Archive for November, 2006

Thanks to Robin from ‘Army for providing the new Zuneinsider background image! You rock!  (Bonus points if you can guess what the building is)

I just noticed that the image was too small when I upped my screen resolution. So for a while I’m going with another image sent - thanks again Damien!  we’re back to the image provided by ‘Army.

If you have a cool picture and would like to be included in the background, email me at askzune(then type the “at” symbol)microsoft.com. For me to pick it; it has to be PG, and big enough to fill the entire background on a 1280X1024 resolution monitor.

“Music, Culture, and  . . . ?”

I know, I know, I gotta step up the “Music, Culture” part of this site. So here goes: my buddy Anna (hi-five!) over at DecentXposure clued me into a cool band out of Copenhagen - Mew. I like ‘em a lot. And they’ve toured with Kasabian and Bloc Party, both perennial favorites.

Check the the video “Special,” which actually won a CADS06 award for Best Cinematography:

Mew has also been blogging since 2002. Cool. And if anyone is still wondering, I still rock my 360. Gamertag: Cesarisok.

Vaja is the recent addition to elite list of zune accessory makers who are officially listing products for launch. Vaja is an Argentina based company and has been known for making exquisite high quality leather cases.
The current models available are Balance, Classic, Classic Top and Classic Top Retro. Prices start at $50 and are available […]

According to market researcher NPD group in their weekly survey of music player sales, the Zune player grabbed 9 percent of the US digital music player market in its first week of sales. The Zune took the second position from…

Q: You’ve said that the investment horizon for the Xbox is multiple years. What is the investment horizon for the Zune. Is it as long as Xbox? A: Well, it’s of a different nature. First, as we said earlier, the…