Neowin News Feed for: Zunes

Marshymellow: The day the Zunes stood still

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:37:33 +0000

Yesterday morning, thousands of previously happy Microsoft Zune 30 owners woke up to a interesting situation. Their Zunes were dead in the water. As Neowin reported yesterday, "At exactly 2am CDT (12am PDT), the docked... Read more...

30GB Zunes failing due to software glitch (updated)

Tom Warren — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:32:09 +0000

Microsoft has posted a solution to the problem... unplug the Zune and let the battery drain out, wait until noon, GMT, on Jan 1, 2009, then plug it back in. Once the battery has sufficient... Read more...

Microsoft talks Battery Life for new flash Zunes

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:34:35 +0000

Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee working on the Zune, has posted battery life tests for the new Zune 4 ($199) and Zune 8 ($249) models, slated to be released this mid-November in the United States,... Read more...

New Zunes to take on Apple's iPod

Tom Warren — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:37:02 +0000

Microsoft has launched three new models of its Zune digital media player in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod. The players - which come in 4GB, 8GB and 80GB models - have wi-fi... Read more...

Microsoft comments support reports of new Zunes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:56:58 +0000

Microsoft hasn't divulged detailed plans for the next release of its Zune music player, but a company executive last week offered hints that seem to support reports that a flash memory-based Zune and an 80GB... Read more...

Microsoft has NOT yet sold 1 Million Zunes

Tue, 29 May 2007 20:52:28 +0000

It would appear that the San Francisco Chronicle misquoted Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, in regards to Microsoft passing the 1-million-Zunes-sold mark. Many websites, including Neowin, used the write-up of the... Read more...

Microsoft will design Next Gen Zunes

Tue, 15 May 2007 21:40:31 +0000

Microsoft is slowly developing a second generation HDD-based Zune and the long-rumoured flash-based Zune. The latter will be Microsoft's attempt to take on the iPod Nano, seeing as it is Apple's most successful mp3 player.... Read more...