Thanks to Adam at 'Thoughts for finding and posting a great list of Zune Tips - 10 of them: Store content on Zune but not on PC Drag and drop from explorer to Collection Copy by Playlist Import playlist View your playcount Shuffle...then shuffle more... Zoom for that closeup Use quicklist to repeat a single song RDS and the FM Radio Find location of file Check this post in the Zune forums for details! Got more tips? Drop a comment!

Kudos to the Zune community for taking the idea of “you make it you” to the next level – folks in the community have found a way to customize the Zune background on the Zune software. Get the details at I Have a Zune dot com or at ‘ thoughts . <Edit Thursday AM> - There's some back and forth in the comments as to where this trick came from, but I think it's safe to give credit to 'Boards for this one.

If you have an FM Transmitter, here's yet * another * way to share music. That is, in addition to wireless send, Zune Markeplace, and guest / reverse sync . Get nearby Zune players to tune into the same frequency being transmitted; in the below picture, nearby Zune players would tune into 94.3. Thanks, 'Rama , for the story tip.

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...