Steve Smith's Zune Wishlist (And Some of Mine)
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://stevesmithblog.com/blog/zune-feature-requests/' target='_blank'>http://stevesmithblog.com/blog/zune...ature-requests/</a><br /><br /></div><p>The Holiday Season may have passed, but Steve Smith still has a few requests for the Zune Team. Two of his three requests have to do with wirelessly syncing while on a dock, and the other is a request for deeper car integration. I'm with him on these, and the two wireless sync requests could (and should) be included in the next update.</p><p>On that note, here are a couple things I've been wishing for in the Zune for a while, most of which could be easily implemented:</p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1231477679.usr495.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Music:</p><ul><li>The number-one feature request I get from iPod-owning friends when they use my Zune is for a "view all tracks by artist" feature. It's annoying to have to look through every album by a particular artist just to see what I've got in my collection. </li><li>Bring back the Quick List. Playing another song, album, or artist will erase any playlist you've been working on, which is quite annoying.</li><li>A "remove from now playing" feature would be awesome to have, as would a "remove from list after the song has played" feature. </li></ul><p>Games:</p><ul><li>Don't force a restart after quitting out of a personal or community-built game. XNA superhero Michael Klucher has a <a href="http://klucher.com/blog/zune-games-and-rebooting-devices/" target="_blank">write-up</a> about <em>why</em> they did it, which basically boils down to securing the code and DRM'd files, but I just don't see why they can't reset the flags without completely rebooting the device. This should definitely be a priority for the XNA team.</li><li>Not really a game, but a simple RSS reader, synced on-the-go or at sync time would be awesome.</li></ul><p>Social:</p><ul><li>Allow videos below a certain size to be shared via wifi. I'd love to be able to beam short YouTube videos or music videos to friends. </li></ul><p>Misc:</p><ul><li>Add an alarm feature so I can wake to music without having to use a third-party XNA app.</li></ul><p>That's what I can think of for now. Do you have any suggestions for the device? Sound off in the comments!</p>
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