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Friday, Oct 16
Ok, Here’s another surprise – iPhoneMVP.com
Back when the iPhone first came out, I stood in line in the rain and bought the original iPhone. I still have that one today. I used it for a couple weeks and went back to Windows Mobile. There were a couple small things that I didn’t like about it, but most of those have been fixed over time. Recently...
Wednesday, Oct 7
Windows Phone Microsoft TV Commercial "Icons"
Windows Mobile to become Windows Phone?What if there was only 1 Windows Mobile Phone?Ozzy and Jack, The Samsung Jack…Microsoft has no plans to Build PhonesThe Windows Mobile 6 Name Game
Tuesday, Sep 29
More Messages About Courier
The paperboy has thrown another missive onto Gizmodo’s welcome mat, with some more details about the radical Microsoft design for the “Miniature Surface Zune Tablet” or as they insist on calling it, Courier. Gizmodo is promising some more specifics about the GUI in the very near future,...
Opinion: Keep Out of Direct Sunlight
In my Zune HD review, reader Paul Johnson asked how the Zune HD handled direct sunlight and I realized that that was a very good question, and in fact I simply didn’t know the answer, as I tend to avoid the sunlight like a slug avoids salt. What’s more, that question seems to have become a point o...
Friday, Sep 25
Ballmer Does the Numbers
Clearly Microsoft continues to view their mobile offerings as just an extension of their core desktop/notebook business and I think that is a good thing. Time and time again Microsoft has said that they feel the transfer between phone and PC should be seamless and invisible, while Apple s...
Wednesday, Sep 23
Microsoft Pink Phones Get Their First Closeups
These phones are going to be made by Sharp, who’ll get to share branding with Microsoft. Sharp produced the Sidekick hardware for Danger, who was bought by Microsoft two years ago. Pink will be primarily aimed at the same market as the Sidekick, and the branding and identity for it is highly d...
A Week with the Zune HD
So is it an “iPod Killer”? Read the rest of A Week with the Zune HD (1,185 words) It is now a week to the day since I received my 32GB Zune HD via the friendly goblins at FedEx (see the details of that little adventure HERE) and in that time I ...
Team Zune Learning Lessons Fast
Read the rest of Team Zune Learning Lessons Fast (399 words) Remember the conventional wisdom about Microsoft Customer Service: out of touch, unresponsive, outsourced to a galaxy far far away? It sounds like that, along with so much about the world’s number one software company, ...
Wednesday, Sep 16
Sign of the Times?
The above tweet from Microsoft, and many reports I have seen that stores sold out of their stocks of Zune HDs early on, sometimes to just the people waiting in line when the store opened (admittedly, in most cases stores got a dozen or two devices initially) are promising if true.
Wednesday, Aug 26
Microsoft and Zune Gaining Respect
Reading that, it sounds like the author feels that Microsoft’s persistence with the Zune is actually admirable. Perhaps people are beginning to notice that as Apple makes their iTunes system more and more closed and proprietary, Microsoft is talking about opening up the Zune system to a...
Thursday, Aug 13
Microsoft Confirms: Sept 15 is Zune HD Day!
Microsoft confirms new ZuneMicrosoft has no plans to Build PhonesMicrosoft Zune Phone In the Works?Zune Originals????Flash Zune and Zune 2.0 Details Ina Fried, author of the excellent Beyond Binary column at cnet is reporting that Microsoft has confirmed everything we already know a...
Monday, May 18
Opinion: Top 10 disappointing technologies
PC Authority has posted an interesting article about disappointing technologies and there are two Microsoft’s Products that are included in the list of top ten. Could you guess which ones? I’m sure you do: Vista and Zune. Here is what they said about Zune:
Saturday, Apr 4
Patch: Second Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters Video
And again in this video Microsoft mentions Apple. What did they say? Check the video. ---Related Articles at Mobility Site:New video “I’m a PC”Microsoft’s Surface Parodied at Gear DiaryMicrosoft’s Zune zooms into CNET NetworksCheck Out Microsoft’s New Security ServiceHave you insta...
Tuesday, Nov 25
Microsoft in the Pink?
He says that he has from a reliable source that Microsoft is going full steam ahead on the often rumored but never verified “ZunePhone” to try to compete directly with the iPhone. This source, unnamed of course, says that the new phone is codenamed Pink and will combine Zune functionality w...
Tuesday, Nov 18
REVIEW – iRiver SPINN 8G
The unusually striking design and mid-sized capacity (8G or 16G) puts the SPINN directly in line to compete with the new iPod Touches and Nanos and smaller Zune 2s. In that space, iRiver will have it’s work cut out for it, facing not only Apple and MS but the multi-headed Sansa line from SanDi...
Wednesday, Sep 17
Zune, better but still…
Yesterday I updated my Zune to the latest software and firmware, Version 3.0. While the PC part of the software did not change too much, it still slow, consuming a lot of resources, being the last thing you want to have to handling your music collection, with a very simplistic way to categoriz...
Thursday, Aug 7
Hurry Hurry - Pink Zune for $88
Thanks to Ace over at Zune Boards for this find, and oh boy what a find. A mere $88 for a PINK ZUNE! You should head over to New Egg fast, before they are sold out. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmobilitysite.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fhurry-hurry-pink-zune-for-88%2F'; addthis_title = 'Hurry+Hur...
Monday, Jul 7
iHome ZN9 Zune Clock Radio Review
Before I share some info about this review over at Anything But iPod, let me tell you about my only experience with an iHome product. Simply put, I returned the iHome Alarm clock for the iPod the next day. The alarm functions were week, the audio from the speakers weren’t very dynamic, and ther...
Sunday, Jun 29
Video of Some more Incipio Cases to Review
3 Months ago, I shot some video of a few cases from Incipio for the second generation of the Zunes. For some reason or another, I have a whole new batch of Incipio cases, so I decided why not do another video. This time I have 7 Zune 80 Cases and 5 Flash Zune cases to show you. These can all be purchased...
Thursday, Jun 5
Zune, I have to say this
I love my Zune but I hate so much the Zune software in my computer that I’m not using my mp3 player as often as I should. I use to criticize iTune software for heavy and resource sucker but Zune Software is today the champion of all the champions. On top of that, it’s a [...]
Wednesday, May 14
Microsoft Zune Mac Support?
Read on for the video and the screen grabs… (more…) --- Related Articles at Mobility Site:. Zune Originals???? Microsoft Zune Phone In the Works? Flash Zune and Zune 2.0 Details; Huge Zune Give-Away; Zune to outsell iPod this Holiday?
Monday, Nov 26
Patch: Firmware Update For The N95 classic
Related Articles at Mobility Site:. Zune Insider — There is a Firmware Update 1.4 Today; Zune Firmware 1.2 Released; Free Update Available to AVIC-S1; Apple - firmware update for its 17in MacBook Pro. Good News from the Zune Insider.
Saturday, Nov 17
Opinion: Got Zune News
It’s been a busy week over at Got Zune this week with the launch of the second generation Zunes. Here’s Got Zune Week in Review: Got Zune Site News: Introducing : Got Zune? Huh, Yeah!!! GotZune.com is Back Online Contest:Contest : Got Zune? Win One! Win a Zune Update Poll: The Rented Music vs. Ow...
Monday, Nov 12
Zune 2 Unboxing Video - Zune Thoughts
Jason Dunn at Zune Thoughts has more than 10 Videos online covering the new Zunes. Zune v2 Unboxing Video Zune v2 Promotional Video Zune v2 First Impressions Video Zune v2 Desktop Software Install and Setup Video Share This
Thursday, Nov 8
Patch: November 13th -Zune gets an update
zune The folks at ZuneSphere said today that Microsoft will be releasing a new version of their Zune software and a new firmware for current Zunes on November 13th. If you accept the update, you’ll be able to do the following: Wireless Sync - Yes - your current Zune will be able
Thursday, May 31
Patch: Zune Insider --- There is a Firmware Update 1.4 Today
This update (it's firmware only; software is still 1.3) brings an improved shuffle experience. For those slightly more technical readers, the direct word from the dev team: "this firmware update makes successive shuffle actions produce more random lists." Source: Zune Insider
Wednesday, Mar 28
Patch: Good News from the Zune Insider
What can you expect this update to do? A fix for the skipping problem that some users were experiencing – that is, content acquired from Zune Marketplace will no longer skip when played on the device. Improved device and software reliability, when it comes to device detection, and impro...
Patch: Good News from the Zune Insider
A Zune Software Update 1.3 is due out today, Wednesday, March 28, so hopefully you will be able to download the new firmware update. What can you...
