Vendor: DLO

This will be the first of multiple DLO product reviews in the near future, this one in particular featuring the Action Jacket case for both the flash and hard drive players. Check out these exercise oriented cases.

Features:

Neoprene case with clear window protects Zune from sweat and the elements

Total access to all Zune controls and connector port

Washable armband fits a bicep circumference of 9" to 20"

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And the winner of the metal slider case was....

BlakeBritton!

Congratulations to Blake, and stay tuned for more contests in the near future!

Today is the day before we randomly pick the winner for the Zune 80 Metal Slider Case. Get your entry in quick as the winner will be picked tomorrow night. Contest Thread

One of our readers, Blake Britton, has just contacted us with some cool photo's. He took a little trip to the apple HQ and showed his love for PC and Zune. Check it out!

Way to be Blake! If anyone else has any cool experiences, we'd love to hear! Always feel free to contact us.

Check out the "I'm a PC" photo after the break.

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To celebrate the new Zune 3 updates, were going to be doing a little case giveaway! This go around it's for the previously reviewed Chrome Metal Slider Zune 80/120 case.

The Prize:

(1) Chrome Incipio Metal Slider Case ( for zune 80/120)

The Rules:

This go around it's a tad different. For a shot at this contest you'll need to go to the GotZune.com forums, and post in this thread. When I randomly choose the winner, he/she is required to have 3+ posts.

Deadline:

October 6th 2008

       Well, it's day one of using the new zune 3 features, (firmware, software, hardware, social, etc) and i'm wondering, so far how is everyone liking it? There are quite a few subtle, and not so subtle changes that have been great to see. I'm just beginning to delve into some of this new content,  and so far the big highlights have been the updated new social pages, marketplace feature on the zune's, and most importantly, the clock! I'm quite interested in hearing all of your opinions though, were you disappointed? or do you love it?

www.zuneoriginals.net has joined in on the updates today, making the zune 16 available in any of the 5 colors (Black, Blue, Red, Green, and Pink). Both the 8 gig and 16 are available in whichever color you with, but unfortunately for anyone looking to buy a cheap 4 gigabyte blue model, your out of luck here; the soon to be discontinued zune 4 does not share in the blueness. The 120 gig is still limited to just black, hopefully we'll see a change there soon.

Vendor: Ihome

Price: $99.99

In this review I'll be taking a look at Ihome's new Radio/Audio system for zune. At the moment it's the only product of it's kind for zune, being the only zune alarm clock on the market, and one of the few Zune audio systems. Overall testing this product out was an enjoyably experience, with just a few annoyances. Enjoy!

Meet the new ZN9, the world’s first clock radio for Zune. The ZN9 features several innovative solutions, including wake and sleep to your Zune™ music or AM/FM radio presets, a 7-5-2 feature for separate weekday and weekend alarm times, and an extra large, backlit LCD display with dimmer.
With our Reson8 speaker chambers, you’ll be able to enjoy stereo sound around the clock. The new ZN9… treat yourself and your Zune right.

• Wake or sleep to Zune, AM/FM Radio or buzzer
• Charges Zune while docked
• Auto-Set Clock sets itself
• Programmable Snooze
• High-fidelity stereo drivers in specially designed Reson8® speaker chambers deliver astounding clarity, depth, and power
• Gradual Wake and Gradual Sleep increase/decrease Alarm/Sleep volume so as not to startle the user
• Clean contemporary design complements the look of the Zune
• Dual alarm with AM/FM presets
• 7-5-2 feature for separate weekday and weekend alarm times

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Eliot Van Buskirk from Wired.com has has recently had a sneak preview of the new zune software, and wrote an interesting article comparing it to Apple's Genius. Apparently the new Mixview function makes Genius "look like a blast from the digital music's past."

While iTunes serves up a text list of recommended songs within your library and from the iTunes store, adding to the more basic recommendations its MiniStore feature used to make, Zune reinvented the recommendation concept by collapsing artists, albums and fans into the same recommendation engine, more accurately mirroring the way people think about music.

He goes on later to explain,

Granted, I'm not referring to the accuracy of one system's algorithms versus the other's; there will be plenty of time to compare them on those merits once the new Zune software is released. But in terms of breadth, layout and social utility, Zune sends Genius back to school.

To read more, check out the full article here.

It seems as though the zune team really got this new function right, and I don't know about you all, but I'm quite excited to give it a try in just 3 more days!

Well, Fry's has done it again! And thanks to Harvey from  Zunerama for pointing  it out. This go around the leak is in the form of online orders, as they are taking orders for the Zune 8 blue and Zune 120 black. Now, not only have they just revealed pictures of the Zune 8 blue, but there is also some new and interesting information under the "Key Features and Benefits" section. From the looks of it, the zune team has added 3 new features. Read after the break for all the info!

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