Map Of Zunes

Episode 48 dated December 4th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

We are also giving away a Zune Rubik's Cube to the listener who posts the best caption to the Jessica and Matt poster in the Zune Insider comments.

Show notes:
Zune Insider goes on location in The Chopper with Zune software developers Patrick, Juce, Adam, and Sean. Intros and the birth of the chopper (0:00 to 3:30); Shout outs from the chopper! (3:30 to 4:00); Music and videos (4:00 to 7:00); Skipdeez gets some grief from Sean and a new contest! (7:05 to 9:15); The Chopper goes on the spot and discusses their fav features (9:20 to 16:35); Balancing act of developing and releasing software (16:40 to 18:25); Guilty pleasures from the men of The Chopper! (18:30 to 22:48); Interview with Ally who hiked the entire 2,600 mile Pacific Crest Trail with her Zune! (25:21 to 36:14); Can you turn off life and go walkabout? (36:25 to 37:52); Make a minty boost! (37:54); Skipdeez apologizes for being lame about his inbox and turning off the internets (38:15 to 39:45); Is Skipdeez also lame for listening to David Guetta, or pretending to be a beatnick? (40:36 to end)

The mp3 file is 29.7 MB and runs for a 43 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 47 dated November 20th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Jessica and Matt talk about November at Microsoft (0:00 – 2:00);  Interview with Scott Evans, Product Unit Manager for Zune on Xbox : (2:00 – 17:30);  Twitter and Facebook on Zune HD : (17:31 – 18:30);  Speaking of booyah, an original song from Ryan Xristopher sampling Jessica’s voice: (18:31 – 24:20);  Music, video, user shout outs and user questions : (24:21 – 36:15),  Matt discusses battling 50 Cent and being an auctioneer (36:15 -38:51).

The mp3 file is 26.6 MB and runs for a 39 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 44 dated October 30th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about planning and presentations (0:00-1:50). Interview with Bryan Nealer and Jordan Naftolin from the Zune device team (2:20  - 12:40). We discuss what the device team does for fun and their music preferences (12:40 – 19:35). We talk about Shocktober TV and Shocktober Music pages  (19:35 – 25:00). Music users sent us and what we’re listening to (25:00 - 27:02).

The mp3 file is 19 MB and runs for a 27 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

If you're not already listening to the Zune Insider podcast, then I highly recommend it. You can easily find it inside the Zune Marketplace and it provides information and fun, straight from the Microsoft guys!

In this episode, the Zune guys cover Zune/Windows 7 integration, the new Microsoft Store opening as well as videos being released in Zune Marketplace the same day as DVD.

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Episode 42 dated October 16th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk getting dressed up and giving presentations at work with proper grammar. (0:00-5:38). LOLcats and Clippy make a comeback. (5:38 - 6:32). Interview with Caesar Filori from Wideband Network (7:29 - 18:38). We talk Zune.net support forums, how to get support, and address a couple of issues (19:46 - 30:22). Matt gives some shouts out! (30:23 - 33:20). Jessica talks about some new music she recently found (33:21 - 35:02). 

The mp3 file is 25 MB and runs for a 36 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 41 dated October 9th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about his vacation (:20), Long-range software & services planning meetings happening now (2:30), Matt and usability studies (5:30), Guest Zune software developer Scott Jensen, who helped build the Zune.net media player - built to use Silverlight (8:15), New Windows Phone 6.5 is out (18:30), Movie/Video store dude Paul Davidson deserves a raise (21:00), We just signed a deal for movies with Sony (21:30), Movies in Zune Marketplace (22:00), New music talk (24:00). 

The mp3 file is 23 MB and runs for a 32 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Mary Jo Foley from All About Microsoft, who somehow gets away with leaking Windows Mobile related news, gets on the Zune Spring Live podcast with Travis. They discuss the Zune HD and even go into the future as she sees it. I won’t ruin the episode by detailing all of it, but I have a couple comments.

1. Mary Jo said all previous Zune models should be buried. I take exception to that. Sure the 30g players are big, bulky, and brick like, but like Matt Miller and I discussed just today… They are freaking indestructible and they worked. The 2nd gen players were really nice and not really bricklike. I think the HD is a sexy looking device, but don’t put the old Zune to the pasture.
2. She did agree with my stance on devices and not carrying an all-in-one device until the battery life gets better. I just posted about that recently if you remember.

That’s it for now… I will let you listen and enjoy. It was a good conversation.

Check it out at Zune Spring.

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Hey kids, it's the moment you have waited at least 7 days for, another brilliant installment of the Zune Insider podcast! In this amazing episode we have singer/songwriter Molly McCue performing LIVE in the studio! We also chat about the latest wave of Zune HD announcements, discuss the new gaming playlist contest, tell whimsical stories about the origins of some sweet Zune tags from our listeners, and as always, we have a more than random chat about music and video. So much action, it's almost hard to type! Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.

Zune's very own Brian Seitz makes an appearance on the popular gadget CNET podcast "MP3 Insider" on episode 156 and talks extensively about the new Zune HD.  Show hosts Donald Bell and Jasmine France really grill Brian with all the questions that many are thinking and asking about.  If you want to see this episode, then go download the FREE Zune media player software and subscribe to this great CNET podcast in Zune.  Here are links to this podcast in the Zune Software, Zune.net podcast directory and CNET MP3 Insider page.

 Okay peeps, here we go -

It's time for another exciting episode of the Zune Insider podcast!

This week, Matt and I talk with Sean Neumann, who came up with the contest idea to name a background in Zune - and we tell you what name we've chosen! Sean does a little trading Zunes of his own, too. We talk about the recent article by Donald Bell of CNET about the Zune HD and how much it rocks, we answer questions from listeners, and of course we discuss new music and video in the Zune Marketplace.

 Get this episode as a download in the Zune Marketplace software - here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.