September 1st, 2010 by Travis Pope Tags: Apple, Live Blog

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September 1st, 2010 by Travis Pope Tags: Zune 4.7

Paul Thurott already blew the lid of this one but incase you hadn’t gotten a chance to take a peek, we’ve got a short look at what has become known to developers of Windows Phone 7 applications, as Zune 4.7.

Read our detailed look at Zune 4.7.

August 28th, 2010 by Travis Pope Tags: Saturday Night @ The Movies, SN@M

A few weeks ago my grandmother and I had a conversation that I will never forget. She first pretended to care about how ZuneSpring was doing, and how my grades were, but being the blunt British instrument she has always been I knew she would get to the point. It only took two minutes before I heard the words “So when are you settling down?” This Saturday night we’ve got the movie that inspired her to ask this question, and inspired me never to share relationship details with any of my family,“Our Family Wedding”.

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August 26th, 2010 by Travis Pope Tags: Codec Support

In an effort that surprised everyone today MPEG LA, that group that mostly controls licensing for the H.264, has decided to let the codec remain open source. Only a few months ago we heard chatter about them possibly decided one day that would charge any and everyone who used that codec, or at least that’s what most blogs would let you believe. Zune owners should recognize the format. Every Zune excluding the Zune 30 is able to playback content using H.264.

August 24th, 2010 by Travis Pope

I’ve yet to use our “Speculation” category this year, something that doesn’t make me feel all that bad. Rumors are hard to interpret correctly, and for the most part very difficult to verify. We’ll when video of a Microsoft rep saying “Zune Pass is something we’re working on for next year”, arrives, I’ve really have no reasons to not post it. Do I think this guy is credible.. not really. You be the judge. Shout out to Nick for the link, all 3o times, you the man!  What do you guys think? It’s about 8 minutes in.

August 24th, 2010 by Travis Pope Tags: YMT

August 24th, 2010 by Travis Pope

With Zune making the leap to Windows Phone you are no longer stuck using whatever device the folks in Redmond release, but you’ll have a entire host of different form factors to choose from. With that in mind I would like to kick off our Windows Phone coverage with a snap shot at one of the more exciting choices for your Windows Phone 7 enjoyment.  Introduing the HTC Shubert. As a few of you have requested, you can bet your ass we’re going to review anything you can possibly run Zune on including this bad boy.

Check out the rest of the photos at CoolSmartPhone.

August 23rd, 2010 by Travis Pope

August 23rd, 2010 by Travis Pope

It’s almost time to get back to the daily grind fellow college students! We’re just a week from stuffing our fat surpluses in overly snug desks, and gathering more ammunition for our impending fight against “The Man”! Yeah, I’m way to excited to get back to school, but before we break out the freshly sharpened pencils, and currency to purchase some of that culinary disaster we call campus and cafeteria food, let’s first school you on the Zune. Now let’s get down to some good old-fashioned education. Schools in for the Fall suckers!

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August 22nd, 2010 by Travis Pope

By now you will have realized that i’m on a rampage this morning, and by the looks of things it may continue all day. The BackStage blog is our answer to fragmentation. If we’ve got something to tell you that isn’t directly Zune related or news worthy, we’ll tell you there. You’ll find there’s already a few posts about the music industry and the Microsoft Arc Mouse. Yes I do love that thing. Read the BackStage Blog here. These articles will also appear here on the homepage.