Sep 4, 2008
by Cesar Menendez at 8:31 PM

Welcome to episode 3 of the Zune Insider Podcast! This episode was recorded in conference room 1430 in the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Topics covered this week include: New TV Show and Podcast releases in Zune Marketplace, Guest interview of Javier Farfan, who is a Zune Senior. Manager of Product Marketing, focusing on reaching our Hispanic audience, he will discuss what Zune is doing in Latin culture and why Zune is making a big investment in Latin / Hispanic culture and content.

We also discuss your emails/questions and talk about what is coming in next week’s show. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question! Enjoy!

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Cesar, it's really cool what you are doing, but to be honest I'm losing interest in your podcast. You are insider, dude! You are people inside guy in microsoft, you supposed to give us a breaking news, sneak peaks, exclusive pictures. I get 120 GB news from Cnet's crave, not from you. Zune's 16 gb pictures are all over internet, the same thing happens with zune 8 in blue color, and no information from you. I'm glad that you are making podcast now, invite people to talk, but you guys talk about obviouse staff. Of course Zune approching latinos audience. Everybody does! I have never heart from big companies, "you know what, screw latin music, we are going to sell jazz music!" It's interesting to listen, but you got to give us more. You got to be the first and only people's souce in MS. Not some dude from Wal Mart who has more info about Zune that you do. No offense Cesar, I really like your work, but you got to do more!

3rd podcast where the RSS feed files have no tags. Without the GENRE set to PODCAST the Zune software ignores it (no sync). I've commented on this 3 times now and still I must manually edit your tags to get your software to recognize your podcast......... )c8

@Izzard Cesar works for Microsoft, Microsoft does not comment on rumors or products unreleased. Yeah, there's leaks of the 16gig, blue and 120gig, but Microsoft has NOT announced any of those, so Cesar can not talk or comment about them. Know what an NDA is?

This is NOT his personal website, and if it is, he's not allowed to tell us things that aren't confirmed by the company.

@Erie

I know where Cesar works, and this is the only reason why I'm listening to his podcast and reading his blog. There are plenty of web site about Zune, but I'm here. I want more news about Zune, exclusive news. Poor and bad marketing and promotion for MS, if Frys sells 120 GB Zune, and no comments from MS. Apple doesn't even have "insider", why Cesar can't be Microsoft's ? I know, I know, competion, Apple might steal precious ideas. But, hey 120 GB is not new. Apple has 160 GB, and it looks like nobody stole that idea. I'm just a reader, ok? I'm not teaching how to blog or make podcast. I'm just saying, I visit this blog constantly because I want news from Cesar, not from rarely updated Zunerama.

izzard - all in good time, all in good time

I can't wait to See that Sound Gate Zune integration in Action I think once Zune integration with Head units is more wide spread more Zunes will sell..  Are there any plans to let Major Head unit companies (Pioneer, ALpine, etc) work with Zune integration or are they not interested?  I would love to control my zune through my head unit..

Cesar, guys at the team; hope you're looking at posts like this when you're working on your new refresh. Especially check out the discussion. Can't wait for the new stuff!

www.zunethoughts.com/.../state-of-the-zune-2-0-union-9-months-in.html

I have a couple of issues with the podcast.  I signed up by clicking the Zune link on the announcement post if that makes a difference.  Also, I have a Zune 80.

First of all the image that shows up on the device while the podcast is playing is all fuzzy as if the resolution of the image is not correct so it is being stretched.

Second, the voice of the person during the intro sounds funny.  Partially like it is being computerized and partially like it is being played at the wrong speed (like the chipmunks).

Does anyone else have these issues?

Well the image is probably being stretched...  And the the Intro is supposed to be like that.. B/c its the intro.. I like it

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