Comments on: Counting on Zune Before it’s Patched

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:30:08 +0000

Yeah, but the device won’t let you get your music back off of it, or any other files like it should be able to do easily. For me, that really spoils its other features (when you do eventually get them to work).

By: rose

rose — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:00:55 +0000

ya microsoft should realize not everyone lives in the city way to push people away from getting a zune. Cause the whole software issue is so not a great selling point, if this one wasn’t free I would have returned it after the first day of trying to get it to work and bought an ipod since our computer came with itunes loaded on it.
But I did get it to work finally. Left the internet turned on set up the software to load and left it all night and went to bed. When I got up I kind of expected to see the 99% thing again LOL but it worked after all. At least getting my music on it and everything was easy. I like the player itself now that I have music and everything its just the whole hassle of getting the software set up that ticked me off LOL

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:51:24 +0000

I don’t have dialup now Rose, but I have a lot of empathy for dialup users because it’s more common than hoity toity people think it is. Microsoft should really be ashamed of how they ship the Zune out in a non-working state. Good luck getting it going. Perhaps you can borrow someone else’s computer to update the Zune firmware and/or download the install file for you?

By: rose

rose — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:55:00 +0000

so you have dial up too?
So do we and I am having major issues with the zune software its insane good thing it was free or I would have returned it and bought an ipod.
You can check out my rant post on it if you want LOL its mainly be b*tching about how hard they make it for people with dial up to get the software.
Maybe my negative attitude will change if I ever get to test out the player LOL cause right now its useless since the software has to be there or it can’t be used.

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:02:30 +0000

Thanks for the tip marinegundoctor.

By: marinegundoctor

marinegundoctor — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:48:04 +0000

I just bought an 80 gig, too. At the same time I also bought a 5 pack of protective screen covers. I put one one first thing and it is as clear as the screen without. I paid just a few dollars for them at wally-world. I peeled the first one off and it left now residue, then I put another one on and left it.

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:51:46 +0000

Let me know what kind of battery life you get SC. Thanks for the additional review tips.

By: SC

SC — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:42:31 +0000

I just bought a 80 GB Zune player and overall I like it more then my 60 GB Ipod. Certainly, it is not as easy to reach the harddrive as the Ipod is but I mainly use my music players for music, videos and the occasional photo. The music is going to be the same on the two players but Ipod does come with Itunes which makes it easier to make custom playlist then the Zune but the Zune program easily beats Itunes for the simple fact it allows the user the ability to search for album information and album photos. The other smaller bonus is custom backgrounds are allowed on the Zune. I’ve had a couple of Ipods and the one constant record is that they easily damage be it small scratches on the screen or the headphone jack breaking relatively easy. The Zune has its downfalls mainly in the Zune program but it is far better then the Ipod for normal use.