I suggest to sticky this thread! here are my suggests between zune and windows phone: see new apps like top app list and if u click u can see lot of new apps order lists by genre, date, price... see the download, install and sync status of an app see the apps installed in my phone and here about zune: In playlist view a now playng voice that easy help us manage playlists and now playng songs in playlist and now playng edit details voice for id3tags without go to collection Auto convert id3 tags to filename and viceversa Sync with a usb thumb drive (like media player) not only with microsoft devices and burner Save and read playlists in .m3u too that are universal without it's too complicate manage playlist between more softwares and devices Show duplicate files in a playlist and if there are in another playlist too

Very Simply...no more Hearts, I want a 1-5 scale in someway at least. If you want to keep your cute hearts just let me rate from 1-5 or 1 - 10.....anything hearts, bunnies, stars, musical notes, I'll let some marketing genius at MS pick the rating icon of there choice, that's why they make the big bucks. So tired of a all or nothing broken/unbroken heart rating system!! Don't get me wrong, I agree that a 5-star system is much better than the overly simplified system in place now, but what are your reasons for wanting a more granular system? Is there any need to have songs rated in such a way? I can't imagine making a playlist of songs that I 'like a little' or 'like a lot but aren't my favourites'. Or is it simply so you can keep more detailed information on your collection? Would you use the ratings for something else, such as a customised way of categorising music (e.g. 3 stars are 'driving songs' or 4 stars are 'mellow songs' or something)? If that's the case, wouldn't a different improvement, such as more detailed access to metadata, be more useful? I currently use the heart system in this sort of way. My favourite songs are given hearts, songs that I don't really want to listen to (mostly alternate versions, remixes, demos, etc.) are broken hearts, and everything else is 'no heart'. I can then make autoplaylists using ratings and genre to give me control. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good.

Very Simply...no more Hearts, I want a 1-5 scale in someway at least. If you want to keep your cute hearts just let me rate from 1-5 or 1 - 10.....anything hearts, bunnies, stars, musical notes, I'll let some marketing genius at MS pick the rating icon of there choice, that's why they make the big bucks. So tired of a all or nothing broken/unbroken heart rating system!!

You can do this. Right-click your taksbar and select Toolbars. A little side menu will open. Click Zune. Now when you minimize the Zune software you will get the little Zune toolbar instead of just the Zune icon player. You can also use the 'mini player' by clicking the little icon in the top-right of the Zune client (there are three icons - mini player, minimize, and maximize).

Quick tip to restore podcasts. Put the following into a text file and name it 'zunepodcasts.reg' then double click it and add the data to the registry. This will enable the podcasts marketplace. Works on my Australian account. The only thing lacking is that many of the podcasts don't have album art, which is weird. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune\FeaturesOverride] "Podcasts"=dword:00000001

music purchases in canada please. Canada got the short end of the stick in terms of wp7/marketplace features :( also, music in the marketplace on my phone would be nice too, so I could hear something on the radio and then purchase it right away.

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I suggest to sticky this thread!

here are my suggests between zune and windows phone:

see new apps like top app list and if u click u can see lot of new apps
order lists by genre, date, price...
see the download, install and sync status of an app
see the apps installed in my phone

and here about zune:

In playlist view a now playng voice that easy help us manage playlists and now playng songs
in playlist and now playng edit details voice for id3tags without go to collection
Auto convert id3 tags to filename and viceversa
Sync with a usb thumb drive (like media player) not only with microsoft devices and burner
Save and read playlists in .m3u too that are universal without it's too complicate manage playlist between more softwares and devices
Show duplicate files in a playlist and if there are in another playlist too

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2011-01-06T04:52:26+00:00

Very Simply...no more Hearts, I want a 1-5 scale in someway at least. If you want to keep your cute hearts just let me rate from 1-5 or 1 - 10.....anything hearts, bunnies, stars, musical notes, I'll let some marketing genius at MS pick the rating icon of there choice, that's why they make the big bucks.

So tired of a all or nothing broken/unbroken heart rating system!!

Don't get me wrong, I agree that a 5-star system is much better than the overly simplified system in place now, but what are your reasons for wanting a more granular system?

Is there any need to have songs rated in such a way? I can't imagine making a playlist of songs that I 'like a little' or 'like a lot but aren't my favourites'. Or is it simply so you can keep more detailed information on your collection?

Would you use the ratings for something else, such as a customised way of categorising music (e.g. 3 stars are 'driving songs' or 4 stars are 'mellow songs' or something)? If that's the case, wouldn't a different improvement, such as more detailed access to metadata, be more useful?

I currently use the heart system in this sort of way. My favourite songs are given hearts, songs that I don't really want to listen to (mostly alternate versions, remixes, demos, etc.) are broken hearts, and everything else is 'no heart'. I can then make autoplaylists using ratings and genre to give me control. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good.
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2011-01-06T04:17:00+00:00

Very Simply...no more Hearts, I want a 1-5 scale in someway at least. If you want to keep your cute hearts just let me rate from 1-5 or 1 - 10.....anything hearts, bunnies, stars, musical notes, I'll let some marketing genius at MS pick the rating icon of there choice, that's why they make the big bucks.

So tired of a all or nothing broken/unbroken heart rating system!!
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2011-01-06T02:22:53+00:00

You can do this. Right-click your taksbar and select Toolbars. A little side menu will open. Click Zune. Now when you minimize the Zune software you will get the little Zune toolbar instead of just the Zune icon player. You can also use the 'mini player' by clicking the little icon in the top-right of the Zune client (there are three icons - mini player, minimize, and maximize).
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2011-01-06T02:15:12+00:00

Quick tip to restore podcasts. Put the following into a text file and name it 'zunepodcasts.reg' then double click it and add the data to the registry. This will enable the podcasts marketplace. Works on my Australian account. The only thing lacking is that many of the podcasts don't have album art, which is weird.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Zune\FeaturesOverride]

"Podcasts"=dword:00000001
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2011-01-06T02:02:14+00:00

music purchases in canada please. Canada got the short end of the stick in terms of wp7/marketplace features :(

also, music in the marketplace on my phone would be nice too, so I could hear something on the radio and then purchase it right away.
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