Zune HD Twitter app updated, dirty words no longer censored

Microsoft promised us it would remove the silly content censorship from the Zune HD Twitter app ASAP, and here we are a day later with version 1.1, which lets you see all the schoolyard swears you could ever want. High five, assholes. Unfortunately, we're not seeing a huge performance improvement: it's a tiny bit snappier, but we're still seeing unresponsive buttons, laggy scrolling, and random WiFi disconnects. On to version 1.2!

P.S.- Screenshot of the new non-censoring app in action after the break. Be careful, it could damage more delicate constitutions.

[Steve Jobs Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:46AM]

lol

[Steve Jobs Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:55PM]

@Bill Gates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch3LubtcAD0

[SJobs Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:03PM]

@Bill Gates

Watch out! This is the Fake Steve. I am th real one!!

[yulebellow Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:09PM]

@SJobs

Are you the real fake steve jobs or the fake real steve jobs?

[TheSmartOne Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:01PM]

@Steve Jobs
OMG YOU GOT HIGHEST RANKED ON A FIRST COMMENT! @_@

[Kid Red Posted Dec 21st 2009 9:26AM]

@Steve Jobs
If a tree falls in the forest...

[Leindurstit Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:47AM]

I'm blind in one eye now, thanks.

[JONNNathannn Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:48AM]

That's what I'm fucking talking about.

[Arsenic13 Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:49AM]

Now for Facebook and that promised Live Anywhere crap. I want to have some xbox features on this thing. Give the games like 100 Achievement points and link it to my XBL account.

[KeegdnaB Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:02PM]

@(Unverified) It does link to your XBL account....and it always has.

But I do agree, there needs to be more.

[Shawn Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:49AM]

FUUUUUUUUUUUU lol I like how such a little "inconvenience" such as censorship on a device like this gets enough people pissed off that Microsoft doesn't screw around waiting to push out an update.

[MONKEY Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:24PM]

@Shawn

Seriously. How about something important, like broader wifi support, or more apps? I absolutely love the HD, but I'm starting to hate that Microsoft was the one that made it.

[MarcusMaximus Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:48PM]

@MONKEY Dude, it came out 3 months ago. Give it some time.

[CarpeD1em500 Posted Dec 18th 2009 1:34PM]

@Shawn

You aware brah?

You mad?

[GeekPI Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:53AM]

And the biggest controversy to face Microsoft, this week, has been quashed - thanks to the excellent reporting of Engadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2009 11:57AM]

I'm glad that people won't tolerate censorship. Language censorship feels more and more like an anachronism every year.

[derspiess Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:02PM]

"High five, assholes."

LOL

[yulebellow Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:09PM]

@derspiess

One of the best Engadget quotes ever

[1 STUNNA Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:05PM]

Holy FUCK! how did VBGOZ have a link to the article before it was even posted! That mother fucker just divided by zero!

[Wwhat Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:05PM]

@1 STUNNA
Side-effect of the higgs boson.

[bob e Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:12PM]

I am not a twitter user but if I was this would be good news.
My Zune HD needs a calendar and notes application.

[Hosain Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:15PM]

FUCK Yeah!

[Balbasour Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:16PM]

@(Unverified)

Make that six!

[Pusta Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:26PM]

@(Unverified) Normally I do not like to feed the trolls, but seriously fuck you. At least we didn't have to wait 7 years for the Apple approval process.

[shizbgby Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:27PM]

Ahhh, my (3rd...4th...28048942380840th time) virgin eyeballs!

The fuck people!

[loocas Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:28PM]

I don't give a fuck...

[Seven Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:32PM]

Insert swear word to look cool like the rest of the commenting crowd.

[loocas Posted Dec 18th 2009 5:28PM]

@Seven

Still don't give a swear word.

[Wwhat Posted Dec 18th 2009 7:42PM]

@Seven
That all the commenter can come up with is 'fuck' and 'motherfucker' shows
a) we are pretty innocent
b) all the censoring sniffled our vocabulary

[Wwhat Posted Dec 18th 2009 7:44PM]

stifled*
Sorry I let the spellcheck mess that up.

[Teslanaut Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:33PM]

So what about racial and sexual epithets?

[tylersmyler Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:34PM]

Fuck yeah!

[tylersmyler Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:35PM]

I'm gonna go get some soap now..

[MarcusMaximus Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:37PM]

@(Unverified) Unfortunately, you might have to wait a while until Apple copies the crazy nice OLED screen, 16:9 aspect ratio, or has any games for its handheld that look anywhere near as nice as PGR on the Zune HD.

[popoption Posted Dec 18th 2009 12:44PM]

@Pusta
I just published 3 apps within the past three months. The first on was in November, it took 15 days to approve. The other two in December and they each took 6 days to approve. I'd say that's pretty good.
http://bit.ly/8qjAyv
http://bit.ly/6lwMBW
http://bit.ly/6cwOZL

[bullwinkle12 Posted Dec 18th 2009 1:25PM]

Is the web browsing on the Zune any better now with firmware updates?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2009 1:49PM]

@bullwinkle12
Software quality? Zune users don't care about stuff like that. They're simply happy to be using an non-Apple product.

[SteveJobsIsAnAss Posted Dec 18th 2009 4:31PM]

@Darrin

How did Steve Job's dick taste this morning?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2009 5:19PM]

@SteveJobsIsAnAss
You're exactly who I was talking about.

It also looks like the Zune web browser still sucks. But I'll bet you're just fine with that.

[SteveJobsIsAnAss Posted Dec 18th 2009 5:53PM]

Darren, please answer the question.

[bullwinkle12 Posted Dec 18th 2009 10:07PM]

darrin - saw a video of zune with firmware update, browser is much much zippier.

stevejobsisanass - you're right, he did not answer the question

[imjason Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:33PM]

Yeah, how DARE Microsoft (or any company for that matter) censor their FREE product.

[pankomputerek Posted Dec 18th 2009 4:11PM]

When I write them they're clean.

[Reality Check Posted Dec 18th 2009 9:56PM]

Hilarious. Saying "Christmas" or "Jesus" is offensive, but yet people fight for the right to use swear words?

[Wwhat Posted Dec 19th 2009 6:41AM]

@Reality Check
Yes, and xmas and jesus isn't offensive in itself but it IS offensive to force a religion onto people who are other religions.
In the same vein it is offensive to force your uptight religion-based censoring on people, see how it is consistent?

Us atheist don't give a damn if it's called christmas or christmastree though, xmas is just a BS holiday like so many and you just snack and have cute lights and get/give presents.

[Johanu Posted Dec 21st 2009 9:16AM]

@Reality Check Oh, c'mon, just shut the fuck up with all those religious comments.

[CJ Posted Dec 19th 2009 7:46AM]

Oh crap, must need the update.

[jesus caro Posted Dec 19th 2009 9:16PM]

Ehh, i actually wouldn't mind this.
I'd rather get straight to the point.

"motherf***ing gas costs way too f****ing much f***"
Would just be "gas costs way too much."

maybe it'd help me stop swearing as well

fuck

[Canizorro Posted Dec 19th 2009 10:49PM]

Damn, this writer is an ass. Although he stated before that he has posted negative articles about Apple, he thinks it makes it okay to be over dramatic about minor issues concerning Microsoft. Sorry, putting a slightly negative post on an Apple article doesn't justify this nonsense.