The Weekly Tech

So with the new Zune software update, comes a few things, among them wireless Zune Marketplace Access and FM Radio song purchases.  Pretty cool, no doubt about it.  There’s one thing however, that I’m not really crazy about, though its a good idea on Microsoft’s part.  You can now access McDonald’s wireless connectivity to buy songs from the Zune Marketplace!  Exciting?  Not particularly.  I mean, granted its cool, but it seems that Microsoft is following in the trail of Apple (StarBuck’s anyone?), except you can do it with any and all of their products.  Apple has elevated those iPhone (and sort of iPod Touch users) customers to elitest status, and I guess if you are paying that much for a phone, you deserve it.  Its too bad that I don’t have a Zune or like McDonalds’ (spare the expensive Chicken Selects, of course) food, or else this would be quite useful to me.

Two Giant Companies Coming Together in the Name of Music

On a smaller note, as aforementioned the Zune software came out today and includes a variety of things including a few new colors on ZuneOriginals (among them blue).  There are also many new back engraving art that you can add onto your custom Zune.  Pretty cool stuff!  Too bad I can’t test one out and let you all know how it goes, oh well.