Mar 16, 2007
by admin at 10:10 PM

Saw this post and this thread on Zunerama and decided to take a break from the SXSW blogging to post it. From 'rama:

Zunerama member scoutflyer reports that he was able to track down a friend's stolen Zune that way [by turning on wireless]. The stolen Zune was still in the school building, and by using his own Zune he was able to tell when he got close to the missing player.  

Fortunately the perpetrator had not turned wireless off, so the stolen Zune was still announcing its presence to other nearby Zunes.

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Congratulations scoutflyer! Welcome (back) to the Social.

Engadget also posted the story, and threw in their seemingly mandated Zune jabs. Win some lose some ;)

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lol that reminds me of the guy who tracked down his wife's laptop because of a similiar situation.

Yeah those were definetly heavy jabs. lol!

I saw that on Engadget.  The person who stole it probably feels pretty dumb after they were caught...

I wait for three more days and then decide if I will willingly give up my Zune to a thief.

I would never find mine anyway. I don't think I've enabled the Wifi ever.

What actually is The Social? Even David Caulton doesn't know and suggested only Zune's marketing department knows.

http://www.twit.tv/ww17

haha...great story.  Another reason to leave that WIFI on.  

wow..just wow

This story has to be a hoax. I mean, two Zunes in the same area? No friggin' way! :)

I have never heard of a Zune before but if it has features like that on then could well be worth a look, nice Blog keep it up :)

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is the firmware on track or everyone will be drunk after St. Patrick ?

MARCH 20th!

Diego, it happens all the time :) a friend of mine was on a NYC subway and found 4 other Zune users in range. all of them got to talking about music. Actually, when you find a Zune user w/ wireless on, it's a very exciting moment. :)

Sans Diego - be nicer :)

I travel through the subway w/ my Zune but it wastes a lot of battery life so I like to keep it off. I'll try to leave the wireless on one time and see how that goes..

Damn lucky,

mine was stolen a month ago:[

I tried searching for mine like that but i dont think anyone will be dumb enough to even bring mine back to school :/

Is the firmware release tomorrow on track or everyone on the Zune team is still drunk ?

Ey, Cesar. Friday have come and gone. Today is Monday and tomorrow is March 20. is the firmware on track ?

Lol is that all you're going to ask. I think firmware updates only go so far if the Marketplace content stays the same. Be patient.

Awsome!

wish i had my wireless on, my zune was stolen just this last Friday, called the cops but you all know how good law enforcement is on recovering stolen property.

I just got my zune stolen last saturday and i was wondering if there was a way possible to go about tracking it. I was reading on how if the wireless is on you can, but since im not sure if it was or not, how do i go about to check and track it? Do i do it myself or call zune to do it or what? please reply a.s.a.p. Thank you much!

My Zune was stolen. Zune support wasn't much help. Wireless is on.  

mine got stolen bout 2 weeks ago...............

ya mine was stolen from my house just a day ago. im wondering if there is anyway zune can let me know if the thief turns that wireless on and where he is when he does.

Hi my name is robert and my zune just got stolen today at school i was wondering if there is a way i can find out who took my zune. I cant find it wirelessly because i didnt turn it on when i bought my zune. Somebody write back soon please.

yea my zune got stolen just today an i dont know how!!! somebody plez help me and my wireless is on bt how do i still track it? i would love it if somone helped me out!

i just got my zune stolen 2 days ago at school. third period. i put my zune on my lap, went down to fix my shoe, went back up, gone. and i know who stole it. the guy that sits next to me during. i asked him if he saw my zune, he said no. the day after(yesterday),my friend who sits at the other side of the stealer today, saw him steal it from my lap. dont you just hate that? how can you steal someones stuff thats right on them.real slick huh;) so tomorrow im going to confront him.

haha erika's comment made me laugh .. haha. wat kind of school are YOU in? anywyas not to say much but my zune was stolen today second period in the hallways it was in my jacket pocket one moment the next moment it's not there.. uggh!! i'm soo frustrated...!!! what witht the fact that my dad told me not to bring it to schooooll.... i'm in trouble!!! sumone get back PLIZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

My zune was stolen friday, and i'm worried that i'll never get it back. Since i got it since my birthday, 5 mothns ago. TT_TT But i do hope the wireless myth will work...

my friend, she also have a zune, maybe we can try it out. like the tracking part, how do you know that you're gettign closer? And i also have an idea of putting up a flyer including a reward, but not telling how much of course. So what you guys think of this?

Yeah, i got my zune stolen today, and Zune support was pretty helpful, they said that if anyone called in about it, they would be able to tell me who, and where, and the cops could get it or something like that, i have friends with zunes so, i will track mine down (wireless is ALWAYS on), and i submitted a report to the main office, i think the criminal has a smaller chance of gettin' away now. (unless they sell it for drugs, which does happen in my school)

My zune was stolen 2 days ago and zune customer service was no help. Thay reported it stolen so they can't put it on the social, but they said that is all they can do. Very frustrated.

yeah my zune was stolen a while ago and ive benn trying to find out how i can get in contact with cosomer support about repoting it stolen cause i herd they can track it. any info welcome. e-mail me at crhis12000@yahoo.com asap

Mine got stolen like 3 weeks ago =[

lol, mine got stolen or lost or something, my friend apparently found a zune, but when I looked it wasn't mine. I guess I'll make him believe it's mine so I'm not zune-less. Anyone know if you can track it via connecting to the zune program?

Mine Got took from my house, two mondays ago, this is the second one that came up missing, I wnat Mirosoft to help track it, will they do that ?

MY ZUNE IS MISSING/STOLEN.  ANY SUGGESTIONS?

Is there a way to track on line the use of my zune?

My car got broken into and my zune was stolen durning the middle of the night. I have an idea of the punk who stole it and I have to get it back before some of the girls I know go onto the internet.

lost mine this weekend, left it at carl's Jr.  So mad and sad at the same time! SUCKS! do we need to report this?

I work in a lost and found and have 2 Zunes.  How would one go about finding the owner to return it?

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