The Zune as hardware is finito, but the Zune lives on as an app, as a place to buy and consume music in Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. Not mentioned in Microsoft’s blurb -- the ...

Zune apps are free. ... Like Zunes before it, the Zune HD can also stream music directly from the Zune music store for those with an unlimited monthly music pass. 802.11b/g are supported, ...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview had a trio of media-oriented apps—Music, Videos, and Photos—and they left a lot to be desired. They lived up to their billing as "app previews," being little ...

Unfortunately, Zune HD apps is going away today, 31 August. ... Songs that you purchased, streaming and downloading as a part of the Zune Music Pass and ability to use your Zune HD will not change.

Earlier efforts to make Zune apps relied on a Microsoft kit called XNA development tools. In 2008, Microsoft released XNA Game Studio 3.0, which supports Zune development.

Despite killing off the Zune HD line (effectively) and telling people to buy Windows Phones instead, Microsoft today released a spate of new applications for its old music player line. Why would ...