A Zune website has been sold for $62,000. Zuneboards.com creator Hansup Yoon is a 15 year old student from California who built and sold his Zune site in under 2 years time.

I think Hansup is smart in dumping the site now because Zune is not going to be lighting up the sales this year and he can use the money maybe to build another site for something else maybe. Let’s hope the site does well and keeps on moving at the pace it is going. It was said to make $1,000 per month already and they paid over 60 for it. Now they have to monetize that site and keep the traffic running.

Zune player forum makes teen a fortune – BostonHerald.com

Young entrepreneur Hansup Yoon, 15, recently sold his creation ZuneBoards, an Internet forum devoted to Microsoft’s Zune media player, for $62,000.

The teenager, who lives in Fullerton, Calif., created the site months before Microsoft introduced its answer to Apple’s iPod in 2006.

“It was the most perfect time to start a Web site about Zune, and I was one of the first few to create a Zune-related site,” he said.

Zune 3 is going to be a 120GB player using the new Samsung 1.8 inch drive. The FCC just published a test report for a new Zune player with a 120 GB HD and nearly identical specifications as the Zune 80. The Zune 120 as it’s sure to be called would probably be the same hardware with the only real improvements in the harddrive capacity. Based on the pricing of the iPod 80 and iPod 160 players it is speculated the price for th Zune 120 will be around $299.

I hope they drop it to $249 and sell a ton of units for this holiday season but I doubt it. Will a 120gb player be all that we get for a new Zune this holiday or does MS have something bigger planned? I think we can expect to see this new player as well as some sort of phone integration with Nokia and possibly other Windows Mobile smartphones. Thats probably as much as we’ll see before we see the Zune game players next year.

I do not think we’ll ever see a Zune phone. I think Microsoft respects the hardware manufacturers in the phone industry and the only real reason they took on making their own players was the lack of competition in the market. There are a zillion phone makers and many of them use Microsoft software. I think the boys in Redmond learned a lesson with the PlaysForSure debacle and they would never do the same to Windows Mobile fans.

Don Reisinger friom CNET news says Microsoft would do better by making Xbox Live gaming available for free to everyone and I must say I agree with him. If Xbox came even with a limited account that basically gave you access to certain games at no charge then it would have a HUGE advantage over any other gaming system and be more able to take a sure lead in the console wars.

No other player could compete with the Xbox for overall value and it would put huge pressure on Sony to do something more then be the high end player. If Microsoft offered Xbox Live for free and then added an option to buy an external Blu Ray player for HD movies and gaming on the 360 they why buy another system besides some exclusive game title?

The Xbox is a better deal for me because I’m an MS fan with a Zune and I like playing halo online. I’ve seen the PS3 and it’s nice but not so special to me. Maybe Microsoft should make the Xbox more special to others with some free online gaming.

Why Xbox Live gaming should be free for all | The Digital Home – Don Reisinger’s take on the tech closest to home – CNET News.com

Over the weekend, I spent some time playing online. I did so on Xbox Live and through games on both my PS3 and Wii. All the while, I was thinking about the one simple fact that kept sticking out in my head: for now at least, I can play online with my Wii and Playstation 3 and the experience is basically the same.

And considering Microsoft keeps losing ground to both Sony and Nintendo, why not find a new way to offer a more compelling alternative out of the company’s most popular service?

Sure, it sounds radical and losing $50 per year from the millions of Xbox Live subscribers may be a major sticking point here, but it needs to be done. Microsoft’s latest NPD numbers have been less than stellar and the Wii, DS, Playstation 3, and the PSP all sold better than the company’s console in July. And if you want to compete in the hardware business, that’s simply unacceptable.

Looks like Microsoft is trying to bring some new exclusive content to the Zune MarketPlace. Seems MS executives have been hitting talent agencies and production companies in search of new video content for Zune.

I hope they score some cool video clips that can be sent from Zune to Zune for a viral marketing thing. Of course it will require a firmware update to share video and unleash the WLAN chip on my 30GB player and all those spaking new Zune 2 and Zune 3 device to be sold.

I hope its not the end of Zune too.

This Is Definitely Not the End of Zune

It appears that Microsoft has been sending executives to talent agencies and production companies in Hollywood over the last few months seeking ideas for video programming for the Zune, its media player. The content may either appear on the Zune platform only, or will move elsewhere with Zune branding.

Richard Winn, director of entertainment development at Zune told Reuters: “What we would be looking to do with any form of original content is the added component that Zune could provide that iTunes or any competing service couldn’t.”

I couldn’t resist the title. It’s a cool t-shirt I used to own.

Microsoft has had a hard time in Japan and the 360 is finally making some inroads in the difficult to crack Japanese gaming industry. Sony and Nintendo are the powerhouse companies from Japan and obvious choice for most Japanese gamers.

That Microsoft is making progress shows that no matter how strong a company brand is the game player and games are what matters. Xbox is selling units because japanese kids like to play the games and console and thats the bottom line.

I remember playing halo online with some kids in Japan when I had the first Xbox and I am certain they are playing on the 360 now.

TG Daily – Microsoft’s Xbox 360 slaps Sony’s PS3 in Japan

Once again, it is an exclusive game title that is the decisive factor in console sales. In this case, it is worth a special note, as the Xbox 360 sold almost three times more units as the PS3 over the course of one week. Nationally and internationally, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 seem to be involved in a dead heat with sales advantages shifting almost every month. Who will make the winning move?

Microsoft usually has a tough time grabbing positive video game headlines against Nintendo and Sony, but we are sure that Microsoft is celebrating at least this week. According to a Reuters article and an Ascii Media Works report, the Xbox 360 dramatically outsold the PS3 in Japan, a market that has been extremely difficult for Microsoft.

In the week ended August 10, Microsoft sold 28,116 Xbox 360 units of the Xbox 360 compared Sony, which sold 10,705 PS3 units. Microsoft’s success is believed to have been driven by Namco Bandai’s role-playing game “Tales of Vesperia”, an exclusive title for the Xbox 360. The sales result is impressive, but still far behind Nintendo’s Wii, which sold 41,044 in the same time frame.

Just about everyone has need for office supplies of some kinds. Whether you be a student or an office manager or just a regular person with a job and apartment most everyone of us has need for paper, pencils and other office materials and of course all of us can use a good deal online.

Shopping on the web has become a difficult experience with a glut of new websites offering the latest and greatest gadgets and gear online for heavy discounts. Sadly not all of these sites are the actual service provider and most are simply affilaite sites offering links to products they don’t even stock. These middlemen sites get in the way and stop you from getting the things you need at the prices you want to pay. Check that the shopping site you are surfing actually offers the product for sale or find one that does. What looks like a deal may not always be the case and shopping at places like Ebay can be outright scams or dangerous. The holiday season is the best time for scam auctions and other online scams and complaints spike towards the end of the year.

Lots of the major sites like Amazon and Shopping.com have in store deal but what can really help you save on your shoippping are online coupons from sites like OfficeDeals.info which offer deals on major stores like Office Depot and Office Max. Get a Newegg free shipping promo code or save on ink from InkGrabber with this easy to use coupin site that can save you up to 60% on your next shopping spree.

What I like about this site is the fact that you can still shop the major stores which will with some hope take care of your customer service and ordering properly and you still get the discounted rates the coupon site offers without the hassle of working through a middle man website or auction brokerage.

Mavado is known across the world for his hard hitting lyrics and Gangsta for Life attitude and his performance was no disappointment to his fans in Montego Bay on Thursday evening for Dancehall night at Reggae Sumfest 2008. Mavado and his mentor Bounty Killer have been touring the country relentless and his stage show is solid and well rehearsed. Mavado had a great performance at SumFest. He puts on a great show and if you ever get the chance to see him perform live in Jamaica its a must do experience.

I have actually wanted to chuck our Xbox out the window and into the pool when my kids fight over it. It can be rather frustrating to be honest and I can completely understand how he feels. It’s pretty crazy how bad the kdis can get over these games and I don’t think any parent would be wrong for doing something like this. it’s certainly not violent as many of the commentors seem to feel and i think it’s a very creative way for dad to nail the message in

Of course it may be that I’m sick and violent like this guy but I don’t think so. it’s been a long time since I hit anyone or anything and I don’t have a record for violent crimes or anything like that. If I were violent I imagine it would have come out by now. Anyway, here is a creative way to make your kids share their next game player.

I was hopeful that this Holiday Season would see the release of a new Zune player, the Zune 3 as it would be, but even if we do see a fancy new portable media player from Zune this year it won’t make much of a difference to the struggling new grouo under the Entertainment Division of the Microsoft umbrella of companies.

Zune is having a tougher time getting into the PMP market then Xbox had with gaming and the third Zune will not be as big as the third Xbox or playstation I’m sure. As a matter of fact the Zune 3 may in fact be a software roll out over the Nokia line of phones as has been reported in the media recently. I think Zune may also have to dfear the tough economic times American and the rest of the world are facing right now.

It’s not going to be a very Merry Christmas for lots of folks this year and I think Zune may see a tough shopping season because of it. I think this holiday we’ll see more smaller gifts and people sticking to things they know. Apple will sell lots of Nano players but many of the other manufacturers should plan on weak sales as buyers stick to things they know. none of this is good for Zune in my opinion but maybe they have a new idea. Maybe Zune 3 will retail for under $50 and be a smash hit this season.

There are some bright spots in the economy and maybe things will pick up before December. I understand there are some great opportunities available in things like real estate in maryland or maybe real estate in virgina where I understand things are good for some like those buying up foreclosed homes for investment and new home owners taking advantage of some great deals available on newly constructed homes discounted by builders. Websites DROdio.com offer great advice and articles like How to Buy Auction & Foreclosure Homes that may help someone looking to capitalize on the market conditions.

So, it will not be a good holiday for Zune but maybe some of you will have a decent enough year to make enough money to buy a Zune for yourself and a friend. Then you’ll have someone to use the WiFi sharing with