Archive for December, 2006
Zune in the supermarket
Today I went to the supermarket, probably not the best place to go just before Christmas. In past years, going to the supermarket anywhere near Christmas has been stressful but this year I decided to hide inside my Zune zone.I setup a rock play list, cranked the volume and did my shopping - no stress!
I […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2006 under Zune.
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Zune Car Pack
After messing around with the Zune Car Pack for a couple of days, I thought I’d share my thoughts.
Right out of the box it looked pretty slick. Essentially the Car pack is two items; a Zune Car charger and an FM transmitter.
In the car, I first tried just the FM transmitter with the Zune (without […]
Posted: December 15th, 2006 under Zune.
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Download Center is back
The Download Center is back! And this time it’s well stocked.
Instead of just a couple of programs, we’ve packed it full of DVD converters/rippers and Video converters. Some are free, most of the others have a trial version.
Go to www.zunes.com/downloads
Download a trial and get ripping…
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Zune.
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Headphones, headphones, headphones
We have a number of portable music players around the place; CD players, iPods, Zunes, even an old Sony Walkman cassette tape (I think it might be the original version – is it a museum piece yet?).
From time to time the inevitable happens and the headphones get broken. My standard way of destroying them is […]
Posted: December 8th, 2006 under Zune.
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Boxwave screen protectors
A screen protector is a real must have item. The trouble is they come in varying levels of quality/clarity/cost.
Boxwave have released their ClearTouch Anit-Glare™ and ClearTouch Crystal™ screen protectors for the Zune.
The most useful will probably be the anti-glare version
http://www.boxwave.com/products/easyfinder/buy-best-microsoft-zune-accessories_2452.htm
There is a good review of both Boxwave screen protectors here
http://www.smartmobileassets.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?,v=display,b=reviews,m=1142912218
Hope this helps protect your Zune […]
Posted: December 4th, 2006 under Zune.
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