engadget.com - 12/31/2008
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Do you have a Zune 30 ? If so, does the thing look something like the above? That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We've been flooded with tips about users whose 30GB players started locking up at midnight last night, essentially ...
forums.zune.net - 12/31/2008
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forums.zune.net —
Early this morning we were alerted by our
customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our...
2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and ...
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Zune.net
zuneboards.com - 12/31/2008
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zuneboards.com —
I was listening to a podcast, and all
of a sudden my zune 30 froze. I've had...
this happen before, so I just pressed the play and let it go through the...
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Zune is Frozen
forums.zune.net - 12/31/2008
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forums.zune.net —
This just happened to me and I was
hoping someone on here besides me had this happen.................
I had my Zune docked on it's iHome ZN9, charging, and all the sudden I hear it start whirring as I'm sitting here at the laptop. I looked up just in ...
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Bug do milênio chegou agora para Zunes 30GB
MacMagazine —
... os aparelhos sofreram um reboot e ficaram congelados numa tela de carregamento eterna.
A Microsoft mantém os lábios selados a respeito da causa, mas podemos usar a imaginação para gerar hipóteses. Vírus? Suicídio coletivo de gadgets? Será que eles não suportam a idéia de um ano bissexto com um segundo a mais? Obsolescência programada levada às últimas consequências? Enquanto não obtemos respostas, cheque se seu iPod está bem, só por via das dúvidas.
[Via: Engadget.] ...
Y2K9 the End of the Road for 30GB Zunes?
Anything But iPod —
... Nothing happened when we hit year 2000 - no computers broke down, no armageddon. Just when everyone thought we were in the clear, Y2K9 comes along and brings doom to 30GB Zunes - a day early.
Just as we hit December 31th, 30GB Zunes all across the board went dead and are now stuck on the loading screen. Microsoft is working on the problem but no-one knows what the problem actually is. No reports on this happening to other Zunes and no solution has been posted yet.
[Engadget|Victim list @ ABi forums]
Update: A Microsoft representative just ...
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GeekSugar —
... A mass influx of Zune 30GB owners are reporting that their players started locking up at midnight last night. — Engadget ...
Todos los Zune de 30GB paran de funcionar el 1 de enero (Feliz año nuevo de parte de Microsoft)
Gizmología —
... Mirosoft acaba de tener su propio efecto 2000, bueno, su efecto 2009. El día 1 de Enero de 2009 todos, bueno, casi todos los reproductores Zune de 30GB dejaron de funcionar. ...
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