[David Tucker]

There is no EQ or OTG file deletion, correct. The premium earbuds are gone but honestly they're not that great so its not really a loss. Audiobooks are support now from Audible.

As far as the desktop software I think it works fine. Oh, no internet radio or alarm (afaik)

[David Tucker]

There is no EQ or OTG file deletion, correct. The premium earbuds are gone but honestly they're not that great so its not really a loss. Audiobooks are support now from Audible.

As far as the desktop software I think it works fine. Oh, no internet radio or alarm (afaik)

[Jason Dunn]

Wow...lots of questions!

Originally Posted by grantpet

is there more info on 3.0 around and i'm just missing it??

I guess that depends if you read this or not:

http://www.zunethoughts.com/news/show/90574

Originally Posted by grantpet

still no eq with this version correct?
did we get otg file deletion? it was unclear to me

No EQ, correct. No ability to delete files directly on the device.

Originally Posted by grantpet

how bad is the sync software really? is it just occasionally a problem if you never tweaked your pc, or is the software run amuck in properly tuned efficient tweaked machine?

I think the Zune software is quite good, and for me it runs very well on every computer I have. I suspect that the people that have loads of trouble with it have messed up installs of Windows.

Originally Posted by grantpet

lost the premium ear buds? loose anything else?

Nope, nothing else about the hardware changed.

Originally Posted by grantpet

did the audiobooks management get fixed? what about podcasts and internet radio?

Well, there was no support for audiobooks before, so there was nothing to fix. Now it has official audiobook support, but only via the third-party Audible (and that other one) software. Internet radio? Not supported. What about podcasts?

Originally Posted by grantpet

we got the clock, but its not an alarm?

Correct. There's a clock, but no alarm, no sleep timer, etc.

[grantpet]

thank you, at least now i feel like i'm not going to have to dedicate an entire pc just to handle the zune sync processes.

sorry, internet radio was a feature on a different unit i was reading about.

thanks jason, never saw that link, i'll be reading it tonight!