If this isn't fixed in the next couple of days, Apple should offer some sort of discount on iPods for people who trade in their bricked Zune...
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Zune 30 Failing EVERYWHERE, All At Once!
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If it isn't fixed in a couple of days, Apple won't have to offer some sort of discount on iPods.
I guess all 5 kids who got a Zune from Grammy and Gramps instead of an iPod are really mad, now.
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/158257.asp?source=mypi
Figured I'd add that story to the mix.
My question is.. if everyone keeps draining their Zunes, then charging it up again knowing it won't work.. would it eventually overheat, short circuit, or something? Just another thing to chew on.
Figured I'd add that story to the mix.
My question is.. if everyone keeps draining their Zunes, then charging it up again knowing it won't work.. would it eventually overheat, short circuit, or something? Just another thing to chew on.
Then perhaps they should have fired the entire fleet of overworked coders who released Vista (Longhorn) in 2007.
Even Microsoft never expected Zune to last beyond 2008 so they put a self destruct function in.
Yeah, affects the 50 people that owns it
LOL!
Coulda been worse
Yes, it could have been worse. Had this happened before Christmas, say right after Thanksgiving, then this really would be a disaster for Microsoft. Having this kind of bad pub right before the start of the biggest selling season of the year would have been an unmitigated disaster.
It will be interesting to see if Apple does anything in light of this. I think it would obviously be bad form to directly make fun of this (not to mention pure karmic suicide) say in the form of a Mac vs PC type commercial (or as someone suggested, turn in your brick and get an ipod). Instead it seems like a great time to crank up the regular ipod adverts. Or be a slight bit more subtle, like "turn in your old HD based MP3 player, working or not, and get xx% off an ipod"
Yes, it could have been worse. Had this happened before Christmas, say right after Thanksgiving, then this really would be a disaster for Microsoft. Having this kind of bad pub right before the start of the biggest selling season of the year would have been an unmitigated disaster.
It will be interesting to see if Apple does anything in light of this. I think it would obviously be bad form to directly make fun of this (not to mention pure karmic suicide) say in the form of a Mac vs PC type commercial (or as someone suggested, turn in your brick and get an ipod). Instead it seems like a great time to crank up the regular ipod adverts. Or be a slight bit more subtle, like "turn in your old HD based MP3 player, working or not, and get xx% off an ipod"
It's on CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/31/zune.player.failures/index.html
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Something I've been wondering about...the computers don't recognize the Zunes, but do they really not have something like the iPhone's DFU mode were they can be upgraded without actually booting? If they don't, that's just more epic fail from Microsoft, and if they do, and even that doesn't work...Microsoft is ***ed.
At least Microsoft acknowledged the problem, and lets the zune users vent on their forum.
Apple would've gone dead silent and fixed it quietly in an update. In the meantime, they would've deleted any messages on their user forums that screamed about the bug.
Apple would've gone dead silent and fixed it quietly in an update. In the meantime, they would've deleted any messages on their user forums that screamed about the bug.
At least Microsoft acknowledged the problem, and lets the zune users vent on their forum.
Apple would've gone dead silent and fixed it quietly in an update. In the meantime, they would've deleted any messages on their user forums that screamed about the bug.
Absolutely, I was thinking the same thing a couple minutes ago... Sadly, I would guess it's true, but who knows as Apple has not experienced such an outage before. The MobileMe problems cannot even be compared to this.
This should be one of those clip-and-save items to pull out whenever someone gripes about Apple not giving them exactly what they wanted the moment they thought of it.
Feel bad for the people who bought into Zune, but I can't help but laugh at this thread and some of the other websites posting about this. Too funny.
Apple needs to re-release this as an iPod ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJkAYdT7qo
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: we may not get everything right, but at least we knew the century (and 2009) was going to end!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJkAYdT7qo
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: we may not get everything right, but at least we knew the century (and 2009) was going to end!" 
Just make a mental note of this day in history. You'll be able to tell your grandkids what you were doing when the Zunepocalypse hit.
What? Wetting ourselves?
Apple needs to re-release this as an iPod ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJkAYdT7qo
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Yes! It should it's perfect in this situation.
Woot!
Good job Microsoft!
Way to beat down the iPod!
Now I'm sure when all the current Zune owners buy a new device they will most likely lean towards an iPod.
Good job Microsoft!
Way to beat down the iPod!
Now I'm sure when all the current Zune owners buy a new device they will most likely lean towards an iPod.