Archive for March, 2007

It’s been a week since Microsoft said they were not ready to release the firmware 1.3 and we’re still waiting for at least a date. Bill, the Zuneguy, wrote about it. Here’s what he had to say: We are going…

Until next Saturday, the Zune is on sale at OfficeMax. You can buy you black or white Zune at $199 with instant rebate. This is $50 off the retail price and shipping is also incuded. This is not as good…

Tomorrow, Tuesday 27th March, starting at 1AM (PT) Zune.net, and Zune Marketplace account creation/management will be offline for maintenance. It’s maintenance only, no firmware updates/new features.

You’ll still be able to access the catalog and browse music, but won’t be able to buy music, create new accounts, manage your existing accounts, purchase additional points, or view your account history.  And the account management section of Zune.net will also be down. You’ll be able to access the rest of Zune.net without difficulty. Take care!

Looks like a few Zune websites I visit regularly have some cool contests going on right now. Here goes:

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  First up, ‘Max is doing a drawing for a Zune player. If you already have a Zune, tell a friend!


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  You can also win a Zune player by mentioning Zune in your blogsite, and then leaving a comment on A Yoga Coffee Outlook.


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  Generation Zune and IWAPZ are teaming up to bring you The Pink Power Challenge: 2.




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  I had previously linked to the PPC Part 1, which was also cool.


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  And last but certainly not least, our buddies at Zunecorps want to give away a Speck case.

Did I miss any? Let me know; I’ll edit the post. Who knows, if there are enough of these, I’ll maybe create a weekly post called “Free stuff monday” (or something more clever.)

Happy Friday! Ready for some more free music? I’m happy to help, dear blog reader, I’m happy to help. Here goes:

• First up this week, our friends at 3Hive (what’s up Sean!) post 3 tracks from Walter Kong (Zuneinsider favorite this week).


• Aquarium Drunkard has four MP3s from SXSW favorite Page France.


• Rock out to The Mother Hips over at IRockCleveland.


• For fans of new wave, Fluxblog has “Mirror Man,” by The Human League 


• If you can get over the goofy guy in the video (jk – he’s a buddy of mine), You Can Take the Boy Out of Brooklyn has 3 Def Leppard tracks.


• RockInsider has a track from another SXSW favorite – White Denim


• Stereogum has Blitzen Trapper covering Heart. Real nice.


• You Ain’t No Picasso this week brings us music from Sea Wolf, YASXSWF (yet another SXSW favorite).


• This one is for Nighthawk and the other metal-heads out there: Scissorkick has an MP3 from Pelican, ok, it’s not death metal, but still good, right?




• BTW – nighthawk, Charlie, and all my other readers rocking high school. I’ve said this before, but I seriously hope your homework is done.


• And last but not not-awesome – GorillavsBear has a track from YACHT, plus a bonus remix.

Ok, friends, enjoy the free music for your Zune, and have a great weekend!