Posts Tagged ‘Zune’

Microsoft’s Zune Hardware EOL!?

March 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | 1 Comment »

According to an anonymous source at Bloomberg, Microsoft is set to end production of new Zune media players. Zune never made it outside of the US and never managed to be a real competitor to the iPod.

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Zune HD Hacked

April 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Hackers have found their way into the Zune HD, Microsoft’s competitor to Apple’s iPod Touch. With the hack, developers lifted all XNA restrictions and they released an SDK.

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GDC: Microsoft Presents XNA Game Studio 4.0

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

At the GDC, Microsoft took the time to announce their XNA Game Studio 4.0. This SDK is needed for all developers that like to release mobile games on Windows Phone 7 Series devices as well as the Zune and XBLA.

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Windows Phone 7 Development Based on XNA

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

WMPowerUser managed to get hold of the first Windows Phone 7 Series development documents. It turns out that development for Windows Phone 7 Series will be similar to that for the Zune, in XNA.

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Zune Phone Coming!?

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems there will be a Microsoft Zune phone in the near future. The latest firmware for the Zune media players contains USB drivers which carry ‘phone’ in their naming. Those drivers refer to a Microsoft hardware ID.

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Microsoft Introduces Zune in Europe

November 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Microsoft has set the first step to warm up consumers for their Zune brand. Last Friday, the whole X-Box Live community received an e-mail detailing the arrival of Zune with the new 360 update

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Zune Goes Mobile (Someday)

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In an interview with Zdnet, Microsoft's Jose Pinero announced that the Zune will be expanding to other platforms including Windows Phone. He just doesn't know when it will happen.

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Apps Will Come for Zune

August 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

According to a blog called Daring Fireball, Microsoft has started to contact iPhone developers in the hope to get them to port their apps to Microsoft's Zune HD device.

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OneApp, Another MS App Store?

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Weblog iStartedSomething stumbled upon a trademark application from Microsoft for the name OneApp. The filing suggests MS is working on a second App Store for mobile devices.

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Microsotf’s ZuneHD, Will it Game?

May 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Microsoft has announced their long awaited competitor for the iPod Touch; the ZuneHD. The device will be fully connected with the XBLA experience, but will it game?