But today, almost a decade after Microsoft terminated the brand, there is a small bastion of diehards who are still loving and listening to their Zunes. Preserving the Zune legacy has just become another part of the hobby. And so, most of the posts on the subreddit radiate with a strong wistful ennui in lieu of any firmware updates on the horizon. Others administer modifications on their Zunes that push the hardware well past what it was capable of in ; like retrofitting an imaginary future where the Zune was not only still around but dominant.
Someone else flaunts the wireless charging adapter they added to an ancient Zune One frequent contributor to the forum, year-old Erick Leach, reminds me that, in its heyday, the Zune came equipped with a fairly robust social media appendage: Zune owners could send songs to each other wirelessly and unlock Xbox Live-like achievements for the music they listened to — both novel features in the mids.
The brand never managed to muster the cultural ubiquity of the iPod Apple attempted its own failed social network, Ping, around the same time , but with that emphasis on community, perhaps it was inevitable for the Zune to eventually mount a cult-like fandom. He always felt like there was a massive nation of Zune-heads out there who he would surely meet someday.
Leach believes the Zune has aged better than people might think. Even if you don't want to purchase music, the tagging feature comes in handy for identifying songs you like but don't know the name of.
Other updates include support for Audible. Along with the release of the GB model and the 16GB flash-based Zune , Microsoft announced new music-recommendation features in the Zune software.
Similar to the Apple Genius feature, the Zune 3. However, though the Genius algorithm is incorporated into the Apple device itself, Zune's recommendation algorithm is limited to the software on your desktop. I found that disappointing, especially because Zune 3.
For anyone looking to exit Apple's ecosystem, the Zune GB stands as an attractive option. For the same price as you'd pay for the iPod, you get the same amount of storage plus the bonus of FM radio and a larger screen. The Zune GB is a worthy alternative to the iPod Classic, however many of its cool new features come at a cost.
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