This isn’t exactly Zune related news but I thought you guys might be interested in checking this out. If you’re in NYC from October 12th till the 15th, drop on by the Javits Center (on the west side) where DigitalLife 2006 will be taking place this year. Tickets are normally 15 dollars but you can get them for free if you enter the source code “INSIDER” on this page here. You’ll be able to print out your own tickets as well!

What is DigitalLife you might ask? Well here’s a blurb from their website:

DigitalLife is a four-day consumer event, produced by Ziff Davis Media, dedicated to educating consumers on what the digital lifestyle means in every aspect of life - at work, home and play. And, how the convergence of affordable, accessible technologies is enriching and empowering people’s lives.

Held October 12-15, 2006 in New York City, DigitalLife is focused on educating and inspiring consumers, press and retailers. Products include, home entertainment, TVs, consumer electronics, home networking, gaming hardware and software, PCs and laptops, mobile technologies such as phones, PDAs, MP3 players as well as digital culture.

DigitalLife sponsors & exhibitors include ATI, Belkin, Best Buy, HP, Intel, Logitech, Microsoft, NetZero, TiVo, Toshiba, and Xbox.

Sounds like a lot of fun!

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We here at ZuneSphere had been thinking about integrating a forums feature for some time. The key theme with the Microsoft Zune centers on sharing and being connected to one another. I can’t think of anything that encourages that more than a community forums page on a website. Sure a blog is a form of communication and comments on a blog allow users to talk back.. but it’s still mostly 1.5 way channel where we speak, and you guys respond back and forth.

So, today, we launch our “experimental” forums page.. and I do mean experimental! Our site uses WordPress as the blog engine which means it’s not exactly easy to integrate off the shelf forum engines into the fold - at least not ones using an integrated user management system. After a bit of research, we decided to get XD Forum a try mostly because it was built with WordPress in mind.

You can see the forum page on the top tab of the website. In order for you to post or respond to a message, you’ll need to register as a user. This is really to keep the spam down. So, check out our new forums - introduce yourselves in it.. aw heck - bring a cup of coffee and your Zune and share with one another.

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Laurence Timms of the “the laurence timms state machine” blog has written up an article detailing the various Zune websites popping up all over the net. He’s categoried the websites into two bins - one called “Worth Visiting” and one called “pants”. (yes.. you don’t want to be in the pants section). Unfortunately that’s where ZuneSphere.com ended up. OUCH. Alright.. I’m ok with that since we’re still fairly new to the whole scene - though I’d like to think we’re publishing useful content for people to read every now and then! Oh well! We’ll just have to keep getting better than!

So folks - if you enjoy reading this site, please keep coming back and also please spread the word. More importantly, offer up feedback by sending us comments to news@zunesphere.com. Many thanks for visiting!

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One of the more interesting things about starting up a new blog site is seeing how many others out there are doing similar activities such as you. With a new product like the Microsoft Zune it was inevitable that many authors and webmasters out there would go out and create blog sites, fan sites, and of course forum sites dedicated to the player. As I spent some time this weekend updating the blog roll for ZuneSphere, I finally came across a number of Zune websites that are definitely worth perusing through on a regular basis.

To that end, if you are running a Zune related website, please feel free to drop me a line and we’ll be happy to add you to our blogroll. We’re all here to stay connected and share information about the upcoming player from Microsoft. Of course, we’re also here to make some money to help pay the bills… but all of you know that already.

So to sum things up - I’m feeling that Zune love from the community of websites that this player has helped to create thus far. Dayam - the player isn’t even out yet either!!

One final reminder that has nothing to do with the Zune - if you’re a Trekkie - make sure you catch the relaunch of the original Star Trek series - it’s been digitally remastered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the series. Ok.. yes I can be a geek.. what do you want?

Good night folks!

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Hello and welcome to ZuneSphere! We’re a blog entirely dedicated to the upcoming Microsoft Zune Player. As many of you know, the Zune player is Microsoft’s first attempt at a self branded portable media player. There’s plenty of good industry buzz as well as some negative industry buzz and we’ll try and cover them all here at ZuneSphere.com. We’ll also link to all the relevant sites from around the world and we hope you’ll send us your info and comments along the way.

If you’re wondering who we are - well we’re the folks behind Krunker.com and KrunkerHome.com. So, sit back and relax and enjoy the news and information as they come out. In the meantime, if you happen upon a Zune player in the wild, let us know ok? Enjoy!

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