October 2, 2007
ZUNE 2 - WE HAVE PODCASTS
Updated: Previous Zune owners will get updated to the new platform according to Engadget.
Updated: According to Zune.net, "Current Zune users will be able to upgrade and enjoy the new Zune software and Zune Marketplace on their PCs, plus new firmware for their devices as well. We will notify users in November that they're in need of an upgrade."
Updated: Here's the official word from the official spokesperson (and newly married man) of Zune.
Updated: According to Cnet.com, "Zune devices will automatically sync when connected over home wireless networks. The feature is designed to ensure that owners always leave home with the latest content, such as podcasts." Looks like they're finally putting that Wifi to good use.
Updated: Zune 2 Photoset at Flickr.
Check out the Zune 2 pictures over at News.com. There are some additional pictures over at Gizmodo.
We have Podcasts with the Zune 2.
We don't have all of the details, and we'll be filling them in here as we get them but friends … Zune and Podcasting - we finally feel the luv.
Or, at least, we have a picture of the luv.
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Filed under Zune 2, Zune Podcasting by Team Zune Luv
Comments on ZUNE 2 - WE HAVE PODCASTS »
Great news!
BUT…"Over 1,000 free audio and video podcasts"…
It looks like some of us may be left out. At last count I thought there were tens of thousands of podcasts…
Now…when does that firmware release? November I assume?
I'm sure they launched with a limited directory. But don't worry, I'll make sure that gets filled up quickly
[...] Another proof that Microsoft is now podcast-friendly is their announcement that the Zune Marketplace will soon carry more than 1,000 featured audio and video podcasts. Microsoft even graced the Podcast and New Media Expo as some Zune representative took part on the event. Technorati tags: Podcast, Microsoft, Zune 2 DRM-Free Music, Podcast-friendly, Zune Marketplace, Wireless Podcast Syncing [...]
[...] So, not only do they get wireless syncing functionality, but they also get built in podcasting support. Microsoft has changed the Zune desktop software so that it is truly a version 2.0 product and not a simple rebadge of the existing WMP10/11 software. Now you will have 1 click podcast subscription onto your XP or Vista machine and then have it get to your Zune in your backpack. Wirelessly. [...]
What happens when I connect my Zune 30GB to a computer that I didn't use to download my videos and all stuff with? When I deleted the videos on the zune software I use at my computer and then connected my zune I lost all the videos I had downloaded in a second.