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Dpmt 5 months ago

Zune HD2

Mary Jo Foley over at ZDnet has reported that a Zune HD2, iPod touch for Windows Phone 7 Series, is in the works. From what I've read an 800x480 WVGA screen and Tegra 2 seem likely.

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GB330033 5 months ago

I'll be investing in a WP7 device, so I'm not too terribly upset about the HD2. I will be upset if they never add WPA Enterprise support though, as it seems like a very important feature that has been left out for months now

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ssstraub 5 months ago

I'm kind of surprised any Zune HD owners would move to a HD2 considering Microsoft just left you out in the cold as far as apps go. The device is only 6 months old and they already have effectively EOL'ed it?! Damn!

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greedobuck 5 months ago

Zune HD (and old Zunes for that matter) are still getting regular updates.

Apps are not important for a media player, and Microsoft always spoke of the Zune HD as a media player that can run a few apps, not as a PDA that plays music.

Anybody who bought a Zune for apps is a fool.

All the features that make the Zune HD great are still there, and still being supported and improved (there is a Spring update around the corner that will add the ability to playback AVI files, for example).

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Machiventa 5 months ago

it's been confirmed by a Zune team member that the Zune HD will continue to get updates (yes, more apps and games!), including the spring update. one example of many he's posted: www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showpost.p...

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Neel 5 months ago

I can't wait to pick one of these bad boys up! I'm not ready to switch away form the iPhone, but the Zune2 sounds awesome.

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phathom 5 months ago

Castle crashers would be so fun to play on this device.

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nosuch 5 months ago

If the Zune HD 2 is meant to participate in the WP7 app ecosystem then I'd guess we're not getting any more apps for the current HD. This sucks. I'm actually considering ebaying my HD and going back to my brown 30 - funny, one of the big benefits of that move is that it has physical playback buttons! It's annoying to have to hit the media button or unlock the screen when I'm driving.

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IgboScouser 5 months ago

if they leave us zune hd early adopters in the cold then i wont buy another product from then again. they didn't even bother to make an inline remote for us or a player with no buttons for playback control.

sting much? it does balmer

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Eddie 5 months ago

Wait wait. You're going to be upset if they evolve the product into something better a YEAR after the first one came out?

I think you need to realize that buying any consumer electronic in this day and age is asking for it to be immediately put out of date. I might have been upset if they did it 4 months after, but really...a year? That should be well past the time of "angry early adopter".

Although really if you are irrevocably upset about this then now would be the time to sell your HD and get out of the ecosystem.

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ChrisDenney 5 months ago

thank you for your logical voice of reason. People are a little ridiculous about this whole HD2 thing.

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IgboScouser 4 months ago

NO!! By left in the cold i meant that if Microsoft bring software updates to the HD2 that isn't made available to the HD then i'll be furious. Like say if the new player had been granted Smart DJ and the original owners weren't given that. It's things like this that made me leave apple's eco-system, and i'll leave this one too if they become the same.

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greedobuck 5 months ago

If they fix the Zune HD's flaws - add a few buttons and increase the capacity - I'll buy it no questions asked. I'm very happy with Zune overall, but I would **** Steve Balmer's **** for a Zune HD with a couple of extra buttons for playback control.

And FFS, Microsoft, let me buy music and video from Australia without having to jump through hoops...and get rid of the Microsoft points system while you're at it.

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i love my zune, but ***HATE*** there are no aftermarket car radios that are compatible :/
i do have a piece to get it connected to the stock radio.

this is just 1 reason zune falls behind the competition.

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nizzy Aug 21, 2010

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I really wish that someone would make a windows 7 phone that had the same aesthetics as the Zune HD. Its a gorgeous looking device and if it just had 3 buttons, a bigger, higher res screen and some actual buttons for volume/skip track/play/pause i think there would be many a person that would lust over it.

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dansgoingcrazy Aug 11, 2010

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A couple of questions for Zune HD owners.
Do you use the WiFi sync often? How well does it work?
Do you subscribe to Zune Pass? Do you like it?
How's the browser?

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Cam Aug 11, 2010

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ZUNE APPS: I chose between the zune hd and the ipod touch, i made the wrong mistake because the ipod touch has better apps and I love apps. I think with the hd and the great sound quality, that if the zune hd had the same apps as the ipod touch and more better ones the zune company could outsell the ipod touch!

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hilaryismyname Aug 08, 2010

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I love my Zune HD! Super easy to navigate, colors & graphics are appealing and uncomplicated organization on the site and device. The Zune Social is the only issue, slow to update, most listened to tracks are off, but it's only minor. GDGT seattle had it on the new windows phone and it looked amazing!

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allysonNT Jul 29, 2010

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