March 9th, 2010 by Travis Pope   Tags: Software, XNA Games, ZuneHD Apps

With just a week left until Microsoft’s MIX developer conference Microsoft’ employee Michael Kulcher is now talking publicly about what devices and services will be compatible with it’s forthcoming XNA 4.0 software. True, you could read the entire article but we’ll sum up why you might want to read it closely;

When we first announced XNA was a development platform for the Windows Phone 7 Series last week and followed up with some real-time Twitter Q&A (@WP7Dev), we got a lot of questions about Zune/Zune HD and how that will work with XNA Game Studio 4.0. Development for the Zune and Zune HD will continue to exist in XNA Game Studio 3.1, however, in XNA Game Studio 4.0, we’re encouraging you to migrate your games over to the Windows Phone 7 Series platform.

Yes, you read right. Microsoft will leave the ZuneHD attached to the current version of XNA, but before you read too much into it, read on.

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March 2nd, 2010 by Travis Pope  

With a new Zune software release planned sometime this spring to unleash .avi support on all Zune devices, we’ll also be hopefully seeing a 5.0 release sometime this fall. Having spoken to Matt Akers about how they decided what features and would not make it into the software I think it’s important that we make our imprint on the Zune 5, so tell me your wish features for the software and i’ll collect all the info and send it off to Matt. Post your’s in our forum here, or here in the comments.

February 19th, 2010 by Travis Pope  

Earlier this week Microsoft pull the sheets off of what very may well be the finest mobile operating system they have ever created. True we’ve got more details to hear about but according to the good folks at Engadget it’s exciting stuff. Here’s a hint, Zune on a phone anyone?

January 26th, 2010 by Travis Pope  

This morning Chisto27 woke up to a nice little surprise when he tried to update the Zune software. Support for Windows 7 libraries.

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November 17th, 2009 by Travis Pope  

Starting today XBOX 360 owners will be able to stream, download, and purchase videos from the new Zune Video Marketplace directly from their consoles, and we’ve got the definitive review here.

October 23rd, 2009 by Travis Pope  

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I’ve managed to get my hands on a Wave 1 early invite for the XBOX Dashboard update coming in a few weeks. We’ll have a complete review of the Zune related bits tomorrow for your enjoyment. You know, once we’ve had ample amount of time to use it’s lovely new options, like Zune Video!