Zune Ranger

Yes/no

Free Zune? Not just yet
CNET News - While Microsoft may one day consider offering a subsidized Zune for those who commit to a monthly music subscription, reports that such a plan is in the works appear to be premature, at best. Zune marketing director Jason Reindorp, whose name was …

Microsoft considers almost free Zune to battle iPod
MSN MoneyCentral - Microsoft Corp. is pondering new strategies to help gain market share against Apple Inc.’s iPods, including offering its Zune music player almost free to customers who subscribe to its music service. The idea was floated in an interview with …

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Problems… surely not

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DailyTech - Universal bullied Microsoft into giving them a cut of each Zune sale (Apple had the guts to stand up to them). That same lack of confidence is why the Xbox 360 is a half-baked HD system. DVD is last generation SD technology. The Xbox 360’s hand-me …

October, 2006
Ars Technica - Right now, Zune users are not a happy bunch. While Microsoft had announced that a firmware update, version 1.3, was reportedly going to be pushed to users on March 20, it failed to arrive. Although I’ve had trouble verifying that Microsoft ever …

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pink…

Zune update taking longer than expected
CNET News - Microsoft is still planning a software update soon to fix several issues with its Zune music player, but releasing the patch is taking longer than expected. The software maker said last month to expect a patch in mid-March. The update is designed to …

Microsoft misses Zune deadline
PC Advisor - Zune users in the US who were waiting for an important firmware update from Microsoft were disappointed on Tuesday when the company didn’t deliver on schedule. Microsoft had said it would release an update on 20 March that would correct a problem …

Pink Zune on May 1st! Confirmed!
You heard it! We just confirmed the news with ebgames.com. According to the customer support, the new version of the Zune player is going to be available on May 1st at $249.99. The same player, same 30Gb capacity. Hopefully with…

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HOT TOPIC: windows
ZDNet Australia - There’s still a lot Microsoft wants to do with Windows, and it has its work cut out with Zune, says Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft As right-hand man to Red Hat’s chief executive Matthew Szulik, Alex …

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Microsoft CEO Ballmer Sees ‘Plenty Of Opportunity’ For Co
CNN Money - The fourth trick is consumer products such as the new Zune music player. “In a sense, I see kind of a positive in all of these areas,” Ballmer said during an on-stage discussion with Robert Joss , dean of Stanford Business School. He went on to …

Rumors, speculation and gossip
CNET News - If Microsoft’s Zune, the much-touted “iPod killer,” is any indicator, endeavors like Wikiasari and the Venice Project may encounter a tough road ahead. But then again, a fair number of us haven’t given up on the Zune yet. In this age of two-year-old …

Microsoft shoots self in DRM foot
The Inquirer - As a result, subscription music services are unable to extract play count data from portable devices, such as, er, MS’ own Zune. One of the alleged benefits of DRM is that metered usage of a track, based on the number of actual plays, can work out …

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i.Sound MovieTime Universal Dock for iPod, Zune, PSP
PDA Blast - MacWay has introduced the i.Sound MovieTime Universal Dock that works with the iPod, Zune and PSP. Although it was designed to work with the iPod, Zune, PSP and even SanDisk player, it can also work with other MP3 players, CD player, portable DVD …

Ever lower fidelity
Boston Globe - Manufacturers of music players are following suit, designing MP3 players that claim to restore some of the audio information that is lost when the digital file is created. Toshiba , which makes Microsoft’s Zune as well as its own line of Gigabeat …

EU Commissioner Sounds Off Against iTunes
Information Week - For instance music purchased from Microsoft’s Zune store only play on Zune players and the same goes for music purchased from Sony’s Connect store for Sony’s players. So far, the EC, and especially its anticompetition office, has taken no official …

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Zune and the uplift wars
ZDNet Blogs - Silliness aside, he’s got a point - one that’s applicable to “toadlife”’s nissian question : “how do I sync my Blackberry with a Sun Ray?” Here’s the mindset behind that question, nicely illustrated by something Zdnet’s own David Berlind wrote back …

Set your Zune to copy, not steal, films
Dallas Morning News - Let’s start with the standard warning — please don’t steal content by copying movies you don’t own. Renting a movie from Netflix or Blockbuster to copy it is against the law and will bring you bad karma. Plus it will make the movie studios work …

Local Zune early adopters warned to wait
Age - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates shows off the Zune media player to a crowd at a launch party in downtown Seattle in November. Microsoft has strongly advised Australians to avoid buying its Zune music player from local retailers. The software giant is …

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Microsoft fix to keep Zune from skipping a beat
CNET News - Microsoft is planning to issue a firmware update next month designed to fix a glitch that is causing some owners of the Zune music player to experience skipping when playing songs purchased from Microsoft’s online store. Zune marketing director Jason …

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DailyTech - Its the Microsoft Zune. Zune itself should be a free use word. When refering to the MP3 player yes the Microsoft Zune. Its Microsoft Office Live. The word or company name should allow for patent use not the name of the product. Apple would sue …

Music, video players add Wi-Fi access
Computerworld - February 27, 2007 (PC World) — Built-in Wi-Fi access hasn’t done much to sell Microsoft’s Zune or the less-well-known Music Gremlin. But Wi-Fi-equipped digital audio players are here to stay, and a new generation of devices from companies like AOL …

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and nightly complaints

Alcatel’s Win Over Microsoft Creates More Noise Than Answers
CNN Money - It was unclear if Microsoft’s newest digital media device, Zune, was affected by the decision; however, experts doubt it because the product didn’t exist when the claim period began in 2003. If the decision holds up, experts say Alcatel might be …

Zune Douchery Angers New Yorkers
I don’t know what the Zune promo folks were thinking, but they put a big Zune car out in front of Max Fish at 3AM, angering more than one infinitely patient New Yorker in the process. Even in a city where it’s common to see people …

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On the same stage

Tech Confab to Highlight Jobs and Gates Unplugged
Linux Insider - Microsoft also has been busy on the digital front, launching its “iPod killer” — the Zune music player — last fall and pushing multimedia and computing during last month’s release of the Vista operating system . Vista is the most significant …

Jobs, Gates to take stage at WSJ’s D5 in May
MacNN - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will also appear at the conference in his own segment, to discuss Windows, Office, the Xbox, Zune, and other topics. The D5 conference will also feature a roster of other leaders in technology and media. Confirmed speakers …

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