oh just in case you missed the bus

I totally forgot to mention that we have announced a ton of stuff about preload and price etc etc, my good friend Cesar has all of this stuff over on his blog so I wont repeat for the sake of it but go here and the full preload list and all sorts of goodies are there...what I would like to introduce is something rather interesting, can't tell you much about it right now... but

pic: weez gotz wheeelz

ain't she purdy ...

first one to send me a picture of this out on the highway gets a zuneshirt from Cesar over at Zune Insider... of course he deosn't know this yet... but he's a generous fellow!

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Comments

[Stephen]

Nice bus. I've been reading all this new press info about the Zune. What do you think of the decision to impose such strict DRM restrictions and abandon PlaysForSure?

[Jarod]

Kudos to the first classified IDIOT to buy that archaic trash! You definately belong on a bus if you do!

[Harvey]

Richard,

I just sent a similar note to Cesar but wonder if it might be more appropriate comment for your area.

We had a suggestion today from one of our forum members, that I think is really compelling.

We've had a lot of discussion about the pre-loaded content, and the ZunePass subscription approach.

The suggestion is that Microsoft provide - in addition to the preloaded content - some preloaded Marketplace credit when you buy your first Zune player.

Not only would this be an incentive to buy Zune, it would drive buyers right away to Zune Marketplace - - i.e. as opposed to illegal download sites or to their own CD collections. So right away it pulls the buyer into the Marketplace experience.

I suggest a $15 Marketplace credit (or that equivalent in Points), or perhaps one month's free subscription.

Does this make any sense to you?

Here's the thread:

http://zunerama.com/forum/index.php?topic=324.0

- Harvey

[Zune-Online.com]

Hi,

does this new Zune bus comes preloaded with any content? I think there is enough space for about... 10 bands !!!

[Chris]

SOMEONE THAT KNOWS THE ZUNE SETUP... IMPORTANT QUESTION

If you send me a song from your zune to mine and i have a ZunePass... will it continue to work past the 3 days or do i actually have to download it again? I mean if i have to download a file again even though i have a ZunePass and i got the file from a friend it should just stay working... anyone??????

[Mike]

Can you please put a large warning sign on the side of the bus. Something like: Zune let M$ F**K U like iTune!

[richard]

Hey Harvey , Chris, both really good thoughts/questions. Both of which I'll need to find answers for! Certainly getting people to take a look around the store straight out of the box is important...thanks for the suggestions.

[Harvey]

Richard,
Can you tell us how many songs / albums will be available from Marketplace at time of launch?
We'll all heard "millions" but would like to know if there's a real number you can put to it.
- Harvey
http://www.zunerama.com