Zune Launch Parties: All Six Cities

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dvdtozune — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:29:28 GMT

Microsoft's iPod competitor, Zune, will be released on November 14.

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Zune Insider — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:37:04 GMT

Sooo. . . How have you beeee'eeeen? I'm back from LA. I was going to draft up a comprehensive review

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Sean — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:26:06 GMT

where on the site cause i want to see it there?

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pinksage — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:16:15 GMT

Well, I dont have a Zune, so.. not much use for the software ;(

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Charlie — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:09:06 GMT

EVERYONE! THE ZUNE SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD THROUGH ZUNE.NET!!!

http://zunecorps.com/?p=180

-Charlie

www.zunecorps.com

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ray — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:40:29 GMT

i installed mine, it works perfectly but took quite a while to install...anyway i didnt think it would let me install cause i live in europe but it does and so too does the marketplace which is excellent and is already open to sell songs. overall the software is brilliant and very easy to use, way better than itunes. i imported my library onto it and it performs better than wmp11. well done to the zune team, excellent software. btw cesar is there any news on a uk and ireland date launch date yet? even a rough idea? if it is going to be months i think i will but off ebay, i checked it today and already people are selling them for 210euro which is cheaper than creative zen vision m and 30gb ipod.

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sportsunit — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:16:22 GMT

It's amazing how many errors people are getting while installing the software, including myself. No text input for your zunetag, searching for updates forever, and stuck at the installation screen. And of course, all the zune bloggers are on a mini-strike again...lol. I guess we'll find out whats up some time on Monday.

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admin — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:51:37 GMT

sean. . . for now I'm gonna look the other way.

- cesar (I don't know how to change my name from admin yet ;)

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Sean — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:44:57 GMT

Hey Cesar is the downloadable zune marketplace software kosher to download?

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Charlie — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:15:26 GMT

Hey everyone,

We managed to get our hands on the Zune software early, take a look at our review of the Zune Marketplace (with tons of pics), and make sure to digg the story!

http://digg.com/software/First_Zune_Marketplace_Walkthrough_with_pics_of_all_sections

-Charlie

www.zunecorps.com

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ron — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:22:11 GMT

• 79 Microsoft Points equals 99-cents or one song.

• The smallest amount of Microsoft Points available for purchase is $5.00 or 400 points.

• Each Microsoft Point is worth 1.25-cents.

• So, you give Microsoft your $5 and buy your 5 songs. That's 395 total points. Microsoft has your 5 points or 6.25-cents "left over."

• Say you want an album's worth, or 10 songs? You give Microsoft $10 for 800 points and buy 10 songs for 790 points. Microsoft has your 10 points or 12.5-cents "left over."

• See where we're headed? Microsoft is taking money from their pigeons, er... "customers" and placing it in an interest-bearing account to earn themselves more money on their generous customers' interest-free "loans."

• Now, if you don't wish to give Microsoft your money to use for free to generate interest income for Microsoft, you need to figure out exactly how many 79-point songs to buy, so that no points are left over. The smallest number that might work is 15,800 points for 200 songs at 79 points each. Let's see, you'd need to buy:

- three (3) $50 sets of points for 12,000

- one (1) $25 set of points for 2,000

- one (1) $15 set of points for 1,200

- one (1) $5 set of point for 400

- Total = $195 for 15,600 points. Wait, that doesn't work, we still have 200 points left over. Let's buy 2 more songs for 158 points. Uh oh, 42 points or 52.5-cents "left over."

• This is harder than we thought.

• Calling all mathematicians! Can you buy Microsoft Points (available in denominations of $5 for 400 points, $15 for 1,200, $25 for 2,000 and $50 for 4,000) in such a way as to buy your songs without leaving any free "left overs" for Microsoft to use to generate interest income? If so, what's the formula?

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lpxxfaintxx — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:00:14 GMT

What do you think about this, Cesar?

The Zune Marketplace is now available for download at http://zuneboards.com/Zune-Marketplace-Available-for-Download-t-474.html

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Lannacore — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:34:34 GMT

I just might hafta take my lunch break at West Lake on Monday...

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Slick Jones — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:24:27 GMT

maybe you need Slick Jones somewhere in Europe?

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pinksage — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:45:11 GMT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/allhailme/blogposts/111006_zuneparty.jpg

I Found this funny pic :D