Comments on: 30GB Zunes simultaneously fail

By: Dante

Dante — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:03:24 +0000

I don’t have an iPod. But I think i can figure out why they are so damn popular.

Look at Apple. they’ve put all their marketing power into one device, or at least multiple versions of that device. That way they can make everything compatible with that device. The iPod strategy is what Microsoft should emulate.

Microsoft, simply put, has too many crappy mp3 players. If they were to make one that, you know, is actually WORTH BUYING, and then make ONE VERSION of it, instead of fifty thousand different ones with obscure, stupid names like the Microsoft MP3 Super Extra F-6547 512 mb X400 series.

The zune COULD work. IF they decide to put that player to the forefront of mp3 players and just STICK WITH ONE GODDAMN FORMAT. its not that hard, people. just make the player worth buying and then make one, maybe two versions of it. not 50 versions with stupid names and prices.

The zune is a capable machine. Probably comparable to the iPod. But unless the zune can get a large enough following without Microsoft’s ADD-prone marketing team making some stupid zune clone, then it’s gonna fail.

like it did.

By: David

David — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:42:12 +0000

Yea I did but those didn’t work I had to do something a little different to get it going.

By: Chip

Chip — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:40:42 +0000

Did you see these instructions? http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/zune30.htm

By: David

David — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:31:15 +0000

I called zune support and they had me hold the left arrow left circle and the center circle button all at the same time and it cleared my zune and reset it to factory settings. It reloaded the current firmware and seem to work as of now. Sucks I lost all my music, some of it I no longer have on my current PC but at least I have a working zune again.

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:35:39 +0000

So, is everybody’s Zune back in business?

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:35:13 +0000

Glad you enjoyed it, Will!

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:25:02 +0000

Funny because I thought the drive in mine failed, so I took mine apart and figured if it was easy to remove I would just go get a new drive for it. But Decided to buy a itouch come Friday but glad to see I can use my year old zune a bit longer =) Come tomorrow that is.

By: Will Sullivan

Will Sullivan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:06:14 +0000

Great post, mano!:

Just the right mix of true information, links for backup, and lovely, barely-this-side-of-snide attitude! Love it!

;-{)

Will

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:18:21 +0000

Looks like the commenter I quoted above was right — the Zune doesn’t know how to handle December 31 of a leap year. What an embarrassing bug for Microsoft.

By: Chris Hallgren

Chris Hallgren — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:06:51 +0000

Microsoft says just to wait til tomorrow and the issue will be resolved.
http://forums.zune.net/412486/ShowPost.aspx