Archive for May, 2007
A new Zune Firmware Update has been released today. The Firmware Update 1.4 brings an improved shuffle experience. The Zune software as not been updated. Zune’s development team defines the improvement like this: this firmware update makes successive shuffle actions…
Firmware Update 1.4: Today
Today at 10:00 am PT, we’ll be releasing Firmware Update 1.4. This update (it’s firmware only; software is still 1.3) brings an improved shuffle experience. For those slightly more technical readers, the direct word from the dev team: “this firmware update makes successive shuffle actions produce more random lists.”
If you’ve been following this blog, then you probably know that the team at Zune is continually working to improve Zune - and this update is another step in that direction.
Ok, take care everybody!
I thought I’d add a little more context to yesterday’s post Jason Reindorp, the Marketing Director for Zune was quoted in the Washington Post:
The one million unit milestone is just one conservative step of many we’ll take over the next few years as we continue to introduce new features and devices and build our brand
A few folks have said that the goal of being number two - which we’ve already achieved in the hard drive category, with about 10% marketshare - is too modest. Right now, though, we think it’s very realistic. We’re only 6 months in the market (although one could argue that we entered the market when we officially announced), and like Jason says, we have many more steps to take.
For me, the coolest part about Zune has been connecting with Zune users out there - I would agree with Nelson, Zune owners are a passionate bunch!
This week’s pair of ZMP freebies span genres. Check out Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s “Sacala Bailar,” and Cary Brother’s ”Who You Are.” Cool.
In other news: I’m sure you all have by now seen Surface, which folks at Microsoft have been developing for over 5 years. Very cool.
Surface will Sync with your Zune
The demo presented by Microsoft shows how you will be able to create interaction between the Zune and your “Surface table monitor”. Just by leaving the Zune on the “Surface table monitor”, it will automatically be recognized by the Surface…