For those of you who don't know Zune is Microsoft's answer to the iPod. Unfortunately it seems to be crippled with DRM and wireless restrictions. See below - MAL
Some of the comments below indicate that the details of Zune sharing aren't completely clear. Let me walk through the Zune does and Zune doesn'ts...
Zunes have wireless built in. Zunes can thus set up "ad-hoc" (Zune to Zune) connections to one another. This enables the following scenarios:
- You can search for nearby Zune owners to interact with.
- You can send them a song, album, etc... for a 3-day/3-play trial listen. Songs come over with metadata and album art (neat). After the 3 days or 3 plays are up, the song gets deleted from the Zune on the next sync, but the info on the song stays in a "journal" on your PC for later purchase or acquisition.
- You can send them photos for unlimited viewing (and these can sync back onto the recipient's PC).
The wireless happens to be wifi (802.11 b/g) but Zunes will not (at launch) connect to the internet via your home base station network. Zunes can not download songs over the air from the internet service.
www.zunester.com
Posted by Administrator on Monday 09 October 2006 - 09:52:41
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