Zune 3.1 update out today - now featuring Sudoku!
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted November 18th 2008 2:52PM
posted November 18th 2008 2:52PM
We asked how you would change the Zune 3.0 software and Microsoft responded -- by upgrading Texas Hold 'Em. In addition to adding a multiplayer mode and some new single player difficulty levels to the venerable card game, the 3.1 update (out today) should find Zune Social easier to navigate, and a new "like minded listeners" feature lets you compare your music tastes to other users on the service. Additionally, the update promises an overall increase in stability and performance for the Zune PC app and the device firmware, including improved play count reporting and content synchronization. Rounding out this embarrassment of riches, the new software packs in freebies of Checkers, Sudoku and Space Battle. What are you still doing here, Zuneophiles? Hit the read link!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
How are you trying to update?
Do it via the zune software: Settings > Software > General> Check for Updates
Does it include support for East Asian Fonts yet? If so, I'm all for the Zune!
no, haven't you heard? People in the US and canada don't speak any other languages but English, Spanish and French!
I have a 160 gig ipod (100% full) and will gladly switch to zune if they up the capacity. I really really hope they come out with a 240 gig model, I just love the Zune UI.
Every time Microsoft releases an update for this thing, it gets better and better, and the reaction is more and more positive all around. Quite frankly, I think Apple needs to be worried, because if this keeps up, in 5 years time Microsoft is going to be breathing down their (black turtle-)necks, and once Microsoft gets to that position, it is EXTREMELY tough for a competitor to shake them.
But what about the AM band?! Where's my talk radio?!
Search is new and improved, really sweet
I think its great that they are updating the product, especially if it more than bug fixes.
However, there is nothing like the Nike+ for the ipod, and that is the one reason I will be buying an ipod.
I own the iphone, and it really kicks ass, and no, I really do not miss the MMS or the Cut n Paste.
What no one has mentioned as a negative to the iphone is that unlike the ipod touch, it does not have the nike+ dongle built in.
Now that, my friends is what sucks about the iphone.
-Edward
I don't see any mention of it, so here goes:
When the hell are they going to fix the video playback? Everything I try to watch skips so much that it's impossible. I've been using KM Player(tm) for the past few years, and it works perfectly (and comes with any damn codec you'd want!)
We need free Community Games...
We already do.
Its called xna
just look here
http://www.zuneboards.com/tip-of-the-week/how-to-install-games-on-your-zune.html
im from switzerland (europe) and bought a zune in the usa. but here, i can't have any automatic updates, so i'm still using 3.0.
Is there maybe an installer for the version 3.1 avaible? i wasn't able to find it on the offical microsoft zune site.
I want the EQ back.
After applying this update, the Zune software crashes my video driver.
Hard to believe Zune is still alive considering MS is losing money with this MP3 player. Given the current economy it is a matter of time MS will pull the plug on this unit!
zune a diamond in the sand?
i do have a v2 80 gb and its is on its way up maybe not up to the ipod but it is going somewhere other then down
just need ms to listen to people and add things that we want.
Word up! KEXP
I'd rather stick to the newspaper and save my battery life. I would however, consider purchasing this if they added a cryptoquip to that mix.
does anybody knows how to use the zune as a hard drive whit 3.1 firmware
this zune is gonna be da bomb, i was just wondering when it would be in other part of the country
I bought a Zune 30gb from the USA in December 2007. I have had it over 13 months now and I'm very pleased with it.