Just something I was wondering. Simple question, What Zune forums do you call yourself a regular in? You can select multiple choices.

Personally, I read the browse the Zune.net forums, but rarely reply anymore. There are so many whiners in there. I also browse ours here and there, but I am rarely logged on lately. I also enjoy Zuneboards and Zunethoughts as well.

Remember when you would visit a company and they would throw you a pen or keychain complete with their company name and phone number? That was a win/win right? I mean, you get a free pen and they have their phone number in your hand for easy retrieval. Well, I know the Zunes aren't inexpensive enough to give out to customers like a pen, but the rate at which Microsoft is cobranding Zunes kind of reminds me of this.

Is it smart to have all these special edition Zunes or do you think it cheapens the appearance of the product? I like special edition things, but only when they are indeed "Special". I eluded to my opinion on this a little in my post announcing the Gears of War II Zune yesterday. I think that they are putting too many branded Zunes out there. Hell, I can't remember them all either.

So, tommorow you can try it all out, but just off reading all this info pouring in about tommorow's launch, what do you think? Come on, Gapless... Autoplaylists, cool features for the Social... you have to have some opinions, right?

I'll share more about my feelings tommorow after I get to see it on MY PC live.

So, I have been using a Zune (1 and 2) from the start and I can say with all certainty that I have only seen neighboring Zunes on my Social Tab Nearby Screen only once. I check in the airports, I check in the mall, or any other venue that I have a Zune with me and lots of people. That's not to say that others around me don't have Zunes, but hey... if you have them, you are in public... turn the damn thing on. I wanna see ya!

Anyhow, the only place I have seen others is at an Mobius Meetup at CES in 2007. I think it was 4 or 5. Judie Lipsett from Gear Diary, Matt Miller from Zdnet, myself, and a couple others whipped out our Zunes and squirted and such... Jason Dunn from Zune Thoughts was there as well, but I can't recall him whipping it out. That was the only time I saw other Zunes. Sadly.

I am shocked about reading all this today, but we have been hearing the rumors for the last couple years. It's a natural fit in my opinion. I like the idea.

Even though I use Google for my searching needs, I use so many Yahoo services that are offered. Yahoo has so much to offer. (did you know they own Flickr now too?) My history with Yahoo goes back to the old days of the text directory. It was the only way I could reach ESPN since ESPN's url had like 5 dots in the url. (this was in like 1994) I have had and still use my Yahoo email address since the same timeframe. I participate in a couple Yahoo groups. I use people search all the time. Yahoo Music, etc... Yahoo is my homepage as well. The point is I love Yahoo and I am so thrilled at the prospect of them being bought out by Microsoft. What do you think?

Cesar over at Zune Insider posted a poll asking for everyone's Zune Card name... well, let's take it a step further. Let's have them here and let's do a poll! We haven't had a poll lately, so it's time!

BTW, to see our Zune Cards, check out the about us page.

To be 100% honest, I had not seen a single Zune Commercial on TV until last night. I will admit that I don't watch much TV at all, but I do watch some. I normally watch a couple 1 hour dramas like Cold Case, the 4400, and Law and Order. I don't watch MTV, VH1, or any of that type programming, which if I was marketing the Zune would be the place I would advertise most.

Last night during the Alabama/Colorado Football game, I caught my 1st on TV Zune commercial. Have you ever seen one on TV?

I know that some Zunes already come in a couple of these colors, but not all of them. So pick what color you'd like to see. Me, I want a Blue Zune 80.

So, this is a hot topic since Leo Laporte threw the work squicle around like a hip phrase...

Vote away!