The 3.0 release was packed with lots of awesome new features. As a part of this new feature set, we introduced channels for our Zune Pass users. Channels are essentially subscription playlists that are updated automatically for you on a regular basis. This is an awesome way to have new music delivered to you automatically. I really enjoy my channels, and I want you to enjoy them too. So, in this post, I am going to give you a little primer on channels, how they work, and how to use them. First of...

Since I joined Zune last year, the single biggest feature request from folks in the zune.net forums (besides the clock) has been for a new sync mode. A sync mode in which when you delete content from your computer, it still remains on your Zune device. People don’t like it when content magically disappears from their device, and rightly so. So, you asked for it, and we delivered; enter Manual Sync Mode… While we believe there is great value in our Smart Sync modes, some folks want more...

I recently converted a good friend of mine over to Zune. He has been an avid iPod user for years, and is now singing the praises! It's funny, when I convert someone over to Zune, they always seem to find a feature that they love, that I tend to take for granted. He came up for a visit this weekend and he was showing me all of the new songs he had found on ZunePass and was showing some pictures of an event we attended last December. I didn't have most of these pictures and I wanted them in...