Zune 1 running firmware 2.1, Zune 2 coming Wednesday
By Nilay Patel 
posted October 1st 2007 7:28PM
posted October 1st 2007 7:28PM
Update: We're now being told that while Microsoft will announce and discuss the Zune 1 firmware update on Wednesday, it won't be available until sometime later -- presumably when the Zune 2s hit the market.
What?!
mine says it is already up to date!!
mine too
i want a firmware upgrade!!
I'm guessing the new firmware is for Wednesday and not today?
I think they are saying that the firmware comes out on Wendsday along with the new zune, because mine says it is up to date as well
I wish I had a zune so i can say its up to date
What sort of "software goodies" are we talking about? Regardless, this makes me happy. I'm liking my $8 Woot bag of crap Zune more and more...
any more in depth details on what the changes are in this new firmware? any more info? come on guys spill the beans!
When I heard that there was possibly a new firmware, I quickly synced my Zune, but sadly, my firmware is up to date. I guess we'll see on Wednesday.
The songs you download on your Zune Pass are yours for as long as you hold your Zune Pass subscription. ---- So i don't own them? How is the marketplace supposed to work??
The Zune pass is a subscription, in other words you are leasing songs. Subscription expires, songs expire. GO AMAZON MP3 STORE!
It's called good marketing: If someone went and bought a Zune pass for a month, downloaded a huge amount of songs, then canceled the service, that would be a lot of money lost.
That said, Amazon MP3 store FTW.
iTunes+ anyone? lol
Uh, some people seem to be kinda missing the point on this.
The Zune Pass is an all-you-can-eat subscription service. You pay $15 a month, you get to download as many songs from the library as they want. You can fill your 30 (or 80) gig Zune with any music you want. But if you stop paying the subscription, the songs will stop playing after a couple weeks.
If you buy individual tracks off the Marketplace, they're yours. No monthly fee. They are DRMed, though. I never buy individual tracks, because I won't buy music with DRM.
I personally only buy music on CD and rip it. It's higher quality and you have a nice archival hard copy. Subscription services are excellent for finding new music and DLing stuff I don't want to buy, like stupid pop albums I want to listen to once or twice or classical albums that I'm not convinced I'll like. Subscriptions give you (nearly) full access to a massive archive of music. It's good stuff. People who scoff "Bleh! I don't want to RENT music!" don't usually seem to understand what the point of subscription services is.
Is this Zune news frenzy of the last couple hours a backlash against the Apple-hating commentors?
By the way, I love the Apple news.
no, i think it be because information about the zune just came in..?
by the way, i love zune news
Oh please. Three relatively positive Zune articles in one day - compared to the months and months of iPhone and iPod news. It's not even in the same class.
That being said, "Thank you" to the Engadget gang for the Zune 2 coverage so far and for doing it with a nice even hand this time.
Much appreciated.
The only thing I'm worried about is that they'll get tired of this, and start a backlash before Microsoft has a chance to take advantage of the good PR (for once). That said, the new hardware and UI look very cool. I can't wait.
Seriously, people complained the day Zune 1 came out that four articles was too many. All the Zune fans have to put up with hundreds and hundreds of iPod/iPhone articles, let us enjoy our two days of fame :)
i think you need to update the zune software on the laptop before updating to the zune...
no, u just plug you Zune in, then right click on your tag or name and choose check for Zune device update, I’ve been running a couple of hacked on the software and they work great, the guest hack and marketplace hack, you can turn off the marketplace features and just use regular sync and media playback, that hack makes a tone of difference with computer resource.
Check www.Zuneboards.com for a lot more hacks for it
This is what i hate about ipods. You would never get the ipod classic features on a older ipod, despite it could handle most of it (maybe not cover flow)
thats exactly how I feel and is why I am happy I made my investment in a zune. I know it sounds scary but it actually seems like Microsoft cares about their customers.
What! r u kidding, srsly do have a 360, they hate their customers. They have u buy it & then shit in ur face! BTW I have zune, 360, windows, etc. I don't hate Microsoft, but they hate US. I just forked over $99 for my 360 repair even tho they make shitty product!
You're being sort of selective in your memories... My first-gen 5 gig iPod had a clock, calendar, and various features added to it via software, and I remember Microsoft's "Plays For Sure" program longer than Microsoft itself did. So it goes both ways.
Seeing that you have a 5G iPod, how do you like the new menu setup? How about the coverflow? Is it nice, because since you have a 5G iPod and you seem to make it seem that Apple updates its existing iPods with new software that is released for the newer iPods, i would assume you have those features as well in your 5G iPod, just by updating its firmware.
Right?
@ mferrari3:
Yes, i do have a 360. When mine broke, a courier picked it up on tuesday, then dropped it off thrusday morning. I didn't pay a cent and got a free month of Xbox Live as a gift. They hate me?
hopefully the wifi and battery indicaters being switched from horizontal to vertical implies a clock will fit in the horizontal space.
Even if it doesnt mean a clock. At least it's not needed to buy a new Zune. The new UI and everything will stay there.
You can buy the songs forever for about a buck or you can use the subscription and have the songs till your subscription is canceled.
Microsoft will announce Zune HALO COMPATIBILITY! well... I'd get a laugh. I like my Zune and Halo.
It may play halo with this update....
...but will it play doom?
No, but i am pretty sure that it will blend.
my first comment is highly ranked. *sheds tear*
The fact that your comments are highly rated have just convinced me that reading comments on engadget is complete waste of time. I wonder what took me so long?
OMG this is soo exciting maybe I should buy one... Or maybe one of those new nanos wow this will be a hard choice.
Where's our option to opt out of Zune news? This is getting pretty ridiculous. Zune this, Zune that.
Are you kidding? 3. Stories. Thats. All.
Three zune posts in a day.... OH NO! SO ANNOYING!
suriously
"wah wah wah"
I am actually interested in hearing what they add to this zune, after apple botched the iPod Touch for me by excluding calender functions.
Uhh, sarcasm anyone?
Yessss, finally. I knew Microsoft wouldn't just leave us Zune users hanging.
What is a zune?
fart with a lump in it
Aaah, I'm loving all the news. Just don't leave me out of it, Mr. Gates. Remember: affordable, useable, and ergonomic. Do me right, MSFT!
hahaha oh my engadget.. clean those pictures
"Clever... Is so last week."
I love Zune.
Vertical Wifi orientation FTW!
Wireless syncing FTW? Please?
Eagerly awaiting Wednesday.
OMG, all these M$ articles, you guys must hate Apple (read: sarcasm)
Bring on the Mac-compatibility?! Please!!!
Oh, and double-shot, tough-to-scratch surfaces FTW!
;)
many months ago i predicted that the would release the new zune2 firmware onto zune1 hardware!
i rule ;)
I read in several places that the announcements are tomorrow (Tuesday, October 2) *not* Wednesday.
Check it out here: http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_to_Debut_Zune_2_on_Tuesday/1191256215