Microsoft Zune MP3 players will be availabe soon. Microsoft Zune MP3 music player includes 30 gigabytes of file storage, USB 2.0 support, built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity, an FM Tuner and a 3-inch TFT LCD color screen! Zune digital media player from Microsoft is available in three colors: black, white and brown.
I had heard the Windows Media Player DRM and the Zune DRM were not going to be compatible. According to this Knowledge Base article, Zune supports Windows Media Player 10's DRM, but not WMP 11's. And "Zune software and devices only play protected music files from Zune Marketplace. ) That was bad enough.
A few years back Microsoft tried its hand in the portable music player market. Much like many of their other products, it was supposed to have a lot of different features but none of them really worked that well.
Microsoft mp3 Zune hard drive based memory is much larger than its flash counterparts are. These players come in 30 GB, 80 GB and 120 GB of memory. The smallest of these would rival the hard drive capacity of a home pc just a few years ago!
All I can say is Microsoft really needs to have a Vista update — or at least a public Vista support strategy — for Zune by the time the company does the business launch of Vista on November 30. 6
The granddaddy of these is the 120 GB Microsoft mp3 Zune player. It boasts memory capacity of 30,000 songs or 325 hours of video, that is more than enough storage for even the most avid media junky.
Newly released Zune software has been praised on all sides by the media and tech bloggers as better than iTunes. The Mix view option is the new music recommendation tool. Select an album in Zune software and the mix view will show recommendations and top listeners.
Changes have also been made to make Zune more reliable in the area of device syncing/detection. Finally, Microsoft has made changes to the way the FM tuner functions when a Zune is placed in sleep mode.
TuneClone let your remove DRM protection from purchased music files with a few clicks by using a virtual cd burning approach. You can play the these converted unprotected music files with Media Player or any MP3 players including Zune, Cell Phone, Pocket PC, etc.
TuneClone supports almost all music file formats that your media player software can play and burn. No matter they are DRM protected or not. And create unprotected MP3, WMA or WAV as output format.
With Zune's wireless technology, they seem to want to establish a strong social networking. But the next hot thing is the phone feature. iPhone is obviously to re-capture all the attentions of music player fans. We will see how Microsoft will counter Apple with their marketing strategy.
Microsoft announced that it is partnering with McDonald's to provide free wireless for Zune customers at about 10,000 restaurants. We weren't able to test how well the players respond to ketchup spills.
