I’m excited to announce the Zune Spring Update: Zune 2.5. We’re adding new features and enhancements to your Zune, the Zune software, Zune Social and TV shows in Zune Marketplace. For details on the update, head to the press release , but at a high level, in the Spring update: Zune cards becomes more portable. You can already put it on social networking or other websites – now you can drag and drop your friend’s cards onto your player. If you have a Zune Pass that means you get full track versions...

Zune will be issuing a firmware update today. There are no new features in this update, but it does address some issues we’re reading about in the forums. Specifically the battery issue affecting a small percentage of Zune 30/80 GB users - I posted about this last week in case you missed it. In addition to the battery issue, this update provides some performance improvements: Improved device recognition Improved stability and reliability on sync (both wirelessly and while connected to a PC). After...

Good news for Zune 30 users! Following the Nov 13 firmware upgrade , a lot of people are noting an improvement in battery life. To achieve this, we improved the Zune 30 codecs so they are more power-efficient, hence the better battery life. That said, we have seen some reports of a separate battery issue related to the upgrade. This problem occurs when users suspend their Zune hard drives by holding down the play/pause button – in some cases the battery continues to drain. It seems to be affecting...

It's November 13, 2007 (5:20 am here in Seattle) and the Zune Software, Zune Social, Zune Marketplace and - most importantly to many of you - the Zune firmware update is now live. If you haven't yet, go to Zune.net and download it! Once you're on the Zune Social, drop me a line! (my card - http://social.zune.net/member/Cesarisok )