Oct 3, 2008
by Cesar Menendez at 6:54 PM

Welcome to an extra special episode 8 of the Zune Insider Podcast!

Here's what we talk about in this episode: the recent Zune Outage discussed, recent trends in Zune podcasting. Paul Colligan, professional podcasting consultant/speaker, blogger/podcaster at ZuneLuv.com also joins us to discuss Zune podcast support and what the podcast community thinks of Zune's podcast support (15:50-41:40). And as always, we answer your questions.

  • Download the MP3 directly here.
  • Direct Podcast RSS Feed here
  • Zune Marketplace Deep-Link here
  • And as promised in the episode. Here is the link to the zune deep-link tool: http://social.zune.net/links/ZuneLinks.aspx

    11 Comments
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    u should put some new games on zune

    great ep, i thought zune was gunna get another update :( a search feature like in the market place would be nice. i have tons of music!

    also, since i've updated my zune freezes alot. can i send my zune back to MS for repair/replacemnt?

    I enjoyed this podcast.  Keep up the good work.

    Cesar, I just want to tell you and your team good job on the wireless marketplace.  When I first heard of it in the upcoming firmware ,it was a bit out of left field fo me as I didn't see how it would be feasible on the current Zune hardware.  I'm using it a lot more than I thought I would, it is so convenient.  Hope you continue to add more features to it.  Again, thanks!

    Corey the freezing issue isn't your Zune. It's the 3.0 firmware.

    It's reproducible 100% of the time.

    Corey, my Zune was doing the same thing.  I called customer service and my Zune went back to MS today.  It is very frustrating I know.

    I just want to say keep up the good work because I love the Zune. The new 3.0 software is downright sexy, the radio is perfect, and Zune has set the standard for doing podcast perfectly.  The full screen graphical display of the artist when the songs are playing is flat out eye candy and brilliant.  The mix view is very fun and intuitive.  My family and I sit there and play with the mix view discovering all sorts of music daily.

    My only criticism I will say is…………Never and I repeated “NEVER downgrade any hardware or software related things”, only add to what you have going on right now with the Zune.  Downgrade meaning -the ear buds on the Zune 80 are of better quality than the new 120 and the Zune in the beginning had an EQ but now it does not.  Those are moves I hope will be fixed in the near future releases of Zune products.  (Hardware and software)  PS - Now just put Internet Explorer 8 on the Zune and I’m buying one for the whole family for Christmas.   Thanks again for a great device.  

    My husband and I both have brown Zune 30s that we picked up on sale about a year ago, right before the 2.0 launch. Thank you SO MUCH for keeping everything backwards compatible so we get all the same great features as the brand new machines.

    I think the audio quality is kinda weird this time..

    Great podcast Guys, I’m one of those original brown 30 owners from 06. Loved it, I’m rocking a red zune 80 at the moment, how about putting out a special edition brown 120 with a glossy finish.

    I agree with PuNaTaRo. It sounds like you brought the opening music down, but never completely faded it out. I could just barely hear it in the background and it was a bit distracting, but great episode nonetheless.

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