Customer Reviews

How to Do Everything with Your Zune

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This book is great. My husband and I both read it and found it extremely helpful and easy to read (great informative pictures). We have the original 30gb Zune model-which is what the book covers. If you have the 2nd generation Zune, it may not be quite as helpful-we can only attest to its value for people who have the 30gb version. We bought two more copies for gifts to other family memebers who own the 30gb Zune. You will learn a lot!

I liked the book and did learn a lot but it is very out of date. The Zune has changed and the book hasn't

This book definitely needs to be updated. For one thing, when it was written, the biggest Zune you could buy was a 30 GB. Mine is 120. Plus, the pictures of what the Zune software looks like in the book is nothing like it is now. Still, since I purchased my Zune about a month ago, this book has been an invaluable resource; primarily because it has way more information than anything Microsoft provides on the internet (and can I just say, that is the stupidest thing about the Zune as a product, that there is no hard copy user's manual packaged with it?). It has provided many useful tips and at least pointed me in the right direction on more than one occasion.

I debated about whether to purchase this book or not because I was worried that once I did, a newer version would be announced. But I needed to know how to use my Zune now; and not wait for whenever an updated version would become available. I'm only giving it 3 stars because of the outdated information. If it was current, I'd defintely give it 5. As far as making up for the outdatedness, I've learned more, I think, from simply playing with my Zune to find out what it will do, talking with other Zune owners (I have two other family members who own one) and going online to the various Zune forums and Google. As I mentioned before, though, it's a gazillion times more informative than anything Microsoft purports to give as a 'resource'. My friend owns an iPod and is jealous since I've shown her everything that the Zune has to offer, but as she pointed out as well when I showed her this book, "if there's enough stuff for you to learn about the Zune that this guy wrote a 300+ page book about it, you'd think the company could give you some type of an owner's guide for free when you bought it." Good point.

I received a Zune 30 GB for christmas and I had not a clue on how to use it. Then I bought this book. I found out that my Zune does so much more(with the help of this book). The author, Rick Broida, makes it easy and fun with this book. This book is hard to put down because of the witty notes and tips. It is a recommened must have to any Zune owner.

The Zune devise is a complicated item. However, with the aid of this book I was able to learn the ins and outs of this MP3 player. The price was reasonable and the delivery was fast - Thank-you

this book has everything you need to know to get started with ur zune, it shows you the basics and beyond. the only reason i gave it a 4 star was because the book is a liitle out of date due to all of the new zune updates but it still works since everything is basicly the same. Hope this helped

I love the format of this book. The author speaks from a easy-to-follow and everyday consumer point of view. Starting from the basics (turning the Zune on) it proceeds from the easiest workings to its most advanced. Well outlined! The wit and honest opinions included made for nice reading. However, I found only half of this book useful. Why? Information (esp., problem solving) in it is becoming outdated, IF you have been updating your Zune online. That is, using Zune Marketplace, which asks you to "update now" perdiodically before you can proceed. The information for downloading YouTube vids was useless. Er, mostly useless. I tried every suggestion and ended up using a website the book recommended for help. And I found help with my own online searches. Even the information given on the opening Zune screen is outdated, as since my last Zune update, my basic screen no longer looks as shown in the book. Technology marches on. But being <<some>> knowledgable in the workings of gadgets, I was able to use the information, with online searches to fix a few problems. I wish the author pointed out the free podcast downloads available to the Zune, through Zune Marketplace. And how to use the ZM, because ZM doesn't have a help or first users tutorial. BAH! Maybe the ZM was not offering the freebees when the author researched? I would love to see this manual updated, as I, again, loved the author's manner of speaking. The book seemed more like a sort of enjoyable, entertaining tome rather than an boring educational read.

Just operating a Zune straight out of the box may be easy for a teenager but, for the "mature" user, a manual that you can actually read is so much better.

I found this an easy read and quickly helped me get up and running with the Zune.

I recommend this to anyone above the age of 13. ;-)

Very well-organized overview of the zune and how to use it. This is an excellent option for those whose lives are far too full to spend endless hours on the Internet pulling out the information piece by piece by piece. Although it doesn't cover the latest zune, the 80, you should find everything you need to get started. If you do have the 80, the websites the author recommends will cover the changes, although most of them just make the zune work better (e.g. lots more storage). Broida is a wonderful writer for this kind of book -- like a smart and entertaining friend who knows how to have fun and shows you how, too!

Most of the stuff is informative, but links to programs and internet urls are old and nonexistant. The software pictured looks nothing like the new Zune software and things just don't work as written. My fault, should have bought an ipod:(