http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia en zuneaustralia zuneaustralia Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:42:00 +0200 daily 1 Has the Zune lost its potential to become a big hit? Now that more and more players with wireless features are coming out, has the Zune lost its edge? When the Zune came out, what differentiated it from other players? Wifi + its larger screen. Now we all know what wifi can do and what we hoped for the Zune's wifi capabilities. Downloading music on the fly, broadcasting what your listening to and wireless syncing. Well the Zune has been out for almost a year and there have been no significant updates to the features of the Zune. In that time various other players have come out with the capabilities that we hoped. The Sansa mp3 player can download songs over wifi. The iPhone + iTouch can do the same plus the special deal with Starbucks. The only thing that I could hope that the Zune is doing is waiting until they have enough users to make a big impact. But are they waiting too long. If they release a certain feature too early, it could be perceived as a failure. Too late and others will... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:42:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/End-of-the-Zune/4/ http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/End-of-the-Zune/4/ So the Zune will be down for upgrading from 7-11pm (Sydney/Melbourne) on the 10th (today). So what could this mean. Here's a list: 1. They are upgrading to add new downloadable features (Video Downloads, etc.) 2. They are adding Support for new players (most likely) 3. They are adding more Video/Audio Codecs (I wish) 4. They're not doing anything. It's just down to make up speculate and get all excited :( I will keep you posted on this subject, Here's the actual release: Zune Marketplace will be unavailable for approximately 4 hours to upgrade the service starting: Local Times of Maintenance 0200 Pacific Time 09/10/2007 0500 Eastern Time 09/10/2007 1800 Japan Time 09/10/2007 0900 GMT 09/10/2007 Zune Australia : Zune News, Reviews | Zune Forums, Zune Community | Zune Australia : Zune News | Zune Australia : Zune Info | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Zune... Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:02:46 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/Zune-Marketplace-Down-for-upgrading/3/ http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/Zune-Marketplace-Down-for-upgrading/3/ Over at Zunerama , they got a pic of the pricing sheet for the Zune 2.0 Accessories. Here's the pic: Thanks to our source at GameCrazy, who saw his manager reviewing the new pricing and snagged a pic of it. What does it say?: 1. MP - Zune AC Adapter (V2) - $29.99 2. MP - Zune Cable Pack (V2) - $39.99 3. MP - Zune Car Pack (V2) - $79.99 4. MP - Zune Dock Pack (V2) - $49.99 5. MP - Zune Home AV Pack (V2) - $99.99 6. MP - Zune Sync Cable (V2) - $19.99 MP, I assume, stands for media player. V2, again assuming, stands for version 2. This i pretty much the same pricing as the accessories for the current Zune. This is just more evidence that a new Zune will be appearing this year. Zune Australia : Zune News, Reviews | Zune Forums, Zune Community | Zune Australia : Zune News | Zune Australia : Zune Info | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Zune Australia | Buy Zune : Zune Australia... Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:57:43 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/leaked-Zune-2-accessory-price-sheet/2/ http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/leaked-Zune-2-accessory-price-sheet/2/ FIRST: Read my previous post, then proceed to indulge yourself in my enchanting hypothesis about the so-called Zune Enhancements. These enhancements are probably mostly Wifi based . I think that the Zune team may have left out Wifi feature for one reason. They want to create a sort of P2P network. Where one person is connected via wifi to a hotspot, then sends the signal out for others to use and so on. This could create a big web, so that maybe, just maybe, there will be wifi everywhere. This also could be used for the sending feature. You could send songs to people hundreds on meters away. Just imagine the shock for apple when the new Zune lineup comes out (as said in the previous post), and these new Wifi features come out. All they need is a good marketing campaign so that lots of people have a Zune. This would be great for community areas, as they like to promote, such as shopping malls, city streets, parks, etc. What if the Zune team has been actively working with music... Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:33:03 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/Zune-Enhancements/1/ http://www.blogigo.com/zuneaustralia/Zune-Enhancements/1/