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A new way to look at Microsoft Zune

16 Sep 2009

If you read my blog, you probably already know I am a big fan of Microsoft’s Zune. As disheartened as I am when people haven’t heard about it, I get even more frustrated when people don’t get it, and give Zune and the ZunePass subscription a bad rap without even understanding it.
I am going to [...]

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Tags: Microsoft, Zune, ZunePass

Think the new $0.69 iTunes Price is cheap? It’s nothing compared to Zune Pass.

In: Music

6 Jan 2009

What’s that you say? Subscription sucks because you want to own your music? Here are some numbers for you.

iPod Classic 120GB
Zune 120GB

$224 @ Amazon
$239 @ Amazon.com

$0.69 DRM
$14.99/mo.

16,000 songs
16,000 songs

$11,040
61 years @ 14.99/mo.

What’s that you say? let me explain a little further. I pay $14.99 per month with my Zune Pass subscription. It gives me access [...]

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Tags: iPod, iTunes, Zune

iTunes, let go of my computer please…

In: Music

23 Nov 2008

I am really curious about something. iTunes is a media player, right? QuickTime is a codec and a browser plugin for the most part, correct?
I mean, iTunes plays MP3 and other media files, I can see there being file associations to open iTunes with certain file types. I know that it’s meta-data is all [...]

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Tags: iPod, iTunes, Zune

The Philocast – Episode 18 – Zune and the Wind

In: Technology

19 Oct 2008

Welcome to my newly rebooted Philocast podcast. I haven’t done an audio only podcast in almost a year and thought it was high time I got back on the wagon. This week’s episode features an entirely new audio setup from the last time I recorded one so I hope the audio is top notch!
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Tags: Zune

Zune Software Shows Psychic Abilities….

In: Music

13 Oct 2008

Ok, apparently the Zune software is psychic. Look at my picks for today, we have Buckcherry (Metal), Avenged Sevenfold (Metal), Saving Abel (Metal), Dragon Force (Metal), System of a Down (Metal), Three Days Grace (Metal) and JOURNEY!? How did they know I loved some Journey. Wow, I gotta say, way to go Zune, you [...]

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Tags: Zune

Does this guy really think he will be missed as an unofficial spokesperson?

In: Random

29 Jul 2008

When you are competing with products that are trendy, fashionable and appear to be refined and expensive (aka Apple) is this what you want pimping your product? Not me.

R.I.P. Zune Guy…..

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Tags: Zune

Who the hell buys a Zune at GameStop?

In: Technology

27 May 2008

GameStop, a leading video game retailer, has decided that it will no longer stock Microsoft’s Zune players, citing poor sales. And while I don’t quite agree with my fellow-blogger Don Reisinger that this is the beginning of the end for Zune, it’s hard to see any silver lining in the news.
From Microsoft loses a Zune [...]

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Tags: Zune

Review: Microsoft Zune

In: Technology

16 Dec 2007

I had some real reservations with Dawngrrl handed me this little gift bag with a new 8GB Microsoft Zune in it. I had been wanting one for quite awhile, but being the guy with 3 iPods (2 now, I sold one!) I wasn’t sure if this little gadget would find it’s way into the [...]