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peter

by peter

I'm sure many of you saw the news from earlier this week from Bloomberg that Microsoft is not going to be making any more Zune hardware and instead is…
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focusing on Zune as software and service, which was then followed up by a vague statement from Microsoft PR that they would "share more information about the evolution of the Zune entertainment service and Zune hardware as future plans develop." None of that inspires much confidence that Microsoft will ever produce a Zune HD2, and I certainly don't blame them, since relatively few people ever bought a Zune player and the real growth right now is in smartphones. But as I wrote a... Read more →
Xerosthemonk

by Xerosthemonk

Battery Replacement
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My 30 was actually a used one I bought off of ebay and I have had it for around 10 months and it has been great. however, like all rechargeable batteries, the one in this one is starting to lose its charge more quickly. Does anyone know a reliable place online where I could send it in to have the battery replace?
bizgeek

by bizgeek

Slow or Stalled Sync via USB Cable
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Anybody experiencing trouble when syncing their Zune via the USB cable? I'm using Windows 7 RTM, but got the same behavior on Win7 RC. About 75% of the time, a sync operation will stall or come to a painfully slow crawl. If I perform the sync wirelessly, there's no problem. But it was nice when I could attach the Zune to the cable and let it charge and sync passively (I listen to a handful of podcasts). I read a post on Zune support forum that this was a known issue and an update would... Read more →
MMD

by MMD

Getting the Zune 8 gig to work with Wireless N dual band
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I bought a new router for shareport and ended up buying one d-link (returned DIR 825) and a linksys (WRT610n) with the dual band and both seem to have broken wireless syncing for the Zune. It was it's best feature. It connects to the network though but at the final step of connecting to the pc it would not connect (when the settings and passwords are inputed mannually into the Zune itself) . I tried to reset the wireless settings as well on the Zune programing and it wouldn't save them... Read more →