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by Thewhip
Anyones Zune HD's dying?
I've had my Zune 64 for a while. I user it every day for pod casts on my 2 commute. it recently started freaking out in audible books. It would lock up and when I rebooted it the book title was gabled ASCII. so I wiped it out and reload it and was fine for a few days. Today it locked up and would never get past the Z screen and I ended up reloading it again.
I have a Windows phone but No Audible on that yet. I don't want to get a IPod... Any solutions?
I have a Windows phone but No Audible on that yet. I don't want to get a IPod... Any solutions?
by garen
Can i use Zune service on Kin Onem?
Last week i have ordered a Kin Onem. I have bought it for using on Wi-Fi network or for Zune service like a Zune player. As you know it is a CDMA phone. So it is not supported in my country, therefore i won't be using it as phone. However i don't clearly know but i hope i will use it with my Zune account and Zune software any ideas? Additionally, i read many forums saying that i have to activate the phone from Verizone web site. Do i have to activate or unlock it to be able to use on Wi-Fi...
by peter
What's your favorite forever alone gadget?
What are your favorite gadgets that never got any love from anyone else?
One of mine is the Zune HD (http://gdgt.com/microsoft/zune/hd/). I know it's an easy punchline, but the Zune HD was totally underrated and deserved more respect than it got. It didn't help that Microsoft's first couple attempts weren't all that hot, or that when the Zune HD did come out they seemed to have no interest in marketing it, of course.
One of mine is the Zune HD (http://gdgt.com/microsoft/zune/hd/). I know it's an easy punchline, but the Zune HD was totally underrated and deserved more respect than it got. It didn't help that Microsoft's first couple attempts weren't all that hot, or that when the Zune HD did come out they seemed to have no interest in marketing it, of course.
by timchoi89
Is there a way to continuously sync Google Music with my local music automatically?
Recently I've been going through my local music library and deleting songs that I don't like anymore to cut down on the amount of space my music collection takes on my HDD. I would also like to do the same thing on Google Music without having to delete the songs again on Google Music manually.
Does anyone know of a program for the computer that will automatically add and remove songs on Google Music as I change my music library on my computer?
Does anyone know of a program for the computer that will automatically add and remove songs on Google Music as I change my music library on my computer?
by cezanne
Is anyone working on a WP7 PMP that is not a phone?
I know that Zune is not getting any new hardware, and I'm a fan, so i keep looking around for a deal on a WP7 that I could use as just a PMP with the benefits of Live and Zune over wifi, but everything runs $500. I like using android as my phone, but love my Zune as PMP, plus i like keeping my player separate from my phone. Wouldn't it make sense for some company to make this kind of thing?
by pmaster500
my zune just made a bunch of playlists.....
I guess it would be the zune software, but the problem started when I plugged it in to charge a couple days ago. When I did this norton come up with some trojan viruses that were in my temp folder (I normally don't get viruses) sadly I deleted them from the quarantine so I don't know their names. But after my zune was done syncing I unplugged it to find a bunch of playlists named Tracklisting - YYYY-MM-DD About 20 of them all with different dates, and one dating all the way back to 2009-12-12...
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by Unicron109
Would Microsoft Surface+Courier+Xbox Live+Windows 8/Windows phone 7= one crazy cool tablet?
Just thinking about how Microsoft has all these get services and research that never really gets blended into one. I mean it was not untill recent that they started to really merge their services onto all of their platforms. They always seem to be one step behind and always seem to show off cool stuff in their research lab that never makes it anywhere. So how cool do you think a tablet with a great screen and great internals including some MS Surface technology, the intergration of services...
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by eptiger
Why do some songs have fancy artist art and some don't?
Sometimes I play a song and it has the artist picture in the background, but most of my songs don't have this. How is it populating this artwork?
Artifacts and clipping in tracks?
I've been occasionally comparing stuff up on the Marketplace with stuff I've ripped, and it occurs to me that sometimes there's way more artifacts in the Pass music than I'd expect for the bitrate. I've also heard clipping in a fairly notable number of tracks. However, when comparing from my own rips, sometimes the levels are lower than my clip-less rips. Anyone else experienced this discrepancy? Anyone got any kind of answer from Zune? It's not a consistent issue - i.e. I can't tie it down to...
Anyone know the EQ settings of the Zune HD?
i.e. how the frequencies are affected in each preset. Apple effectively exposed the presets in iTunes and it was easier to infer what the EQ settings were. I can't see any such data for Zune. Anyone have a link / info?
by amandoktor
Why isn't there any iPod touch competitors?
Well, there are a few (by Philips, for example); but it looks like no company is interested in providing a real alternative to iPod touch, i.e. a PMP that doubles as a modern PDA. Zune hardware is killed off, and just a few companies are releasing Android-based PMPs. I don't understand this. I guess companies are thinking that there is no need to release such hardware since smart phones are selling like hotcakes. But I think there are a lot of people who would prefer having an advanced PMP over...
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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…
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...
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Is there a basic dock?
Or is the Sync Dock Kit the one I should be buying (I would never any use for the remote, so I'd rather have what I need which is just a dock to plug the Zune into).
by Spaces
Seriously considering moving from an iPod to a Zune HD, I'm on a mac, any advice?
I currently use an 8gb 3rd gen nano and I'm running out of space, now that the HD has(unofficial) mac support a refurbished 16gb is a viable option. I'm wondering if there are any quirks with the hardware or software that I should know about before taking the plunge? Comaptibility with itunes formats, comparison to the latest iPod touch( I know it has a much poorer app selection and browser, also no retina display) and anything else that might be good to know. It's only about $120...
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by Sweed
I'm having trouble with the Facebook and Twitter apps.
Facebook works, but when I click on the notification icon, my notifications never show up, it just loads forever. Twitter synced my timeline normally the first time I used it, but since then I keep getting an error message that says :Oops, something went wrong. We can't load this data due to an external error. please try again shortly." I get the message again if I try to refresh. Am I the only one who's experiencing this? any ideas?
by FaceBeppy
I'm having a problem with syncing my Zune HD with the Zune software.
I'm running Windows 7 64bits via Parallels on a Mac and syncing has worked for me from the beginning but until recently some track can't be sync with my Zune HD. When a select an album and click on 'sync with Zune HD' it syncs the whole album, just a few songs or nothing at all. It looks completely random to me. The songs are playable through the Zune software though. I tried making a playlist and syncing that playlist, but it didn't work. It checks my itunes folder on...
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by clindhartsen
A year after purchase, I've been noticing a couple more lockups on the device, as well as overheating in a couple situations, plus some of the…
paint/coating seeming to come off, and I wanted to ask what other people's experiences are with it. I love my ZuneHD, but I'm slowly treading towards wanting to get a replacement.
by HellsAttack
My Zune HD broke recently. Before I could ship it out to get repaired, I lost it. I'm in the market for a new mp3 player.
I don't want an ipod, but I'm not sure if I want a new Zune HD because I feel like the platform is dead, either because of Windows phone 7 or lack of sales. What would you recommend? I'm looking for a mp3 player that has at least 32 GB of space with a way to download podcasts in a manageable fashion.