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A new report from Zunerama indicates that songs from certain artists can not be shared via Zune. The report indicates that of the 50 songs attempted to be shared only 29 of them were successful. That isn’t impressive see that only 58% of the songs were shared successfully.
Apparently, when the transfer between Zunes is completed you would receive this message: “Can’t send some songs because of rights restrictions. 29 of 50 songs sent to [user]’s Zune”. (As seen on left)
This is pretty disappointing seeing that Zune’s most prominent feature is the ‘Social’ aspect. It is also disappointing to see that the record industry is putting these limitations on the files despite the 3plays/3days rule already on the Zune. I hope Microsoft works out things with record companies to eliminate these limitations. Or at least tell the user of the songs that cant be shared beforehand.
Sample of artists whose songs you can’t share: Beyonce, Fergie, Snow Patrol, Akon, Weird Al Yankovic, My Chemical Romance, Gwen Stefani, Ciara, Blue October, JoJo, Nas, Fantasia, Daniel Powter and Young Jeezy
It appears that Microsoft will introduce games for the Zune by July 2008. This is what gamers had been hoping for and may help bring in Xbox users to Zune. However, this could possibly be the beginning of a change of focus on the Zune. The Zune could change from a portable media player to a portable gaming system or an hybrid product.
The head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business division, Peter Moore confirmed the plans to bring games by July 2008 on January 7th. He said that the Zune’s large screen would make it ideal for playing handheld games. He however did not mention the types of games that the company would offer. But it is expected that these will not be games won’t be directly competing against PSP or DS. Instead it is expected target those who want to play simple games, while listening to music. It will most likely be similar to Apple’s offering of games for its iPod line.
It is likely that games like Uno and Bejeweled will appear on the Zune. Which will help aid Microsoft’s Live Anywhere feature. Currently the Live Anywhere feature allows connection to Windows Vista PCs, Windows Mobile phones, and Java-enabled phones to Xbox Live. It would just fit in nicely for the Zune to feature Live Anywhere.
There are currently hopes that this 2008 release will also include Halo. But the big issue that arises is the controller scheme. The Zune simply was not designed to play games like that. An option for Microsoft is to release an add-on that makes serious gaming possible or releasing a second generation Zune that is more suitable for gaming.
This may turn out to be a good feature for the Zune simply because it will bring in Xbox owners. It is probably safe to assume that Microsoft is considering taking a similar path to that of PSP. However, the PSP isn’t doing as well as its much simpler competition Nintendo DS. So it may be a risk for Microsoft to enter this market aswell as they try to push a competitor to the iPod in the media player market. Overall it appears that it would be smarter for Microsoft to release casual games like Uno instead of games like Halo, atleast for now.
If you don’t already know, the Zune’s 30 gig hardrive is produced by Toshiba, and a few days ago Toshiba had a press release about their new 1.8″ 100gig harddrive. There is no confirmation on this from Microsoft if they are planing on using this new harddrive in any future models of the Zune, but it does look like Toshiba is heading in the right way on developing these very small sized harddrives.
Now the Zune is out, and if you were intending to get one, more the likely would have by claimed your by now. Well you want to customize it, make it look more “yours” thats where our ZuneInfo.com Zune Backgrounds comes in! We are launching a new exciting section of the site today where we provide a massive library of custom backgrounds for your Zune, with already over 200 images in the library and more being added every day.
At the moment we have 9 great categories:
Cars
Abstract
Video Games
Illustration
Photography
Pixel
Random
TV
Babes
With new categories coming such as Anime, Movies, Music, Nature and much much more.
We will also have a category for user submitted backgrounds, so if you feel like being a bit creative, then email your Zune backgrounds to backgrounds (at symbol) zuneinfo.com
Hope you like, and if have any suggestions please let us know.
-Cooper
By the way, I know there is a coding error on the side bar in the gallery, I am working on fixing it but having some difficulties, so if any coders out there feel like lending a hand, would be much appreciated.
Remember the post about the IME Zune car integration? Here is video of it working.
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What you think? Will you be pimping your car out with one of these babies any time soon?
Well you know what today is kids? Zune is out! So here is a little round up over the past few months to give you a hand in your decision to get a Zune or not.
Zune Launch Parties:
Zune Accessories
- Read this post for a round up of all the Zune Accessories
Zune MarketPlace
- A run down on the Zune MarketPlace here
- Download it here
Zune and Xbox 360 Working Together
- Some info on the Zune integrating with the Xbox 360 - here
Zune Review Round Up
- A round up of some of the bigger reviews on the Microsoft Zune - here
Zune Windows XP Theme
- Not enough Zune for you? Well got the Zune Windows XP theme here
And of course the 2 official Zune sites - Zune.net and Zune-Arts.net
If you are now interested in purchasing a Zune head on over to here and as always don’t forget the Zune community, come have a chat and let us know what you think of the Zune.
Well took a while, but finally got word back on what the Zune warranty is going to be…
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And the Zune warranty will be 1 year, which covers unlimited support calls on the hardware and the software. Hit up Zune.net tomorrow/today for more details.
