- 01-01-2009, 07:51 AM #1NewsGuest
iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> And you want a Zune phone?
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/...res/index.html
Let's put this in perspective....
The MSZ suffers a once-a-Leap Year defect. Unacceptable.
The iFruit is perpetually deficient. Priceless.
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- 01-01-2009, 09:58 AM #2Todd AllcockGuest
Re: "It seems that every Zune on the planet has just frozen up and will not work,"
At 01 Jan 2009 08:51:45 -0500 News wrote:
> iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> > And you want a Zune phone?
> >
> > http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/...res/index.html
>
>
>
> Let's put this in perspective....
>
> The MSZ suffers a once-a-Leap Year defect. Unacceptable.
>
> The iFruit is perpetually deficient. Priceless.
Stupid bug. All seventeen of us Zune owners will be furious! ;-)
I'd warn every other Zune owner I know, but I don't know any.
There's no defending MS over this, however. For starters, having stupid
clock/calendar/time zone/leap year issues is a programmer "rookie
mistake" that should be embarrassing to any computer company.
Secondly, and more importantly, a clock/calendar issue REALLY shouldn't
effect a product for which time isn't a primary function.
I have two Zunes- I don't recall ever seeing a clock display on them.
Having a time bug cause the wrong date/time to display is one thing, but
to have it bugger up the whole device is stupid. It'd be like a
defective clock on your car dashboard killing the starter!
Upon reflection, I'll bet the clock is part of the DRM- the Zune needs to
know when your Zune Pass subscription runs out, so it can stop playing
the subscription content. I don't use DRM content or Zune subscriptions,
so I wonder if mine were effected? (It's apparently too late to know now-
MS said they'd straighten themselves out by 7am today, and I didn't see
the story until 8:30am MST.)
- 01-01-2009, 05:30 PM #3iPhone 3GoldGuest
Re: "It seems that every Zune on the planet has just frozen up andwill not work,"
On Jan 1, 10:58*am, Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Upon reflection, I'll bet the clock is part of the DRM- the Zune needs to
> know when your Zune Pass subscription runs out, so it can stop playing
> the subscription content. *I don't use DRM content or Zune subscriptions,
> so I wonder if mine were effected? *(It's apparently too late to know now-
> *MS said they'd straighten themselves out by 7am today, and I didn't see
> the story until 8:30am MST.)
That was my immediate thought.
Microsoft's current obsession with DRM tripped them up with the Zune.
- 01-01-2009, 06:58 PM #4
Re: "It seems that every Zune on the planet has just frozen up andwill not work,"
zunes are pointeless
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