Now, I usually wait for an entire year but the folks at Zunited are so excited they are celebrating their 6 months with prizes.  Not sure if this has anything to do with the ZuneBoards acquisition by CrowdGather that took place on Monday.

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Taking place this Saturday, July 12th from 10:00am - 8:00pm PST, Zunited will be giving away prizes every 2 hours.

More information about the prizes after the break.
[Thanks Jared aka Teccom747]

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Now most of you realize that I am bound by NDA on most of what we discuss and learn at the MVP Summit, so I won't be reporting much on that on any of my sites. I can say that it has been a blast. I have really enjoyed meeting fellow Windows Mobile and Zune MVPS. The social aspect has been great. I know and I have already met most of my fellow Windows Mobile MVPs, but I am meeting all the Zune guys for the 1st time.

We had some great sessions with the Zune Team yesterday. I am extremely impressed at the care that the Zune Team has for the community and their needs. They really seem to "get it".

The Zune MVPs all whipped out their Zunes for a group photo.

 
Then we all lined up for the mandatory group photo. From left to right... Tyler Welch (Microsoft), Me, Cesar Menedez (Microsoft), Graham Skee (Anythingbutipod), Jonathon Hefner (Zune Tracks), Ed Colligan (Zune Luv), Jason Dunn (Zunethoughts), Stephan Shipman (Ihaveazune), and Harvey Chute(Zunerama). Missing was Drea from Generation Zune, but she showed up later.

As I mentioned, much of the day was under strict NDA, but we were able to snap some photos of the Zune 8 and 80 disassembled...

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The details are in for the meet up in Seattle next weekend (April 13th, 2008). If you want to attend, just show up. I would appreciate an email or a comment here to show your interest though.

So, it looks like I am going to head to Gameworks to have some good old geek fun Sunday night...

...we then probably move to GameWorks around 6:30-7:00PM ish and do some gaming whether it be shoot 'em ups, pinball, racing, air hockey, or getting another drink it should be a good time. If the mood strikes us or if people are getting in later we can head back to McCormick and Schmicks for their second Happy Hour at 9PM to closing.

What we are doing is piggybacking a meetup that a lot of us Windows Mobile MVPs do the Sunday prior to the Microsoft MVP Summit. We're going to grab some dinner and then geek out at Gameworks. I welcome anyone to show up and say hello. This will go down April 13th, 2008. Steven Hughes, Jack Cook, Matt Miller, Jason Dunn, Don Sorcinelli, Mike Temporale, myself and more should be in attendance.

If you can't make that and you'd like meet up in Seattle still, let me know. We will be pretty tied up from 8am to around 9pm, but it will feel like 7pm to me, so I might stay out all night

I am getting back into the social networking thing, or at least trying. I know that many people use twitter. I haven't used it much, but learning to take time out to enjoy more than just reading info/news. If you want to follow me, click here.

If you do the Twitter thing, add your Twitter ID in the comments. (dont link it if you want it to show immediately. Links sometimes get held in the moderation queue.)

I have battled with the "usefulness" of Twitter for a long time and have finally come to the agreement with myself that it's just a time waster, but I can see it being fun at times.

OK, so I was redesigning my personal blog (ChrisLeckness.com) yesterday and while I was working on my photo gallery, I noticed the set from the Linkin Park show I attended a few months ago. This event was put on by Sandisk to launch their 8gb MicroSD card. It was a huge party and Linkin Park was the headliner. They played to a small, intimate crowd that I was lucky enough to be at. (Thanks Sandisk). I really love Zune, but I also like Sandisk's offerings as well. Even though I am quite bias towards Zune, I give Apple and Sandisk a fair shake. For a while, I used the Sansa Connect Exclusively. I really liked the Yahoo Music Service integration.

Anywho... I was thinking... Open your ears Zune Team. Zune 3 Launch (we can only assume that there will be one) Why don't you guys pull in a HUGE artist like Linkin Park for a launch party next time around. I know that the Zune vibe tends to evolve around indie type artists, but take it to the big timers next time. I wasn't at any of the pre-Zune 2 launch stuff, so I can't even tell you who was there, but I don't think anyone as large as LP.

Just my thoughts... After the break, I have republished my report from this Linkin Park show as it was posted on Mobilitysite.

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If you're a hardcore Zuner, then it's likely that you've already signed the Worldwide Zune Petition. Fake Steve Ballmer posted on his blog some hilarious photoshop'ed photos that I wanted to share. Wow, the Petition is really catching on!

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Cute... That's all I can say.

Source: CrunchGear