Zune Thoughts - Daily News, Views, Rants and Raves

These videos are provided to the press by Microsoft for our use, and I'm sharing them here today because until September 16th rolls around, I can't shoot my own videos of this stuff. :-) These videos cover the following scenarios: Buy from FM, WiFi Features, MixView, and Zune Channels.

This is a really quick video that I captured while at Zune HQ showing a brief look at the new Zune game Hexic (included free with the Zune 3.0 software release) and the end to end wireless purchasing experience.

Background music by Chris Sparx.

It's official: the big Zune update we've been hearing about has been officially announced with this press release:

"REDMOND, Wash. - Sept. 8, 2008 - Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s end-to-end music and entertainment service, again revolutionizes how customers discover and connect to the music they love, where and how they want it. Starting next week, every Zune portable media player will let consumers wirelessly download or stream millions of songs on the go from thousands of wireless hot spots around the country. Free, powerful software and firmware updates will give Zune owners the ability to discover, tag and purchase songs directly from the built-in FM radio, wirelessly access the Zune Marketplace store on the go, and tap into interactive, personalized music recommendations that add even more value to the Zune Pass subscription. Zune is also expanding its device lineup with new 16GB and 120GB capacities as well as shiny new blue-on-silver and sleek all-black color schemes. The new features will begin rolling out on Sept. 16, 2008."

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