Just like Gizmodo went to the Zune LA party, so did Engadget, where they also took some pictures, this time of the Zune working with the Xbox 360.
Once a Zune is plugged into the 360 it becomes identified on the 360 dashboard.
You are then able to brows all your Zune content.
Allowing you to go deeper into all the media on your Zune…
Until you find that song you love to play.
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If you have iTunes and you download a song then oops you lost it, what happens? Well you have to fork the money over again to re download the song. Ok now that scenario in Zune MarketPlace, you will be able re-download purchased songs up to five times and possibly more if you call up tech support. Itunes does sometimes let you do this, but Zune MarketPlace takes it a step further and stem lines the whole process for the user.
If you don’t already know, they way songs will be purchased over the Zune Marketplace is via Microsoft Points. If you have an Xbox 360 then you would already know what these things are and be quite used to them. If not, then if you follow this link there is a good article describing what they are and how they all work.
Expect to see these little babies next to the iTunes cards at your local shop very soon.
The official Zune site (not the marketing one - ComingZune.com) is now online. Its a pretty basic site, but quite effective and does the job. It carries on with the brown Zune color scheme, and provides the relevant info needed. The site also offering users a pretty nifty looking Windows XP theme for your PC ( I will post some pictures of it when I install it soon)
There is also a new site, Zune-Arts.net which is pretty much Microsoft’s marketing site - comingzune.com but with a few more additions.Not really any info there, just a bit of fun to have a look around and see some pretty interesting clips.
Let us know what you think of the new Zune sites
Here are the Zune advertisement which you are sure to be seeing them on a TV screen soon.
Zune Picnic
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Zune Battle
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Zune Concert
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Zune Dog Scratch
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Zune Couple
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The Ballad of Lion and Gazelle - My personal favourite :)
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Zune adds have also been reported to be creeping their way into movie cinemas, moving away from Indy bands and web site advertisement.
So what do you think? Make you want to buy a Zune or not? Let us know what you think of them.
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On October 25th news reports came out about a Norwegian hacker dubbed DVD John, most notably known for cracking the copy-protection technologies on DVDs back when he was only 15. DVD John is all grown up now, and at 22 years old he recently announced that he has cracked the DRM protection on iTunes music. The DRM protection on songs downloaded via iTunes will only allow users to play that particular music on their iPod. What DVD John has said to have archived, is crack that protection, opening up iTune downloaded music to all the flurry of mp3 players out there.
What does this have to do with the Zune? Many people have said how they would love to switch to the Zune and ditch their iPods, but are tied down due to having hundreds of dollars $$$ of their music collection in iTunes, and rather not lose all of their much beloved music. This crack that DVD John has done could possible open the flood gates and allow iPod users to switch to the Zune and bring all their iTunes music along with them for the ride.
At the moment the crack is not out yet, DVD John plans to cash in on his work via his technology firm DoubleTwist Ventures, and is currently looking for a buyer for the crack. Will this crack come out into the main stream? Who knows. If it does, it could very well be a blessing in disguise for iPod to Zune converters.
[Thanks Ty]
We had a pretty good idea of the battery life of the Zune, but now it has all been confirmed, so here are the batter life details:
- Up to 13 hours of music play with wireless turned on and 14 and wireless is turned off.
- Aprox 4 hours of video play back.
The batter test was taken under the following conditions:
A single length average album of 128 kbps ripped WMA songs, played on repeat; with the EQ (equalizer) setting set to “none�; the default volume setting (i.e. not turning volume up or down); the back light timer set to 1 second; and with no other activity (like viewing pictures, navigating, etc.) going on.
Now if put that up against the iPod, the iPod 30 gig has 2 hours according to Apple, and 3 hours according to some review sites of video play back and 14 hours of battery life while listening to music.
So the Zune and Ipod music playback batter life are pretty smiler, while Zune comes off slightly better in video play back. Although to be fair to Apple, they have improved on the batter life in their 80 gig model, with up to 6 hours of video play back batter life.
