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Zune is Frozen
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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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 ... (more) Zune.net
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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 ... (more) Zune.net
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow
engadget.com — 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 ... (more) 30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December ...
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30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!]
Gizmodo — ... in the Zune's internal calendar has anything to do with the failures (besides, it hasn't even happened yet). If not for the uniform representation of events across the internet, I'd be tempted to suspect this as a hoax, but it just doesn't look that way. The story, assuming the described problem is of the magnitude reported, will probably take a turn for the large when the majority of Zuners start waking up. Let us know about your experiences in the comments. [Zunescene, ZuneBoards, Zune.net—Thanks, Michael, Josh, Ben and others] ...

Reports: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!]
Gizmodo — ... in the Zune's internal calendar has anything to do with the failures (besides, it hasn't even happened yet). If not for the uniform representation of events across the internet, I'd be tempted to suspect this as a hoax, but it just doesn't look that way. The story, assuming the described problem is of the magnitude reported, will probably take a turn for the large when the majority of Zuners start waking up. Let us know about your experiences in the comments. [Zunescene, ZuneBoards, Zune.net—Thanks, Michael, Josh, Ben and others] ...

All Zune 30s crapping out?
CrunchGear — ... this morning, a bunch of Zune 30s just stopped working. No official word from Redmond on this one yet but we might have a gadget Y2K going on here. Fan boards and support forums all have the same mantra saying that at 2:00 AM this morning, the Zune 30s reset on their own and doesn’t fully reboot. We’re sure Microsoft will get flooded with angry Zune owners as soon as the phone lines open up for the last time in 2008. More as we get it. Zune.net, ZuneBoards, ZuneScene, Gizmodo

BREAKING: Zunes worldwide hit by mystery crash
Tech Digest — This morning, I woke up and turned on my beloved Zune MP3 player. It got to the end of the loading bar, then just stopped. After the regular "hold back and up to reset" trick didn't work, I did what any self-respecting citizen of the modern age would do, and turned to Google. Turns out there's a lot of people with the same problem. Across the internet, there's a variety of threads on forums complaining that Zunes have frozen in exactly the same place, at exactly midnight PST. Given that we're so close to the New Year, it's likely to be a ...

30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow
Engadget — ... after the break. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading 30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video 30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM, December 31st -- day of reckoning to follow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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