Hello, First of all I like where you are going with this connecting people concept. I think initially there is going to be some interest and not a mad rush with the Zune’s ‘Social’ theme. However I think it’s a case where people will realize what they were missing once they see this actually happen. When songs will be swapped and music discovered and the Zune Market place lets us contact other Zune users with similar interest…..that’s when fun will begin. In other word the market will need to be educated. Of course everything will also depend upon how well MS executes this whole new concept. Now on a different note I have a few questions about the Zune Marketplace. A lot of information is out there about the device and not much about the online store. 1. What will be the quality of songs which we will be able to download? What bit rate etc.(Please tell me its better than iTunes!!!) 2. How many PCs will I be able to activate with single Zune marketplace subscription? I would love to activate my PC at home and my laptop. 3. Is this totally web based service or do we download an application on our PC. 4. Are you guys thinking about incorporating Radio to Zune Marketplace, something like Pandora or Last FM. I think that will be great idea. 5. Finally are you doing something to promote indi artist on the Zune marketplace or are we going to see some plastic band on the Zune front page. Personally I think you should have different view based upon song preferences of different user. Well that’s all. Hopefully you will be able to answer some of the question. To me the marker place is as important as the device and thanks god for the subscription service!! Thanks!

I like those a lot better than the Zune myspace page. Sheesh. Harvey http://www.zunerama.com

A little over a year ago the Zune team partnered with CSS. We preloaded them onto last year's Zune 30,