Current 30GB Zune holders aren’t too happy right now as there appears to have been systematic failure of 30GB Zunes across the land recently. Microsoft appears to be aware of the problem, but no solutions are forth-coming yet from them.

Customers using the Zune 30 might experience problems starting their players. We’re aware of the problem and are working to correct it. The Zune Social might be slow or inaccessible. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!

I’m still moving forward with purchasing the Zune instead of a new iPod though. In fact, my wife offered me her iPod Nano since her new phone will serve as her music player of choice. I told her I didn’t want it because I didn’t want to have to install iTunes on my computer to manage the music on it.

Source: Zune’s Crapping Out Worldwide. MSFT Support on Vacation! – Dvorak Uncensored

Image: 120GB Zune from Zune website

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30GB Zune Owners Experiencing Widespread Failure

Why doesn’t the Zune interface support a folder hierarchy for files?

I’m still trying to decide if I’m going to go with the 120GB Zune or the 120GB Apple iPod Classic. Luckily the finances right now aren’t putting me in a position to make this decision immediately so I’m able to glean some good feedback from other individuals I know and online.

A friend of mine just purchased a Zune, for the most part because I recommended it to him. He was asking me about features and stuff and told me he’s as fed-up with iTunes as I am. I reminded him of the Zune and that they recently released one with a larger capacity in the 120GB version.

He called me shortly after purchasing it and getting it home to let me know that the interface doesn’t let him organize his movies into any type of folder structure. The closest he could get was to go in and edit the meta data manually to group movie files together by making them a part of the same TV series.

Does that seem right? I asked him if he had the latest Zune 3.0 software, which he said he did. Can that be right? Why wouldn’t Microsoft intuitively allow you to organize you media files into type of folder structure you could imagine?

That’s just weird.

It’s still not even close to all the frustrations I have with iTunes so I doubt it’s going to change my opinion much at this point. Just seems really weird.

Image Source: Zune.net website

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A Zune Quirk – No Folder Scheme?