“Zune Bug” Actually a Freescale Bug Affecting Toshiba Gigabeats Too (flag)

www.anythingbutipod.com — Props go to Mike at IHaveAZune.com for putting these pieces together in an email conversation we were having. Earlier the code for this infamous Zune bug showed up on Digg . This code is actually code written for Freescale’s MC13783 PMIC ( PDF Whitepaper ) and it seems like its affecting ...

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