Clock

Kingtut · 12-17-2007, 03:40 AM

How about some one get a mod for a clock, idk what kinda just a clock, this clock is the reason every one is going back to iPods..

zunemonger · 12-17-2007, 07:20 AM

yea that would be an awesome idea

shortsleeve · 12-17-2007, 07:35 AM

Ok this is one thing I don't understand. Why do you need a contact list and a clock on a mp3 player? Im not ****ting on the ipod because I like those too but why get rid of the zune because it doesn't keep time?

Man. · 12-17-2007, 08:39 AM

Its been discused before and its not going to happen

[quote=Kingtut;111257this clock is the reason every one is going back to iPods..[/QUOTE]

NO WAY, once you go to zune you dont go back, the reason ipod is doing better is that the ipod users wont give the zune ago (the ones that have thing the zune is better)

n8dogg4life · 12-20-2007, 09:19 AM

Yeah a clock is not going to happen. I read another thread that said the zunes dont have the parts built into them in order for them to keep time.

Thats for ALL zunes.

Phantom707 · 12-20-2007, 11:45 AM

The zunes do have the necessary hardware to keep time. That is why there was the 3 days or 3 plays rule. I am not sure about the new zunes, but the old ones can definitely keep track of time.

The reason that there can not be a clock is because the zune is very restricted when in comes to hacking. In fact, there is only one real hack for the zune to date.

Trogdor · 12-20-2007, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phantom707

The zunes do have the necessary hardware to keep time. That is why there was the 3 days or 3 plays rule. I am not sure about the new zunes, but the old ones can definitely keep track of time.

The reason that there can not be a clock is because the zune is very restricted when in comes to hacking. In fact, there is only one real hack for the zune to date.

asain character hack and that is for the old firmware yet there is still the HDD hack and szip2 and the any background in new software hack made by berdon

Phantom707 · 12-20-2007, 05:32 PM

Just to clarify, I was talking about hacking the actual firmware on the device, not the software on the computer. Anyway, I still stand by my previous statement of the zunes being able to tell time, just not giving it to the user.

RaftheKom · 12-31-2007, 02:49 PM

I am going to toss in my half-cent and say, a clock would be awesome, but I already had a watch to look at on my wrist!

Although I do forget my watch on some occasions...

That's why I have my Zune, I simply think, why have a Zune to have time when I want to kill time by listening to it!

To say simply, I wouldn't have my Zune any other way. :-)

lburgguy · 12-31-2007, 03:00 PM

If the zune could have a clock to begin with, why wouldn't MS include that function?? It would only help to erase any problems people have in their decision to purchase. I know it's a small thing but some things are just nice to have and are deal-breakers for some.

guitarfreak846 · 01-04-2008, 09:53 PM

you dont know how much i get ridiculed by the ipod jerks at school JUST because my zune doesnt have a clock.......

BrianLikesZune · 01-04-2008, 10:09 PM

They must be pretty smart to ridicule a media player because it doesnt have a time telling device.

Tell them to stop filling there head with filthy apple lies and open there eyes to true media player perfection.

jackluo923 · 01-06-2008, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianLikesZune

They must be pretty smart to ridicule a media player because it doesnt have a time telling device.

Tell them to stop filling there head with filthy apple lies and open there eyes to true media player perfection.

Actually, the zune does have a time telling device. If the zune doesn't have one, it wouldn't be able to turn off the screen after x amount of seconds, or have the 3 days or 3 play rule.

spencer · 01-07-2008, 03:24 AM

what is being said. is that the zune would have to keep track off time whilst it was completely turned off (back and left). for it to do this it would have to have another internal battery. like a watch battery. like a smaller version of what keeps the cmos chip in your computer going. otherwise whenever you turn it off and turn it back on it would still have the same time as when you turned it off.

xsirex · 01-07-2008, 11:37 PM

Spencer is correct, the zune would have to have a built in powersource that never turned off. This could be a battery or even a capacitor, but at least the old zunes do not have either. the backlight can be ran using a counting program, it can start at 0 everytime it starts counting. As for the 3 days rule, i have no idea, it could start counting and whenever the zune is told to shutoff, it could save the last number and continue when the zune is turned on, but then anytime the zune is off its not counting. Maybe thats why they eliminated the 3 days rule?

jackluo923 · 01-08-2008, 03:11 PM

Zune does have a built in powersource. The 750mAh li-ion battery.

The 3 day rules does not stop when you turn off the zune completely. I've already tried that.

amazune · 01-09-2008, 07:49 AM

Other than using it to know the time, a clock might be perfectly used to enable wake up/sleep functionalities!

kylekruchok · 01-09-2008, 07:37 PM

Someone give me some source code (assuming that's what it's called). I'll decompile it, study it, and then see if I can't figure something out. C'mon, it can't be THAT hard, right?

ProOne · 01-13-2008, 05:53 PM

All Zunes have a Windows CE kernel as their operating system, according to Wikipedia. I have not found the operating system listed in any other place online and retailers are very leery of letting anyone know what it is (or just incredibly ignorant). Unfortunately, I don't know how to hack Windows, much less CE.

Hope this helps.

NESkimo · 01-13-2008, 05:59 PM

Having a clock would be nice for times I forget my watch but have my Zune but it's not a horrid thing to not have a clock.

12-17-2007, 03:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kingtut Zewbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10 $zB: 0 Donate	Clock How about some one get a mod for a clock, idk what kinda just a clock, this clock is the reason every one is going back to iPods..

12-17-2007, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
zunemonger Experienced Zuner Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 167 Reputation: 11 $zB: 163 Donate	yea that would be an awesome idea __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-17-2007, 08:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Man. Supreme Zune God Support Team Jr. Staff GFX Crew Zune Freak Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,201 Reputation: 82 $zB: 604 Donate	Its been discused before and its not going to happen [quote=Kingtut;111257this clock is the reason every one is going back to iPods..[/QUOTE] NO WAY, once you go to zune you dont go back, the reason ipod is doing better is that the ipod users wont give the zune ago (the ones that have thing the zune is better) __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-20-2007, 09:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
n8dogg4life Experienced Zuner Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On Zune Blvd Posts: 150 Reputation: 15 $zB: 57 Donate	Yeah a clock is not going to happen. I read another thread that said the zunes dont have the parts built into them in order for them to keep time. Thats for ALL zunes. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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guitarfreak846 Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nashvegas, TN. (Nashville for anyone who doesn't live there) Posts: 299 Reputation: 11 $zB: 11 Donate	you dont know how much i get ridiculed by the ipod jerks at school JUST because my zune doesnt have a clock....... __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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12-17-2007, 07:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
shortsleeve Zuner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 57 Reputation: 13 $zB: 4 Donate	Ok this is one thing I don't understand. Why do you need a contact list and a clock on a mp3 player? Im not ****ting on the ipod because I like those too but why get rid of the zune because it doesn't keep time?

12-20-2007, 11:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Phantom707 Jr. Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 441 Reputation: 16 $zB: 93 Donate	The zunes do have the necessary hardware to keep time. That is why there was the 3 days or 3 plays rule. I am not sure about the new zunes, but the old ones can definitely keep track of time. The reason that there can not be a clock is because the zune is very restricted when in comes to hacking. In fact, there is only one real hack for the zune to date.

12-20-2007, 05:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Phantom707 Jr. Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 441 Reputation: 16 $zB: 93 Donate	Just to clarify, I was talking about hacking the actual firmware on the device, not the software on the computer. Anyway, I still stand by my previous statement of the zunes being able to tell time, just not giving it to the user.

12-31-2007, 02:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
RaftheKom Zewbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4 Reputation: 10 $zB: 0 Donate	I am going to toss in my half-cent and say, a clock would be awesome, but I already had a watch to look at on my wrist! Although I do forget my watch on some occasions... That's why I have my Zune, I simply think, why have a Zune to have time when I want to kill time by listening to it! To say simply, I wouldn't have my Zune any other way. :-)

12-31-2007, 03:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
lburgguy Squirt Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 14 Reputation: 10 $zB: 2 Donate	If the zune could have a clock to begin with, why wouldn't MS include that function?? It would only help to erase any problems people have in their decision to purchase. I know it's a small thing but some things are just nice to have and are deal-breakers for some.

01-04-2008, 10:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
BrianLikesZune Zune Fuhrer GFX Crew Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 512 Reputation: 49 $zB: 49 Donate	They must be pretty smart to ridicule a media player because it doesnt have a time telling device. Tell them to stop filling there head with filthy apple lies and open there eyes to true media player perfection. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-07-2008, 03:24 AM	#14 (permalink)
spencer Squirt Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10 Reputation: 10 $zB: 1 Donate	what is being said. is that the zune would have to keep track off time whilst it was completely turned off (back and left). for it to do this it would have to have another internal battery. like a watch battery. like a smaller version of what keeps the cmos chip in your computer going. otherwise whenever you turn it off and turn it back on it would still have the same time as when you turned it off.

01-07-2008, 11:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
xsirex Squirt Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 17 Reputation: 10 $zB: 7 Donate	Spencer is correct, the zune would have to have a built in powersource that never turned off. This could be a battery or even a capacitor, but at least the old zunes do not have either. the backlight can be ran using a counting program, it can start at 0 everytime it starts counting. As for the 3 days rule, i have no idea, it could start counting and whenever the zune is told to shutoff, it could save the last number and continue when the zune is turned on, but then anytime the zune is off its not counting. Maybe thats why they eliminated the 3 days rule?

01-08-2008, 03:11 PM	#16 (permalink)
jackluo923 Support Team Senior Zuner Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Greater Vancouver BC Posts: 1,275 Reputation: 122 $zB: 759 Donate	Zune does have a built in powersource. The 750mAh li-ion battery. The 3 day rules does not stop when you turn off the zune completely. I've already tried that.

01-09-2008, 07:49 AM	#17 (permalink)
amazune Zewbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Reputation: 10 $zB: 1 Donate	Other than using it to know the time, a clock might be perfectly used to enable wake up/sleep functionalities!

01-09-2008, 07:37 PM	#18 (permalink)
kylekruchok Squirt Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 16 Reputation: 10 $zB: 0 Donate	Someone give me some source code (assuming that's what it's called). I'll decompile it, study it, and then see if I can't figure something out. C'mon, it can't be THAT hard, right?

01-13-2008, 05:53 PM	#19 (permalink)
ProOne Experienced Zuner Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 135 Reputation: 19 $zB: 119 Donate	All Zunes have a Windows CE kernel as their operating system, according to Wikipedia. I have not found the operating system listed in any other place online and retailers are very leery of letting anyone know what it is (or just incredibly ignorant). Unfortunately, I don't know how to hack Windows, much less CE. Hope this helps.

01-13-2008, 05:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
NESkimo Zuner Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: va beach Posts: 56 Reputation: 10 $zB: 2 Donate	Having a clock would be nice for times I forget my watch but have my Zune but it's not a horrid thing to not have a clock. __________________ swishtastic, right? I'm already an Elite Zuner 2000, Zune Boards just hasn't updated it yet. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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