Zune Social beta
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Written by ACE   
Wednesday, 03 October 2007

One of the latest feature for Zune owners will be launching in November 2007. 
It will be called 'Zune Social' and will be a beta online community Web site that gives people a place to share their music tastes, knowledge and experiences with others. Powered by the music the community is listening to, Zune Social extends the connection between Zune customers from device-to-device to PC-to-PC.

 

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• You will be able to Create your own musical identity. Dynamic online Zune Cards automatically reflect your musical preferences based on the music you play on your device or your PC through the Zune software. Personalize your Zune Card with your own picture, custom backgrounds, biographical information and more.
• Also, Develop your music discovery network. Invite friends, send and receive song recommendations, and post comments as you develop your Zune profile page. You can even post your Zune Card to today’s most popular social networking sites. Wherever your Zune Card is located, the content will update automatically based on the music you’re currently playing.
• See what others are listening to. Browse your friends’ Zune Cards and profile pages, or check out your favorite artists’ pages to find other listeners with similar musical tastes. Each artist and album page will rank the top listeners; it’s easy to click on their Zune Cards and see what they’re listening to.
• You are curious about a song?  Try before you buy. When you find a new artist or song that looks interesting — while browsing the Zune community pages or when you receive a song recommendation from a friend — you can sample a 30-second clip. If you like what you hear, link directly to Zune Marketplace to buy the song using Microsoft® Points or a Zune Pass.
• More ways to discover. Check out Zune Social community-generated charts to see the most-played artists, songs and albums, or read comments and recommendations posted by other Zune community members on album and artist pages.

 

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Syco54645   | 64.9.22.xxx | 2007-10-03 10:02:22
so basically it is audioscrobble/last.fm... lame. i should have sold this piece of crap while i had the chance.
peeky   | 67.176.27.xxx | 2007-10-03 10:49:13
they are offering some new adavtages. But i watched a vid on zunescene.com and the new touch pad looked hard to use. And wtf there is no wireless music store. The only new wireless advantage is wireless syncing
Guest User   | 216.83.78.xxx | 2007-10-03 11:49:38
you people are never happy. Why don't you just try and appreciate the fact that microsoft is actually trying to better the zune instead of crying about every little thing you can. buy an ipod or a zen if you dont like the zune. just quit crying
kevo777   | 63.166.115.xxx | 2007-10-03 12:00:05
I love people who hate the Zune continue to show up at Zune stories to leave their lame immature comments. If you hate Zune, why do you read about it?
lpxxfaintxx   | 68.99.182.xxx | 2007-10-03 12:09:39
ZuneSocial.net is up already...
Lvivske   | 207.188.65.xxx | 2007-10-03 14:24:33
lpxxfaintxx wrote:
Z
uneSocial.net is up already...


but you can't register
Price Discrimination   | 71.199.120.xxx | 2007-10-03 15:33:14
Did anyone else notice that you have to be 21 to sign up? Cool. Then it won't be taken over by little kids like Facebook was when they opened up to non-university students.
Lvivske   | 207.188.65.xxx | 2007-10-03 16:32:05
What's stopping kids from entering fake ages?
Guest User   | 24.209.30.xxx | 2007-10-03 16:36:48
Barcode what do we put in that column
Legato   | 68.2.135.xxx | 2007-10-03 17:12:53
looks like my old zune is going to be getting a lot more use now that it isnt going to suck. and just for those who say this is like last.fm, do you like last.fm? is so, why compain about something you like? this is The Social, remember? we like to know what everyone else likes so we can trade songs and get a feel for new genres and bands. i say this is a really big step in making the zune what it was supposed to be from day one: a solid device that connects different people to the same music.
LedZepp   | 67.175.75.xxx | 2007-10-03 19:30:39
you actually can register:
http://zunesocial.net/form/
Lvivske   | 207.188.66.xxx | 2007-10-03 23:44:16
Can you? Or do you just get the error / under 21 message
Skiks   | Registered | 2007-10-04 00:40:37
Yeah, not sure what to input in the 'barcode' field...anyone got any ideas? I've emailed them...
TheBigP     | 69.209.103.xxx | 2007-10-04 00:41:52
Podcast!!!
Guest User   | 4.137.253.xxx | 2007-10-04 01:20:07
maybe your zune's serial number?
CookingDoggy     | 24.247.40.xxx | 2007-10-04 01:30:25
Check out this part of the site: http://zunesocial.net/index.html ... if you go there, you can obviously tell that the site isn't nearly ready.
Guest User   | 76.185.37.xxx | 2007-10-04 03:16:22
its not SUPPOSED to be ready yet. im not even gonna mess with it till its ready.
Syco54645   | 71.61.28.xxx | 2007-10-04 08:16:16
kevo777 wrote:
I love people who hate the Zune continue to show up at Zune stories to leave their lame immature comments. If you hate Zune, why do you read about it?


because i unfortunately own one
Guest User   | 68.39.118.xxx | 2007-10-04 17:21:32
wtf u must not understand him he said if you hate y post coments about it and y would u look at the news[smiley=shock]
Lvivske   | 207.188.88.xxx | 2007-10-04 20:46:28
because he has no life
Syco54645   | 71.61.28.xxx | 2007-10-04 20:55:44
Lvivske wrote:
becau
se he has no life


More like because I have a shred of hope that ms will actually wake up and make this player as awesome as it could be.

And yes I like last.fm and use it, so why use another site that does the exact same thing. I do not go to 2 different sites to check the weather for the day... I use weather.gov. The fact that the zune has support only for windows is pathetic. I won this piece of junk and had to get another computer just to use it (no I will not dual boot just for an mp3 player). There is no gapless playback nor support for any formats. If ms would do the smart thing and up the supported video resolution so that it looked good on the screen, added support for oh I dont know, ogg, mp4, flac, mpc, and any other format that one could think of as well as divx then it may actually sell better. Dont get me wrong I love the interface of this thing, they are just going to wrong way with this. I remember the last time there was a "...
Guest User   | 68.200.137.xxx | 2007-10-05 13:45:51
Retarted. So the new zune wont have games or a clock? And the touch pad is really dumb. Might have to get an iPod instead. Solitare FTW
Lvivske   | 207.188.67.xxx | 2007-10-05 15:45:04
So you bought an MP3 player hoping that it would have a cool website? Your logic here is mind numbing.
Lvivske   | 207.188.67.xxx | 2007-10-05 15:48:31
Syco54645 wrote:
Til
l they wise up I will continue to come here and post comments about how I feel just so that I can piss all of you off.


like I said, you have no life.

You bought another computer to use an mp3 player you hate? That you didn't even pay for? uhh?
vote4pedro1090   | 76.185.37.xxx | 2007-10-07 05:21:27
anyone manage to find out what goes in the barcode field?
OldKronos   | 74.128.141.xxx | 2007-10-11 04:20:30
What a bunch of anti-Social.net vagines... if you don't like it, sell it on eBay and get any of the other 999 brands of MP3 players... Zune has just started, we're barely to V2.0. Yeah, it's not perfect, and I have my own criticisms (I hate the desktop interface... why can't it just work with MP11?) but overall, it's been very very good to me. Like baseball
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