http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft beefs up Zune music and community experience 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/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Now, Zunes practically do everything the iPod G5's did, PLUS MORE. That's a BIG leap.

There still needs to be more work done, to make it much more better, but based on these facts alone, this is really amazing.

I mean, compared to the latest iPod, these Zune 2.0's really give you the bang for the buck. I mean, they are way more functional than the iPod's right now.

This is just like the "Xbox to the Xbox 360" jump.

It's that much better. Xbox went form a 'meh' kind of console to a "full-featured, multi-use, gaming console". Xbox 360 does a ton of stuff. Now Zune 2.0 does too. It may have taken a 2nd try, but I can tell where Zune 2.0 is going.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/How about stating some facts instead of saying blanket statements like the Zune 2.0 is better than the iPod. In what way is it better??

Yes the Zune is moving in the right direction but I dont see any major feature in the Zune that you dont get with the iPod - There are also many drawbacks with the Zune that still have not been addressed.

Following are things you get with an iPod that are not part of the Zune...
Video Out?
Address Book?
Calendar?
Audio Book support with chapters?
long battery life?
Mac OSX support?

What does the Zune add that we haven't seen in an MP3 player?

I think the iPod has set the bar fairly but also respect any company that manages to push the envelope and come out with something new. I just dont see anthing in the Zune that other MP3 players dont already do.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/you're right the Zune does have video out - my mistake

My point is that the Zune brings nothing substantially new to the table that we haven seen in other MP3 players

Battery life isn't mentioned which worries me, screen resolution is rather poor which kinda ruins the fact it has a nice size screen etc
The price is great until you realize that they probably just cut corners - oh and guess why the 2.0 software still runs on the original Zune - because these Zune 2.0s are probably sharing the same internals, so really these arent all new Zunes - just a refresh. Makes sense from a money making point of view.

I want to see MS come out with great new products not just play catch up - If MS came out with something that truely was better than what the market has to offer I would be the first in line to buy it.
]]>Oct 3rd 2007 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Ryan, why do you even post anything about Microsoft? You are obviously a mac fanboy. Recently, people have been complaining about you, your posts and the obvious slant you put on EVERY post. Enough. Report it as it is; if you can't then don't...


]]>Oct 3rd 2007 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
I do wish that I could have the new zune in Brown. ]]>Oct 3rd 2007 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2003920832_zune03.html]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/

http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/digged/]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Quick note: the Zune software was based off of WMP11, not 10.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
No more double shot, touch controls, shiny surface, it looks easily scratched.... Everything's changed. I'll just keep my Gen 1, and upgrade it myself, it looks like.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
I am going to keep my Zune 30, but I don't feel like I'm losing out on the experience, at all.

And once I'm ready, I'll just pop the casing open. Pop in a better battery and 160gb Hard drive and I'm good.

Good move Microsoft, but I wish it still had the same casing and the double shot.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/you should really wait until it comes out to decide.

A picture doesn't necessarily tell a thousand words - if it's not accurate.

Although it does look like (in the picture) it will be made different. But if it's for real, they probably did so to make it thinner. So people can't cry "bulky!".

So I'd say wait and see for yourself when it comes out. Or you can keep your v1 Zune - the firmware updates will still be supported. One of the benefits to Zune :)]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/


touching up-down-left-right isn't innovative or intuitive, msft! i want buttons!]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Give a w00t w00t for Microsoft! ]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/

SWEET]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Seriously people actually own Zunes more then a million people own them thats a significant amount. So go buzz off. We would like to hear some news about our player too its only one day not like we didn't have to sit through monhs of stupid iPhone gushing and iPod gushing.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Zune is pretty average player. Looks like groupthink overtakes reason. On Slashdot they'll bash MS and praise Apple, over here it seems the opposite.

The topic matters not.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Not only that, I would love supporting the company that introduced it.

Especially when there are so many completely unrestricted (upload and download) devices out there, working on any operating system without proprietary software being a requirement, much like a USB stick.

http://flac.sourceforge.net
http://www.vorbis.com
]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMP_11#Zune_Software

Anyways, the new software looks amazing, but...

I would have really preferred that Microsoft ditch the old buggy Zune software.

They could have transitioned the Zune Marketplace store to WMP 11's wide selection of stores, and made the Zune PlayForSure compatible. That way, it's more fair for the PlayForSure partners Microsoft has hurt.

Plus WMP 11 is the best media managing program there is! Compared to crashing iTunes on Windows, WMP 11 works like a charm.

It's beautiful, has a very simplicated UI, comes with awesome ways to tweak it (http://wmplugins.com), many online stores use it, and it just works amazing. Ripping/Burning have never been done so easy. Codecs are easy to find and download.

Zune should have transitioned their store to WMP 11, and let Zune management be taked care of in WMP 11. Microsoft deserting WMP seems really sad.

At least the new Zune software 'looks' amazing.

I'm hoping it just works as nice as it looks.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
There is no real reason the Zune can't sync with WMP.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Who cares?]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 2nd 2007 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Good news is that it appeals to iPod users.
Bad news is that it doesn't appeal to me as current Zune owner...]]>Oct 2nd 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
After Apple started bricking iPhones they lost my potential business.

I am getting an 80GB Zune 2 for my brother and I.

1. Great screen
2. FM
3. Wireless syncing
4. Interesting social network ideas
5. Good storage
6. Thinner, lighter

Apple needs some real comp.
It's about time.]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
Sheesh! lol]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/
LOL!!!! WHAT?!?! Comparing the wi-fi capabilities in the zune (or lack thereof) and the wi-fi capability of the ipod (the one that cna browse the web and download songs directly to it)

.....fair enough /sarcasm]]>Oct 3rd 2007 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/microsoft-beefs-up-zune-music-and-community-experience/Oct 3rd 2007 12:20AM