Zune MP3 Player
All about the Zune
Zune Cables
Dec 15th
Microsoft has introduced yet configuration that adds to the mix of portable media players. The unusual cable configuration usually would mea that the consumer has to only the official manufacturers’ cable. But for the Zune AV cables, you have the Archos, gigabeat, creative Zen vision, M/W, Cowon iAudio and the Apple iBook AV cable. They all have the same pinpoint configuration so they all are interchangeable. The standard camcorder cables are of a different configuration and the ipod videos have another sort of pinpoint configuration.
It is great news for the Zune owners that the AV cables are similar to the standard camcorder cable and the ipod video. This helps in swapping of the cables easily with the Zune systems. The key to do this swapping of the cables is the ground. If the ground is the same, then no major modifications is needed to the cable. Just simple swapping of cable colors will help you to solve the problem.
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Zune 4 GB
Dec 14th
Zune falls in line with the portable media players that are manufactured by Microsoft. This also includes the Zune software and the Zune marketplace services that is sold by Microsoft which provides online music , online video, and pod cast that is downloadable. Zune’s main competitor is the Apple iPod / ITunes. These are famous in the Mac world. Just as Apple ipod / itune is famous in the Mac world so is Zune products in the Microsoft world. Zune players are available as two man products namely the hard drive based product and the flash memory based product. Both of these products are capable of playing music, videos, pod casts, they help to display images and also are capable of receiving FM radio. FM radio does include RBDS, which is capable of receiving an displaying digital information in the conventional FM radio broadcasts, like the Traffic announcements, station identification, artist being broadcast, song title so on. It also allows sharing files wirelessly across other Zune via USB with Xbox 360 and Window Pcs. It can be seen that Zune can also be synced with a windows PC.
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Zune 8 GB
Dec 13th
The Zune 8 GB is the second generation model of the Zune media player that was announced on October 2nd, in the year 2007. It was then released on November 13, 2007. These are flash memory based devices that were created to compete with the iPod Nano and the Sansa Fuze. These are smaller and cheaper that the three hard drive Zune devices namely the Zune 30, Zune 80 and the Zune 120. They offer music, video, pod cast support and also come with Wi-Fi and Fm Radio.
The Zune pad which has replaced the D-pad of the original Zune allows for touch screen with sensitive controls in addition to the five way clicking. Wi-Fi helps in wireless synchronization which aids in photo sharing, pod casts and music with other Zunes. This however allows only for playing of the shared music thrice at the receiving end. The FM Radio of the Zune 8 GB includes the RBDS support for the display of songs and station metadata. It however does not support HD-Radio. You can see that the Zune models also feature scratch resistant glass screens that appear similar to the v2 Zune screens.
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Zune 16 GB
Dec 12th
Zune 16GB MP3 player, the third generation MP3 player has been able to make tracks in the market with its amazing firmware updates. The main advantage with the low prize and providing additional features, and upgrades, the Zune (16GB) has finally been able to be a true competitor to the iPod of the Mac World. The Zune 16GB offers flexibility, its ease of use, and continuous communication and connectivity helps the users to enjoy their favorite album that works out to be tremendously powerful equivalent to the ipod.
Microsoft has lowered the price of this third generation Zune 16GB model that sells for $199. In addition to this Microsoft has been able to integrate Wi-Fi technology with additional improvements to the existing FM tuner.
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Zune 30 GB
Dec 11th
The first portable media player developed by Microsoft in the series of Zune is Zune 30. This media player was released on 14th November 2006. It was initially names as just Zune. After that there were subsequent versions created with different hard drive capacities and the original Zune was names ad Zune 30.
The consumer edition was introduced in different colors like black, brown and pearl white that came with a double shot or translucent glow in a different color of blue green and transparent respectively. The Zune model cases were made of silicon rubber. The controller consists of a circular controller with four buttons that indicate the different directions with the middle button to help choose a song album or the menu with a black button to the left and a play / pause button to the right along with a hold switch on the top of the media player next to the headphone port. The words as inscribed on the back of the case are “Hello from Seattle”. It also features several music, videos and images that are preloaded on the device.
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