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...

Some cool news from the Zune community: our friends at ' Rama celebrated a second birthday . Please Join me in congratulating them! Speaking of second birthdays, this site just had a birthday, on July 21! That's when we first announced Zune: July 21, 2006. Here's the first post I wrote announcing it . Ah, the memories. Thanks to everybody out there in the community!

For those of you who are 1. Snowboarders, 2. In/around Tahoe this Saturday, and 3. Awesome*, check out this Gizmodo reader meetup**: And if you're going, take some digital pictures! And bring your Zunes! * BTW: reading zuneinsider.com makes you awesome, so you're covered. ** Also, this isn't an April Fools Joke. But this is!

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.