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Saturday, November 24th, 2007 I guess when lack of stock is covered on CNN Money it’s a good thing. This article at CNN Money talks about the Zune selling out at the Toys R Us flagship store in Times Square.
Manuel Juerreo of Bronx, N.Y., had joined the line at midnight, a good five hours before the doors opened. […]
Zune 80 production stepped up
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Right from our man Cesar at Microsoft. If you can’t find a Zune 80 (pictured) in stores, hang on a week or so and you should be good to go. Words:
You may have seen some buzz in the news and online over the last few days about the availability of Zune 80 - so […]
Zune v2 officially launches
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 The next iteration of Microsoft’s portable media player, called the Zune, officially arrives at retail stores today. Not only that, but along with the next generation Zune, users of the first generation Zune get all the software and firmware upgrades of the new Zune player.
The new Zune players come in 4GB, 8GB and 80GB […]
Check out the new Zune user guide
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Kostas at Zune Online has found the new Zune user guide in both English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF) on Microsoft’s site. Whether you’re picking up a new Zune or just want to find out more about these spiffy portable media players be sure and check these guides out.
Thanks Kostas.
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Zune Originals confirmed
Monday, November 12th, 2007 We told you about the possibility of Zune Originals, Zune’s ordered directly from Microsoft with some custom text and etching for free. Well, consider the rumor confirmed.
Zune’s next move takes their support of emerging artists and literally puts it on their sleeve. Zune Originals is a collection of 27 original works by 18 international […]
Zune Marketplace downtime scheduled for Monday
Friday, November 9th, 2007According to this article over at Zune Insider, we’ll see some Marketplace downtime on Monday in preparation for Tuesday’s Zune v2 launch.
On Monday, we’re taking down Zune Marketplace from 6:00pm PST for a few hours while we deploy the final code (woot!). During that time, you won’t be able to browse, purchase music, download music […]
Zune sighting at Target
Thursday, November 8th, 2007The guys over at ZuneScene scored some pics from a Target employee who arrived at work today to find the new Zunes backstage and ready for their debut. Click this link or the image below to be taken to the original article (thanks for the lead MobilitySite).
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Explanation of Zune 30 and Zune 80 differences
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Mike over at Zune Info has posted up a nice comparison article of the Zune 30 (the old Zune that came out last year) and Zune 80 (the new Zune, coming out next Tuesday). To your right, the Zune 80 is black and the Zune 30 is white. Here’s a snippet:
The obvious major difference […]
Zune print ads from Rolling Stone
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Drea over at Generation Zune has images from a 2-page ad that appeared in Rolling Stone for the new Zune. Go check it out here, the ad is pretty fun.
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"Welcome to the Social" replaced with "you make it you"
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 The first Zune ad marketing campaign from a year ago declared that if you bought a Zune you were part of “the Social.” Now, the ads for the next generation of Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player are decidedly more inwardly focused with the new Zune tagline “you make it you.” From AdAge:
Moreover, Zune is dropping […]
