http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/..like Steve Jobs.

I apologize.]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Sorry to threadjack, but does anyone know if the Zune HD (or the earlier Zune for that matter) has unicode support and/or gapless playback for mp3's? Thinking of getting one for Xmas present, but it must support filenames & ID3v2.x tags w/ Unicode characters. TIA.]]>Dec 16th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/I believe that they added Unicode support to the older models when the HD came out.]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
but I do suppose having an option to turn off/on censoring would be great. something which could be implemented in the simplest of updates]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
The PRINCIPLE of censoring language on an app made to access external content is a different story. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Though they technically support unicode, the font on the old Zunes don't include most Asian characters, making it pointless since that's what a lot of people wanted it for.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Why would you love it?
The app sucks as of now; hopefully MSFT will fix that soon.]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Why would I (if I were a huge Twitter fan) love to know that progress is being made for an app that competently handles Twitter? Do you want to know how dumb of a question you just asked?]]>Dec 16th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Haha, that didn't come out right. I meant, being an avid twitter user (reader?) and hearing Nilay's complaints about speed (which other users seemed to have debunked), this would just be a frustrating experience for now.
Of course one would be glad for the _effort_, just not the initial implementation.]]>Dec 16th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Makes since now. The actually progress towards completion is what would make me happy. Not the app itself.]]>Dec 16th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
My iPhone 3G is starting to feel a little dated, it has that "as fast as it was when you bought it, but feels slow cause you know somethig better is out there-itis."]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Wait, let me guess, WIndows user?

LOL]]>Dec 16th 2009 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Because TweetDeck on my iPod touch will lag whenever I get swamped.

Anyways, it's pretty nice!

http://www.touchzune.com has more info on it soon. ]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/That would explain it; Nilay probably has hundreds.
Glad to see Microsoft has not done a bad job, but rather a good one; interface looks sick.]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Anyways, like I said, tens of thousands of tweets (estimate) per day is not normal...]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/yes?]]>Dec 16th 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 18th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/I get the feeling that the tegra processor is weak. I mean it's still using the old ARM11 core! ]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Well to be fair with the last update the Web Browser became a LOT faster. There were other speed improvements, though I'm not sure if that translated into faster loading apps. I haven't timed those personally.]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
No one outside of marketing-circles, corporate boardrooms of companies that are trying to look "hip" or ego maniacs that think the world revolves around them, gives a rat's ass about Twitter. ]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
What do you expect from a generation of end-users who wholeheartedly embrace a line of consumer electronics that start with the letter 'I'... It's all about 'them' - LOL!

These are extremely narcissistic times, and Twitter feeds that 'I' mentality for those who simply can't get enough of themselves, and their singular importance in the world.]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
But that's the whole thing - no one cares about reading someone's Tweet about dropping a deuce at 4:23AM. The whole popularity of this ridiculous technology is based solely on 60 year old corporate executives that are trying to latch onto anything and everything that they THINK "young people" care about... so they write an app for it, or integrate it into their website, or some of idiotic tie-in.

This is like how a bunch of companies changed their name and added ".COM" when the internet really hit mass acceptance back in the DotCom days.

And yes, I agree with you that it's not that much different than blogs and online forums, but you don't see companies tripping over themselves trying to make apps to access Engadget's comments page from their phone or toaster or automatic pet feeder, and yet you just know that there is some aging exec at some consumer electronics company right now thinking about integrating Twitter into his company's shower radio or other similar nonsense. And hell, at least this site (and other forums/blogs) have information/news that we are commenting about - Twitter is just useless comments about nothing. ]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/I started using Twitter, but the main purpose for me is that several programs I use release update information on Twitter. Cyanogen does this and it helps me keep my G1 up to date. I don't get people who twit every time they take a dump though.]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
but yea, I agree Twitter, blogs, and etc, only feed this narcissistic generation]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 17th 2009 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Maybe your friends or family aren't willing to say it to you, but no one gives a crap about someone's stupid 140-character Tweets. No one cares that someone is "at McDonald's now eating a BigMac" or "got appointment for a prostate exam" or "just fed the cat".

How can it possibly be about "community" when you can't have a 2-way conversation? If you actually want to communicate with someone you call them, send them a letter, or shoot them over an email. Hell, even a TXT message at least offers up the opportunity to communicate BACK to someone and have a brief conversation. Twitter is just a way to feed someone's ego - "hey look at me, I'm important enough that people are 'tracking' me and reading what I say, but I'm so important that I don't have to bother with any of their opinions or comments, it's all about ME, ME, ME!"

Ugh. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 17th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Ok, you've clearly never actually used twitter, or you would know that

1. most tweets aren't about someone's mundane daily activities
2. if that is what someone's tweeting about, those following them do so by choice and therefore actually are interested in exactly that
3. you can reply publicly to tweets via @ replies
4. you can send direct (private) messages

next time try actually understanding something before you start telling others they don't.]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
It's working very well for me.

Thanks ZUNE HD Team!]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Probably NOT...]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/Dec 16th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Long answer: Well, the media playback functionality of the Zune HD will work, however the radio, social and marketplace will not work. The Zune HD has a HD Radio receiver inside it, which is incompatible with the EU-wide DAB radio broadcast system. With no EU Social or Marketplace, thanks to copyright restrictions, you can't use any of the more unique features of the Zune, nor buy music over WiFi, take advantage of the Zune Pass or, probably most importantly; download applications.

So if you can forgo applications, or, since they are free; find them somewhere online off Microsoft's severs or intend to develop your own using the current XNA update or any future MS IDE updates, then you could probably get away with it.

Just be aware that if Microsoft DO bring the Zune HD over to Europe, it wont be 198 EUR for the 32GB Platinum, it'll most likely be 290 EUR, since currency conversion usually means very little when releasing products in Europe. So, are those features worth the *potential* 100 EUR price increase?

(I say potential as, hell, Microsoft could be good to us. That's even if they do bring the Zune HD over here. They may not. Sure wish Microsoft would let us know already.)]]>Dec 16th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Set your Windows location to US and make a US zune account. Works for me; unless this is because I'm Canadian and Microsoft decided to "unofficially" support us.]]>Dec 16th 2009 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
Download zInternational. I live in Australia and it worked for me :)]]>Dec 17th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/

Also, @Nilay, comments differ from your lag issues. Try logging into a normal twitter account (you're not normal, of course [:) and see if you still get lag?]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/zune-hd-twitter-app-now-live/
needs 3G.]]>Dec 16th 2009 6:33PM