A Day in the Life of a Zune Developer

[Jason Dunn]

<p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/76ETNI9a6vw&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/76ETNI9a6vw&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>Cute video, but it's sort of depressing that there's so little going on in the Zune world and I'm reduced to posting videos of cute kids and babies. It's a depressing time to be a Zune fan - there are no indications there's going to be any new or refreshed hardware released this year, which will make the first time in four years that Microsoft will not be releasing some form of new hardware in the fall. And, no, Windows Phone 7 devices don't count - sure, they'll give us a Zune experience, but I'm still a fan of dedicated, non-phone hardware. At this point, I think the most we can hope for us some improvements in the desktop software for the fall...</p>

[Alber1690]

That's a really cute video, but like it was stated, it says nothing about the work/projects/challenges that the Zune team is currently facing. I agree, that at this point all we can hope for is great work to be done on the Zune software, especially if it will be handling Windows Phone syncing.