Microsoft Corporation is making the $250 Zune 80 available in red with Zune Originals, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Also available until February 14th will be an exclusive collection of 20 new love and sharing themed laser-engraved designs, bringing the total to 65, from four new artist collectives (Colorblok, Friends With You, PSYOP and Studio Play Pretend) as well as Valentine’s Day playlists (such as love jams from the legendary Barry White), on the Zune Marketplace. The new Valentine’s Day series features artwork can be paired with up to three lines of text or, if no graphic is chosen, up to five lines of text. For a limited time, Zune Originals is also offering a gift-wrap option and shipping at no additional charge.
“Zune gives consumers a dynamic canvas that is brought to life by the music, pictures, videos and podcasts they fill it with. Zune Originals makes it easy to design a customized player, while wireless sharing and the Zune Social online music community give people new ways to connect,” said Scott Erickson, senior director of product management for Zune at Microsoft.
View: Zune 80 Red
Link: Zune Valentine's Day | Zune Originals
the one thing i think microsoft HAS to do is offer the zune originals outside of the us....i mean, its damn annoying where you cant even access the site to see the designs, even if ordering TO the us...
and a question, is this a part of product (red) ? like are some of the funds going to the foundation? or is this just microsoft releasing the zune in red as another color?
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Last edited by .AlleymaN on 15 Jan 2008 - 16:38
Well the list can go on for days but I'll name just a couple features it lacks that make me want to throw mines against the wall. Keep in mind that most of the issues I have with it stem from the horrible software and not from the physical device itself.
Actual Device
No Smart Playlists
Squircle is nice but it's really easy to skip a track you're looking for with it.
Zune Software
- Horrible file management/too hard to create folders to seperate files
- Software doesn't re-arrange files when editing playlists in software so often times you'll have duplicate files on your device.
- Cannot drag and drop from desktop to Zune Software
...I can't think of anything else at the moment. Mines is currently packed up in it's box so it's no longer giving me grief. BTW I was comparing to the ipod classic because the Touch is leagues ahead of EVERYTHING on the market at the moment.
The good news is that the Zune dev team knows of the software's shortcomings and will hopefully issue an update that will fix it. Just wish it happens sooner than later.
The good news is that the Zune dev team knows of the software's shortcomings and will hopefully issue an update that will fix it. Just wish it happens sooner than later.
They've already updated the device FW and software twice since the new ones went out. So it's a sure thing that they'll fix the software.
I just hope they'll hurry up and release them in Europe. They're finally getting them out to Canada soon, how long till the EU sees them though?
other than that, is this a glossy red like the flash zune or a matte red?
if its glossy, was the red flash zune easily scratched like the iPod Video and Zen Vision:M ?
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