Microsoft’s Zune music player never caught on the way Apple’s iPod devices did. But the company actually made some pretty compelling portable media players, and it turns out some folks are still using them. Motherboard’s Jordan Pearson spoke with some Zune diehards earlier this year and discovered that some are hanging onto tech that others […]
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Microsoft to stop supporting Zune music DRM, go get your MP3s
If you were one of the handful of people who bought music from Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace before 2012, you might not be able to listen to your DRM-laden music files after March 12th, 2017. The good news is that Microsoft is offering an upgrade path: you can get MP3 versions of any songs you’ve already […]
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Lilbits (11-13-2013): Cheap phones
Motorola introduced the Moto G today, promising to bring premium Android smartphone features to a budget phone that sells for as little as $179 without a contract. But the Moto G is hardly the first budget smartphone around… or the cheapest. ZTE and Alcatel are already selling Firefox OS smartphones in developing markets for well […]
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Microsoft: The Zune HD’s not actually dead… yet
Apparently the reports of the Microsoft Zune HD’s demise have been greatly a tiny bit exaggerated premature. The Zune HD is Microsoft’s portable media player with a touchscreen display and first generation NVIDIA Tegra processor. It’s been on the market since 2009 and the Windows Phone 7 user interface (and especially the music and video apps) were […]
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Microsoft drops Zune Pass price… kills its best feature
Microsoft’s Zune Pass service lets subscribers listen to 14 million songs on-demand for a monthly fee. Right now you can also download and save up to 10 of those songs each month for no additional charge. It’s sort of like buying an album every month and getting a free on-demand radio service for your PC, […]
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Microsoft Zune is not long for this world
While NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chip is powering almost every new Android tablet set to launch in the next few months, the Tegra platform has actually been around for a few years. The first big name device to ship with a first generation Tegra chip? The Microsoft Zune HD… the little portable media player that couldn’t […]
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Zune HD 4.5 firmware now available
Microsoft has rolled out the latest version of its Zune HD firmware. That means you can updated your mobile media player to add support for Smart DJ playlists, additional video codecs including Xvid, and the ability to browser the Zune Marketplace music store while your Zune HD is docked and connected to an external display. […]
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Day two with the Zune HD (software overview) – Video
I’ve had a bit more time to play with that Zune HD that I unboxed yesterday, and I think I’m going to have a love/mild annoyance relationship with this media player going forward. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far after using the Zune HD for about a day: Pros: The user interface is incredibly slick […]
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First look at the Zune HD with NVIDIA Tegra – Video
The NVIDIA Tegra platform combines a low power ARM processor with high performance NVIDIA graphics to enable HD video playback on low power devices with excellent battery life. We’re still waiting for the first NVIDIA Tegra powered netbooks or smartbooks to hit the market. But there is one device that’s already available that uses the […]
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Microsoft Zune software meets an 800 x 480 pixel screen
Ever wonder how well Microsoft’s Zune synchronization software works on the Eee PC? Yeah, me neither, but Stefan over at I Have a Zune happened to find himself with a Zune and an Eee PC running Windows XP. So of course one of the first things he did was install the Zune software.It turns out […]