Terry and Dave from the Zune team opened our day by giving a brief overview of the device’s history, interface, 2.5 update, software, and models. A detailed overview was given of the Zune “my social | my profile” page on the Zune site, exploring the networking aspect of the player and discussing ways that it will more deeply explore the whole “social” aspect. They have also added quite a bit of playlist functionality and user experience upgrades in the Zune software, and they are adding ways to connect with networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, etc..

geardiary_mobius_seattle_zune_04-500x375 Mobius Seattle 2008: Day Two, First Half, Zune

“They are not trying to be the next Facebook, they are trying to integrate with the spaces people are already going.”