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November 15, 2006

CrunchGear This Week

John Biggs

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Big Zune doings over at CG this week. We invited two Seattle readers to hang out with Matt Hickey as well as Bill Gates and his army of winged Zune Monkeys where they ate breakfast, saw a show, and got free Zunes. One CG reader got their own Zune to play with and then we got OUR Zune and proceeded to wait for ten hours while the Marketplace appeared on screen — we still haven’t been able to transfer music to the device. Fancy!

We’ve got someone standing by at the Wii and PS3 launches this week and we’re giving away a T-Mobile Dash to the most creative reader. We also have a new feed which gives you only the posts we deem as “hot,” thereby allowing you, dear readers, to read CrunchGear in a considerably abridged form. Think of it as Readers Digest for blogs. CrunchGear - Making things better… for you!

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  1. Ed

    November 15th, 2006 at 7:06 am

    Now that I see that picture of Zune, I didn’t know until today that Zune doesn’t support Windows Vista. I find that hilarious:

    http://www.zune.net/en-US/meet.....ported.htm

  2. Bill W.

    November 15th, 2006 at 8:47 am

    I’m going to take a wild guess and say that the Microsoft PR guys told you to put an ENORMOUS PHOTO of two confused Zune winners on your site. They’re really pushy those PR guys aren’t they.

  3. John Biggs

    November 15th, 2006 at 9:10 am

    not as pushy as some TC readers

    http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/.....ependence/

  4. fred

    November 15th, 2006 at 9:23 am

    Seriously, I think I’m going to have a seizure with these “Crunchgear” illustrations soon. In what do they add value, besides taking the whole area above the fold on pageview? All I see is some crazy dude in a car. I’d say less drug-induced art, more content.

  5. Jake

    November 15th, 2006 at 9:33 am

    The Zune chick is pretty cute. I’d totally let her fund my startup if you know what I mean.

  6. Jason

    November 15th, 2006 at 9:53 am

    You’d think they would come up with a better name than Zune where are the PR and Marketing guys when you really need them…just shows you that anybody can have a product with a idiotic name.

    - Jason
    Chicago, IL

  7. Cuube

    November 15th, 2006 at 10:26 am

    Jason, I agree with you about the name Zune.

  8. j

    November 15th, 2006 at 10:40 am

    This is hilarious. Zune’s aren’t working correctly, not compatible with Vista, etc.

    Also funny how MS is marketing this through the companies they own (such as MSNBC). On the Today Show yesterday, they visually compared the new Zune to the iPod 4G, which was released in 2004! Was it because the 5th generation iPod is better looking than the Zune?

    Screenshots from the Today Show comparison on my blog, if you are interested:

    http://www.jacksonlatka.com/blog/?p=60

  9. Steve

    November 15th, 2006 at 10:44 am

    http://www.microsoftshitbrick.com

  10. Scrivs

    November 15th, 2006 at 11:05 am

    I need the email or phone number of the chick in the photo. Hotness. Post more of her and I will come back everyday.

  11. Clay

    November 15th, 2006 at 11:17 am

    Where’s the $100 xbox360 from Amazon?!!

  12. Jason

    November 15th, 2006 at 11:24 am

    I like microsoft but wheres the quality control wheres the cool factor?????

    It slices
    It dices
    Its incompatible with future MS OS Releases
    Its top of the line 4 generation 2004
    Its a handy dandy paperweight
    It is ugly looking

    ORDER YOURS TODAY!!!!

    OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY ………

  13. overcast

    November 15th, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    The only thing worse than the name Zune , is the logo. Egad!

  14. nemrut

    November 15th, 2006 at 2:27 pm

    Love the graphics…they leave a lot of room for interpretation ;-)

  15. David Mackey

    November 15th, 2006 at 8:30 pm

    Ouch. Microsoft has really been taking some zingers over zune lately.

  16. Jillian Lockwood

    November 21st, 2006 at 6:47 pm

    Does this mean I can win crunchgear contests because I’m hot? And who’s the guy in the glasses? I’ll enter if he’s involved!

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