Zune Insider

Sep 15, 2006

by Cesar Menendez at 3:57 PM

Since we officially announced Zune yesterday, I've seen a lot of articles cover it. Lots. I'm posting a review your Zune reviews, find them below. In no way will I encompass all the Zune reviews out there. What w/ our favorite "series of tubes" having such a long tail and all. Here goes:

Newspapers/magazines/wires/news sites:

The Seattle Times by Benjamin J. Romano and again by Brier Dudley
The Hollywood Reporter
ABC News
LA Times
Variety
Chicago Tribune
New York Times
Seattle P-I
SF Gate
Financial Times
Digital Music News
C|Net
TheStreet.com
WSJ (subscription required)
TechNewsWorld
PC World
Forbes
MTV
BBC,
USA Today,
Seattle Post Intelligencer,
Forbes,
San Francisco,
C|Net,
MarketWatch MarketWatch 2
Beta News
Mobile Magazine
Blackfriars' Marketing
The Tech Report
PVR Wire
Lost Remote
Microsoft News Tracker
Reuters UK,
Reuters (Canada)
Reuters (India)
MP3.com,
Easy Bourse,
The Mercury News
Kansas City Star
PC World
Electric News (Ireland)
Digital Trends
FOX News
MSN Money

So that's what the media thinks about Zune.

And now for blogs, starting w/ music blogs:

Music for Robots
Stereogum
3Hive
My Old KY Blog
Coolfer
I Rock Cleveland
largehearted boy

And tech blogs:

Ars Technica,
BoingBoing
iLounge
The Unofficial Apple Weblog,
Engadget
Slashphone,
The Mobile Technology Weblog,
21talks
The Wireless Report
jkOnTheRun
The Tech Report
CrunchGear
New Launches
InsideMicrosoft
Ubergizmo
APM's Future Tense
hypebot,
Mobility Today, Mobility Today (2) ,
Slash Gear
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
IP Telephony
VoIP
Broadband
Blogging Stocks
Xbox Live's Major Nelson
OpsanBlog
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life
Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog (2),
GigaOM
paidContent.org (2)
Gamerscore Blog (that's actually the blog I used to write for! what's up peeps!)

Ok, that's what everyone (well not everyone) thinks about Zune. Which article is your favorite? Mine are the music sites. If you see one missing, drop it in the comments; I'll add it to the list.

Tags: Web/Tech, Zune, in the news

21 Comments

Comments

You forgot: http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/09/zune_pisses_me.php Makes some fair remarks. I would so buy a music player that is totally open (think Archos will make it) which will support filesharing for every sort of file. there is NO reason why I can't share files like .docs or others. If you can fix it that my MP3s are converted to DRMd WMA's it must be able to send a straight forward file. You are a platform builder MS, so open up that platform for software developers.... For now, this was my friday night rant.

by itsgreen at Friday, September 15, 6:51 PM

http://www.toobad.com

by Meursault at Friday, September 15, 6:51 PM

Great job Cesar! Love the blog and thank you for sharing your info! Also we posted a link to your box full of Zune's!!

by David Ciccone at Friday, September 15, 7:11 PM

hey i really like this one http://digg.com/tech_news/Zune_s_Viral_DRM_Violates_Creative_Commons_License yeah. ever heard of digg? how bout www.shoutwire.com ?

by rufus at Friday, September 15, 8:35 PM

Good list. Peachpit Press's blog had two pieces on Zune this week: http://www.peachpitcommons.com/?p=278 http://www.peachpitcommons.com/?p=279

by havok at Friday, September 15, 10:42 PM

Honestly, I thought that because we had already heard about many of the Zune features, seen the Zune photos and pretty much everything else that - upon annoucement - there would be so much hoopla from teh press: Um.... I was wrong!

by Toosday at Saturday, September 16, 12:52 AM

Here's one more - http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/09/microsoft-releases-zune-details.html

by Jason Tsang [MVP] at Saturday, September 16, 2:00 AM

I'm wondering if it's possible to use WiFi to fill the Zune with music? One of the major drawbacks I have found with my iPod is the propetaire connector used instead of normal mini-usb. It makes is hard to sample music from friends as I very rarely bring the cable with me and none of them owns a iPod.

by Håkan at Saturday, September 16, 6:38 AM

For french news about Zune, you can find our blog at http://www.lapytsh.com (all Microsoft stuff and so Zune too !) See you there Lapytsh Microsoft Student Partner

by lapytsh at Saturday, September 16, 6:39 AM

http://portables.about.com/od/portablevideo/a/zunedetailed.htm - About.com "Microsoft Gets Its Zune On"

by Nino at Saturday, September 16, 10:31 AM

A couple of other links for ya (ok a bit of self promotion here). We wrote up quick articles over at ZuneSphere: http://www.zunesphere.com/2006/09/14/microsoft-formally-announces-zune/ and in Krunker.com: http://www.krunker.com/2006/09/14/microsoft-formally-announces-zune/ thanks!

by Felix Lung at Saturday, September 16, 6:10 PM

Theres an interesting article in a Canadian newspaper about the name Zune being similar to the French word Zoune which means Penis or Vagina. Basically anyone in France or Quebec hearingf of the Microsoft Zune may not think you are talking about an mp3 player! Ooops! The article is here - http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=82f5d1bf-0776-4763-800e-c198fff2d7d0

by Al at Saturday, September 16, 8:12 PM

What is this I read that the Zune will not support video at the release That may not be enough, says Susan Kevorkian, an analyst with IDC. She gave Microsoft points for style and functionality but said the Redmond, Wash.-based company failed to go far enough in building an iPod alternative. Zune falls short in two areas, she said: It won't be ready to offer video in time for the holidays and Zune users can't access the music service from the device itself, which will hamper people from making impulse buys, Kevorkian said. "Zune looks good but it needs to get better and better quickly to give Apple a run for the money," Kevorkian said. http://news.com.com/Microsoft+unwraps+Zune+for+holiday+season/2100-1041_3-6115716.html?tag=nefd.lede

by blk878s at Saturday, September 16, 9:56 PM

"Theres an interesting article in a Canadian newspaper about the name Zune being similar to the French word Zoune which means Penis or Vagina." I am sorry but I am french and "Zoune" doesn't mean penis or vagina. I think it's just in Quebec. So Zune is a perfect name.

by lapytsh at Sunday, September 17, 7:24 AM

Is it true that you can not tranfer TV programs from a WMC PC to the Zune. Please tell me this is not truE!!!

by leo94 at Monday, September 18, 2:44 AM

Don't forget www.zune-player.net, they have a video starring the new Zune player !

by Dunny Buoy at Monday, September 18, 7:41 AM

http://www.doom9.org/ ?

by Tarwin at Monday, September 18, 10:10 AM

There currently isn't a way to sniff out what sort of turd you're making, so we wrap it all up in shit. We can’t tell if you are sending a brown turd or crap shit so we default to the safety of shitty, shitty crap.

by shit at Tuesday, September 19, 11:20 AM

Here's a Zune news link: http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2006/09/microsoft_zune_.html

by Tony E at Tuesday, September 19, 7:22 PM

I have been posting about major Zune annoucements and the different angle MS is taking (vs the iPod) on MyDigitalLife blog under the Zune category at http://www.mydigitallife.us. Exciting stuff, I can't wait to get my hands on one...

by sskarlatos at Tuesday, September 26, 7:21 AM

Here is another review with positive outlook:

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/Zune.htm

by Wordocph at Tuesday, November 21, 12:40 PM

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