For MarketPlace & Zune Pass to become more attractive propositions the following need to be dealt with...
- There needs to be a way to play DRM content on Windows Mobile devices. I've propose that you consider creating a Zune branded Live SkyDrive for the purpose of storing & streaming media content to Windows Mobile devices. This would support the widest array of partner hardware already on the market as only a Windows Mobile App & Data Connection would be required. And by having a Zune branded Live Skydrive for storage..you can control aspects that will ensure the protection of property rights.
- Zune Pass is problematic in a Media Center/Extender environment because of the need to periodically renew licensing. There should be some sort of License Manager service that can do this automatically. If I'm storing my music on a Windows Home Server (which I do), there should be some sort of add-on that provides the necessary components to renew licenses and stream Zune DRM content from WHS.
You got to do something regarding these issues! And it can't wait 2-3 years.
I have a Zune Pass, and love it!
But i think the one thing that would make it better is better music discovery features.
Before I got my Zune I was a member of the Urge service, before Rhapsody killed it, and the feature I loved on it was the dynamic playlists.
It was awesome to be able to fine tune a playlist to find songs i liked, based on mood, newness of track, and popularity of track, and it would update everytime i synced my device... if Zune Marketplace incorporated that into the Zune Pass service, it would make the device even more perfect for me, but it won't be absolutely perfect until audible.com support is added!
ANother thing the Marketplace needs is TV shows and movies... it wouldn't hurt if they were made available via the Zune pass either :-D
thanks for wanting my input..
stephen
- Zune marketplace should allow for the sharing of member playlists and highlight the top playlists that members have downloaded. "Also needs to bring back auto-playlists which is frustrating me right now."
- Zune marketplace should add a ranking for the most played songs. This should be in addition to purchased and downloaded.
- Zune marketplace needs to get a real ranking system and allow users to view the rankings in different lights. (Community ranking, Favorite artist ranking "How people who have Snoop Dogg as their favorite ranked his song library", and critics ranking.
- Zune marketplace should allow for the autodownload of new music by artists you select as your favorites.
- Zune Pass should cover all types of media whether it is music or videos. Helps sell higher capacity players and will get more usage.
- Zune Pass should have a family plan. $ 14.95 for all media is great, but I would pay more (say $19.95) so that my wife and daugthers could have their own players / subscriptions and social interactions.
The Zune has some cool features to it. But I think it should have more to it. The Zune marketplace should have more videos, if xbox live marketplace has so many videos why can't the Zune. The videos that are there now are really something to laugh at in my opinion. Apple offers a lot more so it would only make since to have at least as many as they do. I know this probably won't happen put everyone who has a 30GB should have a why to upgrade to the 2nd generation Zune. The 30GB suck compared to the newer models. Zune cards should be on the Zune itself (cool features equal more Zunes sold). I don't have a Zune pass, if there is anyone who has it is it worth getting?
Zune Pass: I don't have one, and don't see myself getting one too soon. A lot of the music that I'm into is independently produced, and some of the artists don't even exist in zune marketplace. More often than not, when I look for a recording, even if the artist is there, the recording isn't available. These artists are big deals in their musical areas, but because they are self published and not domestic (US), I have to go directly to them in order to get the digital versions. Until I can get 90% of what I'm looking for in the zune marketplace, I doubt I'll consider a zune pass.
Great idea, but my musical tastes don't align with market availability.
- Mike Brodeur - Zune 80
I wish that there were some kind of reward points / incentives for the zune pass which could be converted into free music purchases.
For e.g.:
If a user has zune pass for 3 consecutive month ($45 worth in all) then (s)he is eligible for converting a certain number of songs (from the leased songs) worth a certain amt of $$ (lets say $5) into permanent purchases (i.e which do not expire after subscription ends).
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I've posted about this many times before (http://forums.zune.net/81185/ShowPost.aspx), but to recap:
Zune Pass needs to be able to work with families better. Allow a child account to use a parent's Zune Pass so my daughter can download songs using my Zune Pass while logged in under her account, keeping the parental controls in place.
Additionally, Zune Marketplace needs a way to search within each section (let me search just in Podcasts) instead of every search returning everything in my collection as well as every section of ZMP.
Let me apply album art to podcasts that do not have art associated with them.
That's all I can think of for now. PLEASE look at the other post regarding child accounts!
thanks!
Ron
First, move it into Windows Media Player... Add the option for credit cards, or paypal, I don't like the pass or the points. Add Movies, add the podcasts we have been submitting, add the ability for all of us to sell our own content.
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I'm sorta new to the whole Mp3 world but here is a list of a couple things that would be good in my eyes!!!
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