As you might have seen on our Facebook page , you are invited to a meetup in NYC on January 16. Here are the details from John, the organizer: NYC Zune Meetup on January 16th. Place: Asia Roma Time: 7:00pm http://asiaroma.com/asiaro ma/html/index2.htm Come and be "Social". Meet other NYC Zune users. It'll be a blast, and for the adventurous, there's karaoke downstairs...dom dom dom! If you're going, drop a line! It should be fun!

Live in Atlanta? Check out this post by Indmusic, Zune community member and MVP. He's bringing folks from the Zune community together for a quick meetup. Details: 7p-8:30p at Lenox Mall in Atlanta, GA. Ok, enjoy! <edit> - meetup is postponed. Stay tuned for news on a rescheduled meetup!

Since the launch of the new Zune Pass, I've gotten a few questions from folks. For a quick how-to, be sure to check out the screenshot tutorial over at Inside the Circle . And Harv from 'rama did a great job in summarizing these - I ran his list by the product team and here's what I got: 1. What’s the catch here? No catch. You get everything you always got with your Zune Pass (i.e. unlimited access to Marketplace subscription tracks, for as long as you maintain your subscription...

Thanks to TXT Bone, a buddy from Zune Social, for producing a set of background images for your Zune! Now, regular readers and visitors alike can all be insiders. You've already got the inside scoop by visiting this site, so show it Check these beautiful images: more in the full set here .