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Zune HD Skin Greenman – 7.99

At first glance, it’s a bunch of leaves, but when you look a little closer, a wise and mysterious face smiles out from your device, a portrait of magic and illusion in shades of green and yellow.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

Tags: The Zune

Zune HD Skin Greenman – 7.99

At first glance, it’s a bunch of leaves, but when you look a little closer, a wise and mysterious face smiles out from your device, a portrait of magic and illusion in shades of green and yellow.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

Zune Insider Episode 77 dated July 16th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jess discuss the weather and how Matt doesn’t wear shoes (0:00 – 2:30); Re-cap of last week’s episode and Jess rips on her boss, kind of (2:33 – 4:30); The Studio is moving! (4:31 – 7:00); Time to breathe, and how Matt’s team is planning their future (7:01 – 16:55); Jess still loves her Windows Phone 7 (16:56 – 17:33);  Zune and Xbox promote Comic Con (17:34 – 19:05); Help Jess learn gaming, and she got on the Kinect beta (19:06 – 23:04); Live inbox! (23:05 – end). 

The mp3 file is 24 MB and runs for a 34 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.2 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

Zune Insider Episode 77 dated July 16th, 2010 of the Zune Insider Audio Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jess discuss the weather and how Matt doesn’t wear shoes (0:00 – 2:30); Re-cap of last week’s episode and Jess rips on her boss, kind of (2:33 – 4:30); The Studio is moving! (4:31 – 7:00); Time to breathe, and how Matt’s team is planning their future (7:01 – 16:55); Jess still loves her Windows Phone 7 (16:56 – 17:33);  Zune and Xbox promote Comic Con (17:34 – 19:05); Help Jess learn gaming, and she got on the Kinect beta (19:06 – 23:04); Live inbox! (23:05 – end). 

The mp3 file is 24 MB and runs for a 34 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in the FREE Zune Marketplace 4.2 Media Player software here.  Download the audio file directly here - stream it

As we learned at Samsung’s Galaxy S event in New York City last night, Samsung is very proud of their Super AMOLED screen. We took it for a spin and compared it with the old HTC HD2 and the Zune HD. The contrast and black blacks are comparable to the Zune’s regular AMOLED screen, but the Samsung Super AMOLED screen seems much nicer under the lights. It looks to have deeper contrast as well.

Source:
http://pocketnow.com/hardware-1/samsung-galaxy-s-vs-hd2-vs-zune-hd

Zune HD Skin Peace Gecko – 7.99

All this friendly gecko wants is for you to give peace a chance—and to know he’s not trying to sell you car insurance—as he holds up two orange appendages in the universal sign for peace on this colorful and unique design.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

Tags: The Zune

Zune HD Skin Peace Gecko – 7.99

All this friendly gecko wants is for you to give peace a chance—and to know he’s not trying to sell you car insurance—as he holds up two orange appendages in the universal sign for peace on this colorful and unique design.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

Zune HD Skin Cora – 7.99

What do you get when you take a black background, give it a touch of grey texture, and drop a flower-filled, pink, yellow, orange, and purple psychedelic shrimp in the middle of it all? You get this vibrant and versatile design.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

Tags: The Zune

Zune HD Skin Cora – 7.99

What do you get when you take a black background, give it a touch of grey texture, and drop a flower-filled, pink, yellow, orange, and purple psychedelic shrimp in the middle of it all? You get this vibrant and versatile design.

About This Skin Kit

The presicion-fit DecalGirl skin kits for the Zune HD cover both the front and the back of the player in high-res, full-color personalization!

The premium vinyl that DecalGirl uses offers added protection while retaining compatibility work with most third-party cases and accessories. Zune HD skins also arrive in attractive retail packaging, which means they are perfect for gift giving!
DecalGirl Skin Features

* Each design is digitally printed in vibrant, art-quality resolutions onto cast vinyl.
* Each skin is covered with a glossy clear laminate layer to protect the design and the device from minor scratches and abuse.
* Our unique, removable channeled adhesive means no air bubbles when installed and no nasty goo or residue when removed.
* DecalGirl skins offer protection, yet are thin enough to work with most third-party cases and accessories – click here for more info.
* Every skin is MADE IN THE USA – produced and packaged right here in our Lewes, Delaware location.

So Microsoft has finally stepped up and integrated some Zune features directly into their hot new search engine and it seems you can actually stream free music using their newly branded “Entertainment Engine”. By doing a simple search for your favorite artist or song you pull up a variety of new features which allow you to hear a song once or can also send you straight to the appropriate music store for your online purchases. Bing now offers link directly to the Zune music store as well as iTunes and more.

Microsoft Brings Some Zune Features To Bing – ITProPortal.com

Microsoft is taking on Google in the fight for online search supremacy by introducing new music-related features from Zune marketplace to its search engine, Bing.

Users in the US will be able to play tracks from within the search engine results page. Microsoft says that music searches will now include lyrics and playable tracks from more than five million songs which are already available from Zune.

Tags: The Zune

So Microsoft has finally stepped up and integrated some Zune features directly into their hot new search engine and it seems you can actually stream free music using their newly branded “Entertainment Engine”. By doing a simple search for your favorite artist or song you pull up a variety of new features which allow you to hear a song once or can also send you straight to the appropriate music store for your online purchases. Bing now offers link directly to the Zune music store as well as iTunes and more.

Microsoft Brings Some Zune Features To Bing – ITProPortal.com

Microsoft is taking on Google in the fight for online search supremacy by introducing new music-related features from Zune marketplace to its search engine, Bing.

Users in the US will be able to play tracks from within the search engine results page. Microsoft says that music searches will now include lyrics and playable tracks from more than five million songs which are already available from Zune.

In a sign that Microsoft has finally gotten the right idea they seem intent on undoing some of the garbage and hamstrings that basically killed the Zune in the first place. For the first time in almost 4 years now you can finally buy Zune music with your credit cards without the need for those silly Microsoft Points. Sadly I truly believe the convoluted and unexplainable Points program was a major factor in the non start for Zune. Apple understood it was much easier to just take the hit on credit card fees for micro purchase and they iTunes has been racking up billions in sales while Zune has probably been more like millions.

To this day I have 264 Microsoft Points leftover from like two years ago. I bought some Xbox game content with it a few months back so I suppose I could do the same except the Map pack for Modern Warfare is 800 points and I just know I’d end up with even more of those stinking points if I try to add enough for the maps.

Credit Card Purchases Now Accepted: Microsoft Opens Up Its Zune MP3 Store | paidContent

Buried in yesterday’s onslaught of Bing announcements was news that Microsoft’s Zune service was launching a new MP3 store. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said that anybody who looked up a track on Bing would now be able to stream the track for free via Zune and “purchase any of the millions of pure MP3s from the Zune catalogue.” The move fits with Microsoft’s strategy of pushing its Zune-related services, as opposed to the Zune device itself, and should give the Zune brand some new exposure. After all, while Bing may still lag badly behind Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in the search market, it is attracting millions of searchers a month.

Tags: The Zune

In a sign that Microsoft has finally gotten the right idea they seem intent on undoing some of the garbage and hamstrings that basically killed the Zune in the first place. For the first time in almost 4 years now you can finally buy Zune music with your credit cards without the need for those silly Microsoft Points. Sadly I truly believe the convoluted and unexplainable Points program was a major factor in the non start for Zune. Apple understood it was much easier to just take the hit on credit card fees for micro purchase and they iTunes has been racking up billions in sales while Zune has probably been more like millions.

To this day I have 264 Microsoft Points leftover from like two years ago. I bought some Xbox game content with it a few months back so I suppose I could do the same except the Map pack for Modern Warfare is 800 points and I just know I’d end up with even more of those stinking points if I try to add enough for the maps.

Credit Card Purchases Now Accepted: Microsoft Opens Up Its Zune MP3 Store | paidContent

Buried in yesterday’s onslaught of Bing announcements was news that Microsoft’s Zune service was launching a new MP3 store. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said that anybody who looked up a track on Bing would now be able to stream the track for free via Zune and “purchase any of the millions of pure MP3s from the Zune catalogue.” The move fits with Microsoft’s strategy of pushing its Zune-related services, as opposed to the Zune device itself, and should give the Zune brand some new exposure. After all, while Bing may still lag badly behind Google (NSDQ: GOOG) in the search market, it is attracting millions of searchers a month.

It would seem that after I went to bed last night we all got a little bit of news. For the next 24 hours Zune.net, & the Zune Marketplace are down. We’ll pass on more once we have it.

Update: Looks like we’re back to business. All Zune services are back online. Yep, just as I reasoned there are no changes from what I can tell.

Note: A few of you have written in asking if there may be an update coming. The email sent out via every users Zune.net account mentions the service being down for routine maintenance. I’m sure it’s nothing more then that.

It would seem that after I went to bed last night we all got a little bit of news. For the next 24 hours Zune.net, & the Zune Marketplace are down. We’ll pass on more once we have it.

Update: Looks like we’re back to business. All Zune services are back online. Yep, just as I reasoned there are no changes from what I can tell.

Note: A few of you have written in asking if there may be an update coming. The email sent out via every users Zune.net account mentions the service being down for routine maintenance. I’m sure it’s nothing more then that.

I have come to realize that Microsoft releases new features for existing systems WAY later than we hope all would like to see with some misguided idea that it will extend the product usefulness and lifespan. I mean it took how many years for them to finally open up the USB port for regular thumb drives. First they had to sell a whole heap of overpriced harddrives before they opened up what should have been a first generation feature.

Microsoft did the same thing with Zune and it was 2 years deep before we had decent use of the built in Wireless features. Now after almost 3 years of Zune streaming music it is finally coming to Xbox Live and the 360 system. I have been listening to my Last.fm streaming for months now and even linked up my Facebook account but to this day I don’t play my Zune music on the Xbox because its a bit of a drag but maybe now the new streaming feature will make it all worth the wait.

Do you Zune? Are you going to stream it over your Xbox 360?

Xbox Live update will bring Zune music streaming | E3 2010 – CNET Reviews

Microsoft’s Zune music service is finally on its way to the Xbox 360. Announced today at E3 2010, a catalog of 7 million Zune Marketplace songs will be available for streaming on the Xbox 360 later this year, complementing existing Zune movie, TV, and music video content.

Tags: The Zune

I have come to realize that Microsoft releases new features for existing systems WAY later than we hope all would like to see with some misguided idea that it will extend the product usefulness and lifespan. I mean it took how many years for them to finally open up the USB port for regular thumb drives. First they had to sell a whole heap of overpriced harddrives before they opened up what should have been a first generation feature.

Microsoft did the same thing with Zune and it was 2 years deep before we had decent use of the built in Wireless features. Now after almost 3 years of Zune streaming music it is finally coming to Xbox Live and the 360 system. I have been listening to my Last.fm streaming for months now and even linked up my Facebook account but to this day I don’t play my Zune music on the Xbox because its a bit of a drag but maybe now the new streaming feature will make it all worth the wait.

Do you Zune? Are you going to stream it over your Xbox 360?

Xbox Live update will bring Zune music streaming | E3 2010 – CNET Reviews

Microsoft’s Zune music service is finally on its way to the Xbox 360. Announced today at E3 2010, a catalog of 7 million Zune Marketplace songs will be available for streaming on the Xbox 360 later this year, complementing existing Zune movie, TV, and music video content.