The Zune HD Is Coming

The New Zune HD What looks good about the new Zune HD: New form factor (it looks somewhat familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on where I’ve see that look before.) Bigger (480 x 272) OLED screen, touch sensitive, multitouch enabled Built-in HD Radio receiver HD video (720p) playback via HDMI cable A…

iLike Adds Full Streams + Zune Pass Adds Tunes You Can Keep

vs. OK, so some of you (perhaps many of you) may file this under the who cares pile, but I thought both of these developments were pretty interesting (especially the Zune Pass changes). iLike on Facebook now offers full-length playback powered by Rhapsody. Each month you get 25 full-length plays, followed by unlimited 30 second…

The Zune Experiment – Part 1

My Life With A Zune So I got myself one of those fancy new Microsoft Zune flash players (8GB Blue Flash Zune, MSRP $149.99) and I’ve been meaning to say a few words about it for a while, but up until now, I haven’t had the chance. By way of background, I’ll tell you that…

Apple and Microsoft Make Big Announcements

Today was the big Apple disappointment event and like many people predicted, a refresh to the iPod lineup was announced (among other things). As for the details, I think Geek.com, summarized it all pretty well over here: iTunes gets HD content for $2.99 a show (SD for $1.99) NBC is back on iTunes iTunes 8…

Zune To Get More Social!

Zune users can now download their friends’ nine most recently played songs, as well as nine tunes flagged as favorites. If you are amongst the 4% of Americans that own Zunes, this is awesome news! The upgrade takes the community element a bit further by letting Zune users download each other’s nine most recently played…