http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/ 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/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
It's gonna be very nice to have along side with Windows Phone 7]]>May 27th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/+1 I love the Zune Pass, great way to discover new music. If they give it to me for $5 less, even better.]]>May 27th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Um ... if we all say that the Zune Pass is the best deal around, wouldn't that make Microsoft say ... "Hey, maybe we don't need to lower the price after all."?

If they brought this down to $10/month plus ten songs, I'd get it immediately.]]>May 27th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
It really is the best deal. I listen to a lot of music (Over 200gb on my home machine) but I never have been able to carry it with me because no one makes an mp3 player that big. With the Zune Pass and wifi tethering on my phone, my Zune HD gets all the music I could want, anywhere. It's amazing.]]>May 27th 2010 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
All that said, a cheaper plan would great!]]>May 27th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
I have no problem with the $15/mo for my 4k+ songs.
A price drop would just make it that much better.]]>May 27th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
I didn't even know this service existed! I may have to give it a try...]]>May 27th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Zune Pass is a great deal as it is.

What happens to people who have purchased Zune Pass subscription cards, are they just screwed?]]>May 27th 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Best news today for me!

I loved it during the free trial for my zune hd. Now, I have to actually find songs elsewhere... which is a pain.

Please make this happen!]]>May 27th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Thanks in advance for your help. I have long been searching for a solution to this!]]>May 28th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Can't help you with your HTC. I have the Palm Pixi Plus and it comes with a wifi hotspot app that lets me open either an open or a WPA/WPA2 network. Both of which work with my Zune. For some reason it won't work with my DS though. The DS will connect to it and the immediately disconnect.]]>May 28th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://bit.ly/zunehd-64-series]]>May 28th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 28th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/Who am I kidding Microsoft wasted money on building the Zune in the first place, because it doesn't compare with the Apple's iPod in sales worldwide. ]]>May 27th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
"Who am I kidding Microsoft wasted money on building the Zune in the first place"

People buy and do have Zunes, so its not a waste]]>May 27th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/The Zune is a waste? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! NOT!

]]>May 27th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/As far as media capabilities the Zune is far better than the iPod. The software is far superior as well. ]]>May 27th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
As far as I know the Zune was never released outside of the US, likely due to not having their music store setup for international purchases.]]>May 27th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/The Zune HD is so much better than the iPod. The reason the sales are lower is because the Zune is only sold in the US & it wasn't/isn't marketed (at all) as strongly as the ipod was/is.]]>May 27th 2010 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/When the Zune was in Canada, despite the lack of Zune marketplace (hence why they pulled off (I guess they were unable to make a deal with the music industry).

I love my Zune. As an old iPod user, I am very happy with my Zune. Yes it's a brick, yes there is no Zune marketplace. But the software is greatly superior than iTunes in term of quality, navigation, and responsiveness, and the device provides a noticeable better sound quality, thanks to it's better sound chip compared to the iPod, wireless sync with the computer, better headphones (yes you can replace them, but take in consideration that the Zune was actually cheaper than the iPod). And like the iPod it has great controls.
I love my Zune 120, and if I had to choose between an iPod Classic, iPod Nano, and Zune (ignoring disk size), I would still purchase the Zune.

Oh the Zune works great outside in the hard cold Canadian winter, whereas the iPod can't (controls don't work, and it creates humidity when you go outside for a while and inside due to condensation, causing the iPod to break much faster. No issue with the Zune. My guess, from what I saw when I opened my old iPod Nano, is that the circuit board uses low quality soldering where it rusts, and that some circuit are made on a super thin plastic sheet whereas it's all circuit boards on the Zune (other than the HDD, it explains the thickness)

Now I can't comment on the Zune HD, but knowing that Tegra has a lot of features built-in one chip, and newer wireless chips are smaller, I can imagine causing no problem.]]>May 27th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
I just want to remind everybody here that ALL ideas have to start somewhere. And those ideas usually start off very small in comparison to the ultimate potential it has. There IS a building process that needs to happen.

I mean... you take a look at Apple 20-30 odd years ago, they had nothing! No real mainstream presence on any front. Just because you don't have a significant existence in an area YOU believe in doesn't mean you should immediately stop pursuing it. If Apple had of done that (or any other company that is well known for producing a certain line of product), goodness knows where the world would be at now. But they kept going... they kept building!

The point I'm trying to get across is, Microsoft may not have any where near as much popularity in the portable/freedom business as Apple does with it's iPhone/iPod lines... but give it time (as with anything). You'll start to see the fruition of their hard work, with more and more people gradually taking interest in not just what Apple has to offer, but what Microsoft has with it's Zune platform.

Why? Because they're both being real to themselves.]]>May 27th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/Just to let you know, the reviews say that Zune sounds slightly better than an iPod, which again brings iPods to the bottom of the table in terms of sound quality. I have a 32GB iPod Touch and 2 generations of Shuffle. I can attest to this fact that iPods are abysmal in Sound Quality. I use my iPod Touch for 20 alarms in the morning (the best alarm clock i ever had) while I use my Sony Walkman as an mp3 player. Shuffles are being used as pen drives!]]>May 28th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/nickleback sold 30 million albums worldwide. does that make them a better band?]]>May 28th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 28th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
They should make tiered pricing:

$5 for unlimited streaming and give the ability to create playlist online and stream them in the browser and phone.
$10 for unlimited download and streaming (maybe 5 free songs).
$15 adds the 10 free songs.

I'd like to see free music videos.]]>May 27th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
Then you can count me in...]]>May 27th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 28th 2010 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/
I like the sound of this]]>May 27th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/27/microsoft-considers-a-zune-pass-price-drop/May 27th 2010 7:42PM