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Microsoft Zune HD 4.5 Update is Live

Apr. 5, 2010 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Microsoft reports that the Zune HD 4.5 firmware update is now available. (Note that this update is for the Zune HD device only, and not for the Zune PC software.)

There's a horrible You Tube video describing the update if you are looking for a reason to mock Microsoft:

I wish they dial down the faux cool stuff, I really do. This update's neat. Don't ruin it.

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chipwinter
on Apr 5, 2010
I think Microsoft's announcement on Monday could mean big things for always-connected phones.
LC21
on Apr 5, 2010
Kindle at the beach... Running anything more sophisticated than a transistor radio at the beach is just nuts. Paperbacks are the most efficient, worry free, least pretentious, beach friendly content management/delivery system available. No glare, no smudges, and they go great with relish.
Ocean
on Apr 5, 2010
Bad news about that HP Slate: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/04/hp-slate-pricing-and-specs-l... http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/04/hp-slate-pricing-and-specs-l...
whiplash55
on Apr 5, 2010
I'll take my Zune over any ipod any day. The service is better for music, better for podcast and is better software to boot. Itunes even sucks on a Mac, you'd think they'd learn how to write software for their own platform. I thought the program just sucked because they can't write decent software for Windows.
tayme
on Apr 5, 2010
@LC21 - You are correct about electronics at the beach...sand and salt water plays havoc on them. Lets say...I can read my Kindle on a bright, sunny day sitting on my patio, while enjoying a margarita! --tayme
Wibble II
on Apr 5, 2010
@tayme What exactly has a service pack on Mac OSX got to do with an article on Zoon? As it happens, I've used iPods for years. I have NEVER, EVER, seen a Zune in the flesh. On the other hand I've seen thousands of people using iPods and iPhones. Therefore, in my experience, I would say that there's less than 10 people on the planet using a Zune and Paul probably knows them all.
Logjamming
on Apr 5, 2010
@ Wibble. Don't worry: Tayme believes he can use a Zune in the daylight, whereas in fact, he cannot. That's why he moved from the beach to his patio. He can't keep track of all the arguments he uses. It's probably the New Busy. Or Nev bus, if you're on a Windows 7 Mobile Machine (if it's readable in daylight) http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/zuneun.jpg http://obamapacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Zune-HD-OLED-display-p... http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/zune-hd-platinum-hold.jpg
LC21
on Apr 5, 2010
Tayme: Blue Moon, slice of Orange, and a Moe Prager mystery. And no tech talk, no iPod vs Zune, no trashing the iPad. A beer, a book, and the sun.
robertsjoe
on Apr 5, 2010
There are plenty more reasons to mock Microsoft than just Zune. Although Zune is extremely pathetic on its own right. Their OS is inferior to OS X. PC are cheap nasty crap. Windows Mobile is a joke. Windows Phone looks like more crap. They are evil. They just copy. They are thieves.
robertsjoe
on Apr 5, 2010
The Zune is dead.
robertsjoe
on Apr 5, 2010
The iPad is a game changer, you tool.
Grannyville
on Apr 6, 2010
@robertsjoe Why do you believe that the iPad is a game changer?
rr0de74@live.com
on Apr 6, 2010
http://colbowdesign.com/blog2/?p=297
Dipsh t Admin
on Apr 6, 2010
"Bad news about that HP Slate:" How about waiting until the thing is actually released before trusting two random comments on a site? I find it funny that you are deriding people for criticizing the iPad without using it, but yet, here you are already dismissing the Slate when it is not even out yet. I'll wait till it is released to see if the performance and video resolution is acceptable.
tayme
on Apr 6, 2010
Wow, the hilarity continues. You guys are really circling the wagons around anything Microsoft - correction, anything non-Apple. Thanks for proving my point over and over and over again. I'm with LC21 on this one, a beer, a book, and the sun are much needed! --tayme
shark47
on Apr 6, 2010
@robertsjoe: "The iPad is a game changer, you tool." That's actually hilarious.
roteague
on Apr 6, 2010
@Logjamming's posts are so childish, I no longer bother reading what he writes.
Ocean
on Apr 6, 2010
Admin-- thats the thing--people have used it. They have used windows 7. They have used 1o24 x 600 screens They have used them with *that* proc. there is no mystery here.
roteague
on Apr 6, 2010
The 4.5 update is quite nice. I used the Smart DJ wirelessly .... very nice the way it picked songs off the Zune Marketplace and played them seamlessly with the songs on my device. Thanks to Microsoft for the update.

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