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Digging my new Zune Pass

I'm Day Two into being a Zune Pass subscriber.  Being a Pass subscriber means I can download anything in the Microsoft Zune marketplace to my Zune for $14.99 a month.  I was focused on having full play access to Zune Channels as the primary Pass benefit and didn't realize that I had full-play access to the entire Zune library.  That's huge.

For an example of being Zune Pass Man, I was on my [NordicTrack] yesterday and with my laptop on my reading rack I went to the Zune Marketplace where I noticed Daughtry's album. I clicked the download button and the complete album went straight to my laptop--and to my Zune when I sync'd it later.  So with a single click I was enjoying Daughtry while reading through some of my RSS feeds on The Track.

With the Zune Pass you can now keep 10 tunes a month as opposed to losing them when your subscription ends if you don't purchase them with Microsoft's point system.  I might have to use this month's allotment to buy this album. (Yeah, I like Daughtry.  What's it to ya?)



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Posted on 11/22/2008 6:22:15 AM by Dave Burke
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11/22/2008 2:37:34 PM Permalink

Hey Dave, that 10 song conversion makes it worth the value.  Paying $14.99 to $24.99 to "RENT" music for a month is a total rip-off.  But now, you can think of it as purchasing a minimum of $9.90 worth of music a month, and only paying $5.09/mo to rent every other song.  Definitely a much better deal.

Daughtry is pretty good, especially "It's Not Over" and "Home", but you might like some of the following too:

Matchbox Twenty
Rob Thomas
Relient K (the only group that I always buy the entire album)
Howie Day
Daniel Powter
Plain White T's
Boys Like Girls
The All-American Rejects
OneRepublic
Jonas Brothers (YES, great for working out, taking you back to being a kid, and the new face of Disney)

There are plenty more, but these are pretty cool.  You can both hear and understand the lyrics, something that growing up in the 70's and having teachers who were a part of the 60's instills upon you.  Smile

Bill Bosacker United States |

11/24/2008 8:31:39 AM Permalink

Hey, Bill!  Thanks for the "pass" on Daughtry.  You're a pretty cool dude, so I'll continue to enjoy my Daughtry and will check out the others on your list.

Good point about the monthly 10-tune purchase difference with the subscription.  It's also smart business with the points system supplementing purchases. Say an album has 12 songs.  I'd buy 10 for my month's pass allotment, but will probably go ahead and purchase the remaining two with points just to know I have the complete album.

Dave Burke United States |

11/24/2008 2:13:59 PM Permalink

Hey, guess what?  ZDNet said exactlu what I said.  See the post here:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=604&tag=nl.e550

Bill Bosacker United States |

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