press release for all the Zune people out there. ]]>May 5th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/
But whatever...]]>May 5th 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/
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Wow Engadget, your ability to link to your same whiny-ass post about what you, in your obvious infinite wisdom as tech bloggers hired by AOL, say Microsoft (a multi-billion dollar company) should do is amazing. Truly, the stuff of genius.
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Like it or not, we do have opinions sometimes, and they aren't always in accordance with Microsoft. We are entitled to them, despite not being as "big" as Microsoft. According to your logic, we should agree with everything Microsoft is doing simply because they are 'bigger' than us. No, if Micrsoft truly were listening to their userbase, they'd take cues from the marketplace, not the other way 'round.
Zune:
1) Windows-only
2) Windows video formats natively supported, others transcoded.
3) 3-days-or-3-plays digital rights restrictions
4) No Mass-Storage Class mode for saving data to like every other DAP on earth
5) No open format support

...are some of the reasons I won't ever be interested in a Microsoft Zune, no matter how "big" or authoritatively they "know what's good for me", or their size and financial position (which wasn't obtained through making the best products, incidentally)
]]>May 5th 2007 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/Thanks.
Someone appreciates intelligent humor.]]>May 5th 2007 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/13197/Xbox-360-Spring-Dashboard-Update-Features-Leaked/ ]]>May 5th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/05/zune-i-like-mondays-honest.jpg
If my iPod ever busts (here's hoping) then I hope the next iteration of Zune will be something I'd replace it with.]]>May 5th 2007 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/(just have to figure out how to input messages)]]>May 6th 2007 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/Was switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to work today
They're gonna make us stay at home

And Apple doesn't understand it
They always said iPods were good as gold
And I can see no reason
Cause there is no reason
No reason to buy a Zune, Zune, Zuuunnnee!

I don't like Mondays]]>May 5th 2007 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/--

LOL netcast.. that lasted a whole 10 days...]]>May 5th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 5th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/
I currently watch recorded TV from my Media Center and Divx encoded files on my Zune on a daily basis. The Zune player software on my Vista desktop won't play the files but it will sync the files to my Zune which will play it. I have a link to a registy file that will add Divx, MS-DVR, and MPEG capabilities to the Zune software.

Of course with any registry hack you use at your own risk!

http://www.dumbstart.com]]>May 6th 2007 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/But do you have to re-encode the video first?

The zune has to compete with the ipod and that's a hard sell. The people who typically want a zune are the people who want to be different or just don't like the way the ipod works. Apparently there doesn't appear to be that many of them otherwise they would have sold more zunes. But for people like me who love thier ipod, if you want me to switch you have to offer more. Right now you are offering less. Hopefully the new or current zune gets better format support, podcast and disk mode support, as well as a sleeker design and larger capacity offering.
It wouldn't hurt to also make the computer software something I want to use even if I don't own the zune hardware. That's how I ended up with an ipod, by first being an itunes fan.

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iPod = Piece of OVER rated Hardware

Fact indeed.....]]>May 6th 2007 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 6th 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 6th 2007 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 7th 2007 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 8th 2007 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/new-zune-at-microsoft-event-on-monday/May 8th 2007 9:52AM