Zune site down, 3.0 software update imminent

It's Tuesday and the on-line store is down which can mean only one thing: new aluminum MacBooks. Huh? Oh, the Zune store is down. Well, in that case the Zune 3.0 software update is just around the corner.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Tim @ Sep 16th 2008 1:12AM]

Who cares?

[WixosTrix @ Sep 16th 2008 1:13AM]

maybe about 3% of the PMP market...just maybe....

[Invisiblemoose @ Sep 16th 2008 1:15AM]

Lol, why are reading a gadget blog again?

[Reader @ Sep 16th 2008 1:21AM]

Man. This one never gets old. It's like oh man this guy is so witty, I wish I could marry him. I'd go freaking gay just for that wit. Please, Tim, spill some of that wit all over me.

(adding comment before I regret typing this and delete it)

[icepop4who @ Sep 16th 2008 1:22AM]

apparently you don't.
why are you reading this then? oh right, you have no life. not even online.

[Mobius_1 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:34AM]

As someone outside North America, I wish I can say I care... Come on Microsoft, make the Zune worldwide

[jhoeforth @ Sep 16th 2008 2:10AM]

Hey fanboi, didn't you noticed? There are at most 3 of you who thrash Zune in this article, your number keeps getting smaller and smaller. =))

[Sudo @ Sep 16th 2008 1:03AM]

Bring it on, baby.

[ridestp @ Sep 16th 2008 1:37AM]

Get it NOW!!

http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?FamilyID=6136349f-2b32-4946-83b5-a09775531ef4&displaylang=en

[ridestp @ Sep 16th 2008 1:47AM]

nevermind it says version 3.0 but the download is 2.5 :(

[drumdbeat @ Sep 16th 2008 8:27AM]

Can you, or when can you get the Zune in UK?

I'm desperate for this thing. The software i use already, but very limited.....

Else, i'll have to settle for iPod Nano 4G....

[Nando @ Sep 16th 2008 8:52AM]

AOTS on the video of the home page!!!

[Daren @ Sep 16th 2008 1:03AM]

bring on the freebees!

[icepop4who @ Sep 16th 2008 1:23AM]

Sorry, it's $9.95 to update your Zune 30.

[pgpprotector @ Sep 16th 2008 2:06AM]

icepop4who It's Apple that charges for updates.

[icepop4who @ Sep 16th 2008 7:25PM]

wow... that was joke. sorry you guys didn't get it

[markmox @ Sep 16th 2008 1:10AM]

i hope i am not the only one waiting up for it.

[mike @ Sep 16th 2008 1:12AM]

everybody on zuneboards is pulling a alnighter

[WixosTrix @ Sep 16th 2008 1:13AM]

well i have work in the morning so im not. i'll just check it out when i get up lol. i waited this long, i can wait a few more hours for sleep. but im sure ur not.

[Brian @ Sep 16th 2008 1:03AM]

Woohoo!

I can't wait to install 3G firmware on my 1G Zune (Brownie).

Apple --> Lick ma sack! (aka Eat your heart out)

[v3xx @ Sep 16th 2008 1:08AM]

not @ brian

"hey baby can i install my firmware in your 1g brownie"

[aaron @ Sep 16th 2008 1:41AM]

@Brian

3G firmware? What the Hell are you talking about?

[brad77 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:54AM]

He means third generation firmware on first generation Zunes.

[riggs @ Sep 16th 2008 8:12AM]

scroll up aaron....scroll up.

[ironman @ Sep 16th 2008 1:03AM]

can't escape apple comments even in a Zune post, eh?

[Conor Kirkpatrick @ Sep 16th 2008 1:28AM]

Nope, especially not when someone mentions Apple.

[kojo87 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:34AM]

of course not. its engadget. although if they didnt mention Apple this post would have been literally one sentence long.

and i will never get why its such a huge flipping deal when Apple releases a new laptop and everyone else is putting new ones out every month.

[Sirius @ Sep 16th 2008 2:00AM]

@ kojo87

That's exactly why.. Apple doesn't release new laptops every month.. Besides.. It's not like Engadget doesn't cover the new laptops that come out every month.. And it's not Engadget making it a huge flipping deal.. It's all the comments that accompany that article that make it a huge flipping deal.. And yea.. Supply and demand dictates things from there~

[v3xx @ Sep 16th 2008 1:05AM]

shoulda titled it "we'll be back zune"

i dont like microsoft but i hope they slap apple in the face and get em back in line.

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:13AM]

Here in Canada, the advertisments said coming Zune before they were released.. They should have kept the pattern :P

[wetworker @ Sep 16th 2008 1:29AM]

W00t!! 3.0 is upon us.

[WixosTrix @ Sep 16th 2008 1:06AM]

I like how Engadget has coverage on the Zune now just as they always did for Apple. Makes me feel kinda special, but then not really since they can't help but mention Apple in every article. Get over it guys. Geezus

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:16AM]

It's Engadget policy.
Apple post contains Apple and Microsoft post contains Microsoft AND Apple.

[Chris @ Sep 16th 2008 3:27AM]

Engadget is like one of those fancy salads. There's always a bit of fruit in there that nobody asked for.

[mike @ Sep 16th 2008 1:07AM]

http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/mgc_chatbox.php?do=view_chatbox

live blog of the launch....if you'd call it a liveblog

[mailbox01 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:07AM]

Hopefully they add XNA and LIPS!

[Darkest Daze @ Sep 16th 2008 1:08AM]

Sweet...here's hoping for some cool shit.

[wickedpheonix @ Sep 16th 2008 1:09AM]

...at proving that you have nothing better than to hit F5 incessantly so that you can post the first comment on an all-important news post.

...to post the most cliched comment of all time.

Shall I continue?

[Sisyphus @ Sep 16th 2008 1:09AM]

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the iPast.

[Paul @ Sep 16th 2008 2:40AM]

I'm dismayed that this update won't bring unicode support. Biggest complaint I've had with my 80GB.

[computer.dude.28 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:17AM]

Look what I found while I was waiting!!
http://www.zune.net/ZuneLogo.gif
...
goodnight.

[MastrCake @ Sep 16th 2008 1:23AM]

I'm kinda stuck with my iPod Nano "fatty".

You know what they say. If it ain't broke...

Aw, who am I kidding? Rules are meant to be broken, right? Riiiight?

[Zack @ Sep 16th 2008 1:27AM]

Zune 3.0 download link is live at http://download.microsoft.com ! Search for Zune in the downloads search.

[Tomoki @ Sep 16th 2008 1:35AM]

Which is why in the body of the listing, it says version 2.5. Just wait this one out, folks.

[Hidesquadron1 @ Sep 16th 2008 1:37AM]

That link must be mislabeled. File details state its the 2.5 update from this past spring. Nice eyes though, I have no idea why it would say 3.0 now.

[booboisie @ Sep 16th 2008 1:50AM]

despite being called Zune3, the stuff on download (currently) appears to be the previous version - packages marked 4/29/2008. name and mod date of the higher level dirs promise v3 - but looks like we'll have to wait a little while longer.

[MastrCake @ Sep 16th 2008 1:29AM]

I kinda get your point

You know, becuase NOBODY knows that this outage is for 3.0, right? And that Zune logo in no way resembles the obvious, riiiight?

[MastrCake @ Sep 16th 2008 1:30AM]

That post was meant for Computer.dude.28.

This IE8 stuff is really getting on my nerves, even when in compatability mode. Maybe I should just give up on IE altogether.

[Endejas @ Sep 16th 2008 2:40AM]

It's not IE8. It's Engadget.

Be lucky you haven't had it more.

[MastrCake @ Sep 16th 2008 3:08AM]

Actually, what happens is when I hit reply, IE refreshes the page, then I need to hit reply again. Sometimes I forget, and then stuff like this happens.