Is Microsoft preparing a Zune update?
(Credit: Zune.net)UPDATE (12:35 p.m. on 5-03-08): To include reference to possible ties to Zune VideoX.
A reader of a site dedicated to Zune news has posted photos of what are claimed to be new features at Zune's Marketplace, including flash animation and a new video section.
The photos were posted at Zunerama.com and are said to be of flash animation and two new tabs. One of the tabs is called "video" and the other is "listeners."
Speculation on the site is that Microsoft is possibly preparing to update Marketplace and is testing some new features.
A Microsoft spokesman said that the company's policy is not to comment on speculation. He added that Microsoft has not announced any upcoming changes at Marketplace.
The person who posted the photos questioned whether the "listeners" tab may be some kind of social-networking feature. If you have any information, we'd love to know.
UPDATE: Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet e-mailed me and said she wonders if the photos found on Zunerama are tied to "the coming-out party for Zune VideoX" she has written about lately. Foley has a source who told her that Zune VideoX is "a Video store that bridges Xbox, Windows, Zune and Pink."
According to Foley's source, Microsoft wants to play it up it's video, which it sees as better than iTunes' offer. Go here to read more.
Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. E-mail Greg.
Just thought I would share that.
The Zune is out there, and I have one... The Zune 80 has actually been selling well, but no way near the number of iPods sold... Keep in mind the Zune is also only available in the US, but that's about to change.
Microsoft - 1
Consumers - 0
you more of a fanboy than the apple "lemmings" you speak of.
Most rational people would say that choosing an inferior product
in-order to adhere to "party" lines is the definition of fanboyism.
The zune has proven to be an inferior product. Some would
argue windows is also an inferior product.. at least the base
code and interface... but still.. people still feel compelled to use
them out of principal.. Now who is the fanboy?
Xbox = bust
Vista = bust
Surface = ?
I keep hearing that there are lots of smart people working at Microsoft, and I have no reason to doubt that. So how do you explain this list of disasters? Sure looks like the problem lies with Microsoft's leadership, doesn't it? Ballmer should step aside (as soon as he consummates the Booboo/Yahoo marriage-from-hell!).
Really, the Boy Fuhrer from Duncan Hines isn't doing anything different than what we could expect from his college chum Billy.
I am Jack and my space is http://jackisgoodguy.spaces.live.com
My name is Bill Morgan and my web page is here
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by benjaminstraight
July 14, 2008 4:31 AM PDT
- benjamin straight writes: Zune is always updating.
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