You guys said that you wanted some ideas, and I think I have one.  Almost every day I see two people attempting to listen to an iPod with one set of earbuds, with one branch of the earbuds in each person's ear.  This is always awkward, as people  usually have to bend over in uncomfortable positions to share the earbuds, plus the fact that you have music going in only one ear.  Before I had a Zune, I owned a surprisingly good generic mp3 player with two headphone jacks.  I consider this to be such an obvious feature, because it allows two people to listen to a song without uncomfortably sharing earbuds.  And with Zune promoting the idea of music being social, I think this would fit well.  What do you think?

It is mandatory that the next HD comes with a built in speaker, camera/video camera, and a mic. I would pay like $700 bucks for that. (to be clear, that doesn't mean you should price it that high)

- Take over the archaic media playback on the Xbox. Please, its currently and ugly pain to use.

- Scan people's collections and add a copy of them online. (No uploading of files, just matching and organizing with stuff on the marketplace on the website.) Much easier than the floundering around we do now to find stuff we already have.

You said that you wanted some ideas, so here's one: Put keyboard shortcuts in the Zune software. I want to program my Media Center Remote so that I can pause, skip, etc, in the Zune software.

Mike Kazmierski:

When I picked up my Zune 30 back in 2006, I also picked up the Zune Travel Pack which included a dongle that allows multiple people to listen to one zune.  I'm not sure if it works beyond a 30. (I have brownie, black 120 but no ZHD)

Amazon has this pack for $18 which included the premium headphones.  Great Deal.

www.amazon.com/.../B000IXNEKC

But, with that said, I'd be skeptical about this type of feature being that high in demand. lol  But interesting idea, nonetheless.

@Boom_15  

I second that feature set! I'd also like to see that camera be able to record 720p "HD" video - yet another reason to call the device the Zune "HD". I'd also like to see GPS, a bigger screen, and 64GB (although if you wait next year, the highest capacity should be 128GB since apple will be up to that capacity at that point).

Oh, and did I forget to mention an app store!!! The current Zunes should have an app store. Don't give me that public relations rhetoric that the device is a media device and not meant to have apps b/c devices that are always connected (i.e. phones) should have apps. You're only saying that b/c your leadership wasn't able to get your team and the Windows Mobile team to work together to make a shared app store available at the launch of the Zune. The Zune should definitely be an app device with XBox-like games.

Something I would like to see in the software is the ability for it to remember where you were in a long list when you click the back button.

For example, when I browse the entire movie catalog and I click a movie that is halfway down the list then click the back button I have to scroll all the way back down to get where I left off browsing. The same happens to browsing music in the marketplace as well.

Zune needs to have Live Mesh integration.

This can mean several things:

* Sync "in the cloud" and receive content updates (i.e. new pictures) instantly, without the need to hook up the device to a PC

* All my personal content in the cloud so that I can sign in to Zune.net from anywhere and listen to my playlists, etc.

* Because it's all in the cloud, people I choose can take a look at what's in my collection and download what they want (if they have Zune Pass, of course). This goes for other content like pictures as well

* My content existing in the cloud, of course, means it'll be accessible from other Mesh-enabled devices like phones, Xbox, the MAC, etc.

* EVERYTHING updates from the cloud, you completely take the PC out of the equation (only if you want, of course). This means play counts, podcasts, channels, Smart DJ, etc.

If you want to take an advantage in the market, you should upgrade your browser to support flash and silverlight, that would make the experience better and your competition does not offer that feature, but you should do that before christmas if you want your market share to increase, if not you always going to be where you are, and of course do not forget the app store (big one).

Bring back shuffle as an option.  I like to play a variety of music from variouis genres.

Hey mike,The original Zune had a jack plugin that you could buy that surported two sets of buds. I use it with all my Zunes. People think its the coolest thing. Each side has its own volume control too.

you should have built in broadband service so I can always be hooked up to the internet and download music all the time.

Here is my $0.02

In about 6 months...

1) Add Silverlight and adobe flash support to the web browser

2) Open the app store to developers like the XBOX 360 indie games. The XBOX teams allows XNA developers to peer review games and submit the game to the XBOX 360. Do the same for the Zune software and let us have some fun with the device.

Long term (1+ years):

Guys, it is time that we are able to carry one device that will authenticate with all of our data. I still don't know why I have home computer, WHS, work computer, zune, phone and I still have to copy data among all of these. I was hoping live mesh would have done this but I still don't know what you guys have planned. My dream would be to purchase one device that has the capability to be the only device I need for anything. When I carry the device with me in my car and my music, appointments and data are already there. I then take that device with me and it will authenticate with anything I use in a seamless way (e.g. I was typing a document at home...I go to work and I can immediately continue my document from where I left off). I guess it maybe time to have "dumb" devices with very rich functionality and all I need is to authenticate at that device with my finger print or password.

Hey so I think it would be a really cool idea if you could have some kind of DJ playback mode and load up multiple tracks into one window, and manually transition from one to the next, and then to be able to put effects on a track, create mashups, whatever.  And to add sound effects to a song For instance: you could have a button that while you were playing a song, you could push it and make a drum sound or whatever.

just some things to think about.

Suggestions: Ability to make auto playlists based on the day tracks were played. I would love to be able to get my play history to sync between my Zune Tag and the software on my computer so I do not lose play counts in the software when I buy a new computer or need to do a restore, ect. Next Gen Zune HD needs to offer much larger storage, my Zune 120 is not large enough to hold my collection. A camera, video and audio recording would be sweet!

zune apps marketplace should be open to any developers

I would like to see more ZuneHD accessories.

The very first ones to be the cases and headphones.

I hope that you spent some qualities times on your holiday Matt and Jessica, you have a lovely voice indeed on the podcast and from what I am able to understand, you're a true and caring momy.

Thai UNICODE font support on the Zune HD

:D

some ideas:

-3party apps

-speaker

-facebook in social

-make windows mobile 7 the zuneHD's OS.

okay my thoughts are that it should include a section to show off gamer tags on the device (optional of course), my friends keep asking if the can see their zune tag then their gamer tag because they see the exact gamer tag name...

thats not as big as the next one (understanding zunes philosophy of MUSIC centered-ness) but even thought squirting has been taken away could we still have the ability to see other zune players around us and see what their listening, parts of their library like their favorites, most listened to and recently played, like already having their zune tag on your device to and probably add them as friends straight on the device...

the third being the ability to send a song or reply though wi-fi and not though connecting to the computer (which to me is awesome but still not every one [like me] hooks up to their computer right after using it[their zune])...

then last could y'all please work with the metadata editing sync thing, i'll explain... my zune 8 & 4 sync all the meta data the way i edited it (took me for-ever) but on my ZuneHD it syncs the un-edited info to the device... is their something wrong cause i looked at my software, all the data is their and when i look at my "device" on the software it says that all the edited info is their, but ON my device it says it's wrong...(sorry if that last part made no sense...) .. but in the words of matt that would be AWESOME if any of these thought were to be brought on by the zune team... awesome podcast and keep up the good work y'all two...

I would like to be able to change the genre set by Zune software so I can tweak my collection to play certain albums within a genre; I can do this in Media Player.  For instance, some of the music Zune parks under rock albums should be under Christian genre, some Christian genre should be under Christmas, etc. This would help me tweek my collection to my liking.

When you bring up the menu to "Pin to Quickplay" or "Delete" it would be nice to have the option on podcasts to set their status as either "played" or "unplayed" like you could on previous Zunes.  Also it would be nice to have better playlist management on the hardware itself - e.g, being able to add, and remove, songs to/from already existing playlists.  

I think a really cool idea would be to release Zune internationally let's say to Europe (by Europe I don't mean UK and thats it :D), Asia, definitely Middle East and maybe Africa. There is a lot of people who would like to buy Zune overseas and it would be a great competition for Apple's IPods that are unreasonably overpriced:). I think that this is a great opportunity for Microsoft to expand even in the times of financial crisis. Another thing is that the Zune Marketplace could become international. I for example I own a Zune 80 from the States and there is so much awesome stuff in the Zune Marketplace but I can't buy it. I do know the whole issue about copyrights but I think that it would pay off.

Sincerely Your Slovak listener

ThaSam23

How about a volume gauge on the mini-player?

I would really like it if you could sync all my Windows Media Center Recorded Tv to my Zune. Then it would be like a real DVR.

say you have two people side-by-side with zune players. If one player is watching a pre-recorded video/movie or listening to a song, could that video content be streamed to the other? That way the second player could share this content without needing to share earbuds or have two headphone jacks.

i totally agree with Boom_15

All you really need to do is open the device up.  At least let us access the 3D hardware, please?

If the HD devices are successful, re-introduce the button-based non-HD players (e.g. Zune 8, 16). There's still a market for those, as evidenced by the latest Nano release by you-know-who.

1. Hook into Win7's ability to pull our collections across the web from home onto the Zune.  32GB aint gonna cut it for my 300GB collection.

2. Volume normalization from WMP.

3. Radical: Ford Sync functionality talk into it 'Play Artist: Depeche Mode'. ;)

On Sept. 15, I went into Best Buy and purchased my Zune HD 16. At the time, there was no display for the HD model, and barely any display for Zune in general. I've been back there, and also to Target, several times since then, and nothing. No display, no items in stock, etc.. In fact, the Target guy didn't know what the heck Zune HD was, and tried to sway me over to the iPod section. This should be a REAL concern for Microsoft/Zune. I'm not in charge of marketing the HD obviously, but I am repeatedly scratching my head as to what the problem is. When I inquired why there was no display last week at Best Buy, the manager said, "well, that's Microsoft for you." and said they'd gotten nothing. Please, read that again. I loved the grass roots marketing leading up to the launch, but now that it's out, this is embarrassing. I realize that iPod owns this corner of the market, but even in the CDs section of Target, there's iTunes gift cards wherever you turn. I saw two Zune gift cards, in the corner of the store by the clearance items, with the other Zune players (no HD mind you) that are now on clearance. I guess my question/suggestion is, why did you put all this effort into such an amazing device (and it truly is amazing), and then do absolutely nothing to promote/market it? Even a Zune Kiosk at these stores, with a video showing off the capabilities. Or a "take the Zune challenge" where users who don't have a PMP can try out the software and a demo model or something. And Zune cards should be available EVERYWHERE. And commercials….where are the commercials???? In my local grocer, in it's own stand at Target, Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, and anywhere else, you should have the gift cards available. It just really feels like the Zune team has taken the ball to the two yard line and then fumbled. It's a great product. It deserves being seen, but that won't happen by itself. Be inventive, be agressive, but above all, be noticed.

I have an Idea.  Make the Zune support connecting to Ad-Hoc wireless networks so I can use my Windows Mobile phone as a WiFi hotspot for my zune when i'm not near a public hotspot.

add a mic to the headphones for recording voicemail that i can send to other zune users. how about the voice activation features like the stuff in the ford sync systems. then i dont need to type on the tiny keyboard...that would be magical

or a better idea just get out of the MP3 market and develop a good phone, and a good mobile OS Danger is death, WinMo 6.5 is just lipstick on a pig. You guys got to up your game if you want to keep Microsoft alive.

Please add the ablity to sync/download new podcast when connect to a wi-fi hotspot!

pleaseee!

This is what I see happening to Zune. It is going to continue to have a device like the ZHD in the future. However, hardware is not MS. They are all software. I believe they will integrate Zune Marketplace with WinM7. I believe this trend will continue until a Zune specific device is no longer needed - i.e ZuneHD gone.

George-I can't agree with your comment enough!  I have had my Zune 30 nearly since launch and I really have enjoyed it.  But I can't for the life of me figure out what is going on at Microsoft when it comes to their promoting and handling of the Zune brand.  Many times I have been left scratching my head in bewilderment at what honestly seems like incompetence or at best very poor planning/execution by the Zune division.  The almost complete lack of advertising not just for the HD but for every Zune generation would have to be near the top of my list of completely insane decisions by the Zune division.  MS can blame only themselves for not gaining anymore share of the market than they currently have.

wireless sync from hotspot!  I want to walk in my house and the Zune gets new content (maybe podcast, rss feeds, etc) on it's own.  No proprietary cable! Let me use a standard mini USB to charge/sync.

-more video codec support (hook it up! 7 can do it, so should Zune!)

-be able to download quizzes to Zune and Zune software

-Zune Pass with 3-5 free video downloads a month?

-Trailer Park Boys episodes, show is great

It seems that you guys do not care to advertise the Zune at large, and I do not understand that! No TV, the retail display are non-existent. The Zune cards are hidden and no application store. It seems that you are developing the devices just to hype the software. You are still behind the iPods by a couple of years, and once they release the radio app it will be hard for you guys to keep up. It seems that you are always a step behind Apple. It is time for you to realize that there are many options out there and if you do not differentiate yourselves from the crowd you always going to be behind the market leader. Where are the cheap devices that people can use to take to the gym and not be afraid of braking a 200+ device. Not everybody wants touch and you’re discontinuing the regular Zune. The fiasco with Zune originals when orders take weeks to get fulfill. Wake up guys it is time for you to shine. Your company got the money and the talent. Stop running behind and lead!

2 suggestions

-I wanted to subscribe to a new podcast while I was out and about and discovered it wasn't an option in the marketplace menu. How come? You can find songs and apps while away from the computer, but not podcasts.

-Also for some reason the web browser will not let go to my Outlook Web Access. Is this the fault of my email provider (a university) or is it something to do with the browser on the ZuneHD

Totally in agreement with the marketing gurus above. Why not make flashy/fun/functional ads and put them on Hulu? Why not have displays in BB or Target or what have you? This thing ROCKS. SHOW IT OFF. Whenever I tell people that they can wirelessly send songs with it, they're like "Oh cool" but nobody knows it from any of the ads... Come on MSFT - get with ye proverbial program! :)

Make the Linking of songs to the Marketplace more customizable.  That way I can stop it from linking to the wrong song/artist when the marketplace doesn't have the song at all or I can choose the exact song/album to link to so that it is correct.  This would be much better than having the software magically choose a link that is wrong in many cases and not allowing the user to fix this link.

Here's my Zune Dream:

My Zune is the heart of my Car entertainment system.  Each night when I park my car in the garage, my zune wirelessly syncs with my Media Center PC.  So each day the kids have new episodes of iCarly, Spongebob, & Phineas and Ferb to watch to and from school.

In my dream the zune is mounted on the dash so I can control it.  The kids have an IR remote so they also can control it.

To make the dream a reality:

-Car Dock with A/V output & 12 volt charging

-cables long enough to go from dashboard to behind the rear seats where my rear seat entertainment system video inputs are located in 2009 Toyota Sienna

-a setting where both Zune display & TV out are on.  You need to be able to see & control the Zune at the same time the TV out is on.  It would be OK to blank the zune screen after the video starts, like when a song starts.

-IR remote (like zune home A/V pack) so people in the back seat can control it

Specific Zune Car video wishes:

-Car Dock with A/V output & 12 volt charging

-cables long enough to go from dashboard to behind the rear seats where my rear seat entertainment system video inputs are located in 2009 Toyota Sienna

-a setting where both Zune display & TV out are on.  You need to be able to see & control the Zune at the same time the TV out is on.  It would be OK to blank the zune screen after the video starts, like when a song starts.

-IR remote (like zune home A/V pack) so people in the back seat can control it

I have a dream:

My zune is the heart of my car rear seat entertainment system.  DVDs skip, Zune rocks.

when I park my car in my garage, my zune automatically syncs with my media center pc and downloads the TV shows that I recorded.  So each day the kids have new episodes of iCarly, Spongebob & Phineas and Ferb to watch.    

Hi guys i already wrote u but i got something zune really needs to fix. I use Opera 10 and when i go to the zune social i always get a bug and i have to restart it. I use it for two years and doesnt happen with any other site and neither with the old zune site. When i use IE 8 its fine but it doesnt work with Opera. Thanks

ThaSam23

Dear Zune

I don't write unless I have a complaint or I am so amazed that I’m compelled to write. In this case I’m doing both. 1'st of the Zune HD is amazing. Right now I can't afford the 1 I want so a friend & I bought a 32 gig HD & we're time sharing. This is the coolest device ever from Microsoft. It’s almost perfect! I have to say what I love the most is HD radio. If anyone there is from NYC ask them about K-Rock 92.3. Formerly Howard Sterns home before he went to satellite radio. The home of THE Best Rock station ever. It seemed to have disappeared but then I found it on the HD band. I always thought Zune kicks Apples shiny over-priced butt any day of the week. Then again I'm biased. I'm a Microsoft fan boy. I recently sent a letter to apple. Just so you can have a best of my correspondence with them:

So the nano now has fm radio? Say it with me boys & girls; "me too, me too". Great to see you discovered this new fangled thing called radio. Who let you in on that big secret?

&

You added a video camera to the nano! Great! Now I can have it check up on my phone that came with a camera & vice versa. I always felt they were both plotting against me. Here I thought you were going to make a touch screen nano. Instead you put a crappy video camera awkwardly on a device that feels like it'll break if I look @ it to hard. I guess you’re not as smart as I thought.

I'm really sorry to see the 4, 8, 16, 80, & 120 go away but the HD is an excellent successor. I plan on buying 1 of each when I can because I know they will be collectors’ items. I get that the future is in touch screen devices with flash drives and that there no competing with the iPod Shuffle. After all Apple has made it clear that the future of music will be in pill form if they get any smaller and that’s not territory I can see Microsoft is willing to get into. Although it would be awesome to see a Zune version of the Sony Walkman W Series www.sonystyle.com/.../CategoryDisplay .  Especially if it came with Bluetooth for phones. Something for jogging!

With that said I do have a few complaints. I've always believed that Microsoft is the computer equivalent of Ferrari. If only Ferrari slashed the tires on their cars & ripped out 5’Th & 6’Th gears before they put them out on the show room floor. Everything Microsoft except for the Xbox 360 screams I can do so much more but I don't feel like it. These are just a few suggestions:

Why isn't the Zune HD a phone? There’s no reason for it not to be. You’re Microsoft! You own Danger! The maker of the side kick. If it was just an inch longer with a mic & 2 speakers. It would be the coolest phone ever. I own a windows mobile phone (Omnia i910). 6.1 is old and 6.5 isn't an O.S. It’s an update! Unless Windows phone 7 can really knock it out of the park and pass iPhone in function and features then I'm sad to say windows mobile is on life support & about to lose ground to Google. Windows Mobile is good but it’s ruined by the OEM’s. The hardware will diminish what ever work the windows mobile team does with 7. Its time for Zune to pick up the slack. If you can't make a full phone just yet then how about this. You’re Microsoft! You own danger. Instead of making a phone how about a cradle. One with 2 speakers, a mic, camera, blue tooth & sim card slot. Think of it like a thinner side kick without the flip out screen and keyboard. That way I can slide the Zune HD into it & use it as a phone. Danger can do that. Then the carrier only has to subsidize the cradle which would most likely be cheaper than a cheap feature phone. There’s no excuse not too. What? It would compete with windows mobile! Windows phone for business. Zune mobile for personal use. OEM's won't like it! Tough! Google makes their own phone & lets android to be used on all O.E.Ms. If windows phone is going to stay relevant then Zune mobile has to exist as a high end feature/entertainment phone. There’s no carrier in their right mind that will turn it down. Just don't do what apple did & make it exclusive too one carrier. AT&T had a good network until it got swamped. Allowing it to be shared among carriers’ means that the data networks won’t choke due to one phone. The cradle also means that the carriers are only responsible for their services and replacing a cheap cradle. Your responsible for everything else that pertains to Zune. If the networks are a problem then go to small carriers and pay as you go carriers like Metro PCS and Virgin Mobile. If that’s not enough to invest in this then make it also available as a VOIP phone the same way the Sony Mylo does.

   As for the software I’m not going to bang the same old drum of apps. I know their coming. I know you're not making an app marketplace just for windows phone. I know you know the vicious circle. Apps sell devices and devices sell apps which sells more devices. I'm not going to harp on games. Xbox guys like me have been screaming for an Xbox equivalent of the PSP & the Nintendo DS. I know Xbox games are coming to the HD & I’m excited. But what disappointed me are the features. Again your Microsoft! A Bing button right on the main screen. I have a Bing app on my phone that rocks. Why isn't this on the main screen with marketplace, games & music? It’s an awesome all in one app that should be at the core of the Zune HD’s features. Another thing you should have on the main screen is windows live essentials (call it essentials). I want windows live mail, messenger, feeds, news groups & contacts on my HD. I want to sync to windows live calendar & outlook calendar. I’m a dogwalker during the day (as an actor I felt it would be less of a cliché` than waiter) and my Zune is on for most of the day. From the moment I walk out of my apt to catch the subway until I get home at the end of my day. On days when I go to the gym my day can be as long as 13 hours long (I love the battery life) and I can’t hear when my win mo phone is trying to remind me of an event. I would hear the alerts if it went thru my ear phones and not coming from my hips or pockets. A note pad that I can sync back to my pc would be really helpful. I don't always have my phone on me & the data plan to have a windows phone is expensive but worth it. But my Zune is with me all the time. My headphones rarely leave my ears. I like to be off the grid and the gym I go to bans phones. It would really be nice to have what I love about my win mo phone without always having it on me.

This is a personal request but I understand why it’s not there anymore. Zune to Zune squirting. I personally loved it. It was an awesome feature but I know social made it irrelevant. If it is possible bring it back. I’d like to see more Facebook integration in the social. Most of my friends on the Zune social are my friends on Facebook. Other than that the Zune HD is great and I love the new software. Way better than iTunes. Looking forward to 4.5 and the next device update. I know you guys are working hard.

Before I finish there’s one more thing. Marketing! I always take my Zune 8 to the gym and when people ask about it their previous conceptions of it are blown away and they are impressed with it. They love the device, the service & the software (I’ve brought my laptop to the gym and showed it off. Then I brought the HD to the gym. Even the regulars with their iPod touches strapped to their arms were impressed. There’s a lot that you have to do to crush the iPod but your half way there. This could be the next step. It’s the one place you’re guaranteed to find people who want a high quality P.M.P and service like the HD and Zune. Gym nuts like me don’t go to the gym without something to listen too. We pay a lot for out gym membership. So anything that saves money is more than welcome. Especially here in NYC. Most gyms have Wi-Fi and depending on the gym, you’ll find a wide variety of people across many groups who’ll love the Zunes because the service is cheaper than iTunes and the devices are better than the iPods. The most common compliment I get for the Zune and the HD is that’s its a lot more versatile than the iPod. If you have a few unsold or refurbished Zune 4, 8 or 16 gigs lying around loan them out at the gym for a week with a 1 week trial. Even go as far as to give them out to new members. Get them hooked on the service and the device and they’ll be with you for life.

Ttfn and love the show

Roman

o.k. i will bang the same old drum as everyone else and talk apps. you need to open it up to 3'rd party apps in the app marketplace. but don't do what apple does and charge dev's a fee to submit apps. otherwise it'll take forever to get any. BTW! your microsoft. grab the XBox people & drag them into a room with some HD's.

Why isn't the Zune HD a phone? There’s no reason for it not to be. You’re Microsoft! You own Danger! The maker of the sidekick. If it was just an 1 Cm longer with a mic & 2 speakers. It would be the coolest phone ever. I own a windows mobile phone (Omnia i910). 6.1 is old and 6.5 isn't an O.S. It’s an update! Unless Windows phone 7 can really knock it out of the park and pass iPhone in function and features then I'm sad to say windows mobile is on life support & about to lose ground to Google. Windows Mobile is good but it’s ruined by the OEM’s. The hardware will diminish what ever work the windows mobile team does with 7. Its time for Zune to pick up the slack. I'm an ID10T user and i know the HD can be a phone. If you can't make a full phone just yet then how about this. You’re Microsoft! You own danger. Instead of making a phone how about a cradle. One with 2 speakers, a mic, camera, blue tooth & sim card slot. Think of it like a thinner side kick without the flip out screen and keyboard. That way I can slide the Zune HD into it & use it as a phone. Danger can do that. Then the carrier only has to subsidize the cradle which would most likely be cheaper than a cheap feature phone. There’s no excuse not too. What? It would compete with windows mobile! Windows phone for business. Zune mobile for personal use. OEM's won't like it! Tough! Google makes their own phone & lets android to be used on all O.E.Ms. If windows phone is going to stay relevant then Zune mobile has to exist as a high end feature/entertainment phone. There’s no carrier in their right mind that will turn it down. Just don't do what apple did & make it exclusive too one carrier. AT&T had a good network until it got swamped. Allowing it to be shared among carriers’ means that the data networks won’t choke due to one phone. The cradle also means that the carriers are only responsible for their services and replacing a cheap cradle. Your responsible for everything else that pertains to Zune. If the networks are a problem then go to small carriers and pay as you go carriers like Metro PCS and Virgin Mobile. If that’s not enough to invest in this then make it also available as a VOIP phone the same way the Sony Mylo does.

I <3 the HD. But what disappointed me are the features. Again your Microsoft! A Bing button right on the main screen. I have a Bing app on my phone that rocks. Why isn't this on the main screen with marketplace, games & music? It’s an awesome all in one app that should be at the core of the Zune HD’s features. Another thing you should have on the main screen is windows live essentials (call it essentials). I want windows live mail, messenger, feeds, news groups & contacts on my HD. I want to sync to windows live calendar & outlook calendar. I’m a dogwalker during the day (as an actor I felt it would be less of a cliché than waiter) and my Zune is on for most of the day. From the moment I walk out of my apt to catch the subway until I get home at the end of my day. On days when I go to the gym my day can be as long as 13 hours long (Thats VDO and Audio! I love the battery life) and I can’t hear when my win mo phone is trying to remind me of an event. I would hear the alerts if it went thru my ear phones and not coming from my hips or pockets. A note pad that I can sync back to my pc would be really helpful. I don't always have my phone on me & the data plan to have a windows phone is expensive but worth it. But my Zune is with me all the time. My headphones rarely leave my ears. I like to be off the grid and the gym I go to bans phones. It would really be nice to have what I love about my win mo phone without always having it on me.

This is a personal request but I understand why it’s not there anymore. Zune to Zune squirting. I personally loved it. It was an awesome feature but I know social made it irrelevant. If it is possible bring it back. I’d like to see more Facebook integration in the social. Most of my friends on the Zune social are my friends on Facebook. Other than that the Zune HD is great and I love the new software. Way better than iTunes. Looking forward to 4.5 and the next device update. I know you guys are working hard.

How about Zune ear muffs. I like to listen to podcasts and music while I'm mowing. It is a bit uncomfortable on the ears with the cord being pressed against my ear lobes by the muffs. There are ear muffs with the am/fm radio built in. How about a Zune model?

hey an idea for the zune hd web browser it would be rlly helpful for a www. button

You talk about texting while driving about a bad driver but please remember that it is against the law in the state of Washington (and many others) to text and drive at the same time.

So I was just getting around to listening to the Zune Insider Podcast 41 I believe and they said they were looking for all kinds of crazy ideas that we would like to see, and I also heard that you guys to read these comments, so I am posting 2 of my ideas.

One:

I would like to be able to use my Xbox 360 as the HD dock.  Why do I need the HD dock?  I should be able to connect my Zune HD to my 360 using the USB cable and see the same display I would if it was connected to the HD dock.

Two, this one is kind og big and I posted it a while back on the Xbox forums:

I was thinking about games like UNO and Scrabble.  The bad thing about these games is if you are playing with people on the same console they can see your cards.  The same with scrabble they would be able to see your tiles/which letters you had.  So why can’t the Zune be used as your controller.  It could connect wirelessly to your Xbox 360 and you see your cards face up in on your device.  You could then use the touch screen to reorganize your cards and just drag and through the card up to the TV to play the card.

I could really see this taking off with game parties.  People could have a virtual dealer for their poker night where people are playing Texas Hold’Em against each other and letting the Xbox 360 do the dealing and all the work.  I just don’t see these types of games against other people in the same room with all your cards on the TV.  People could easily see if you were bluffing or not.

This type of integration would be huge for multiplayer games on the same console where privacy in what each player is doing is key to your success.