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Zune software question for new windows phones.
Does anybody know if the zune software on the new windows phones allows you to save the music to your sd card/phone memory? It seems like the most logical thing to do, but I wouldn't be surprised if they used some kind of pandora style constant data connection required method of listening to zune music. Thanks.
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epikNov 17, 2010, 10:24 AM
I'm not sure, seeing as how Verizon hasn't launched a Windows phone. But I know that the new Windows phones are knee deep in issues stemming from the memory card slot inside some of the phones. The card slot on most of them is not intended to be accessed by the consumer (hidden inside with no door to get to it), and of the ones that accessible, Microsoft doesn't want you using any old memory card you can find.
So, based on these factors, I would imagine that Zune will be putting it's data on internal memory rather than memory card. Microsoft appears to have wanted to limit your ability to use memory cards (or, in the least, make it so they get a cut of every "authorized" memory card sold). I would imagine that the default on the devic...
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You're probably right about that. I read a couple reviews on wp7 and while they said that the zune feature worked well, they didn't mention how the music was stored on the device. The only thing that makes me think that they will allow you to use a removable sd card to store music is that zune has (or at least they did have, not sure as I don't use my zune anymore) a $15 unlimited download plan. It would really defeat the purpose of having unlimited downloads if you're limited to whatever storage the phone has internally. It does appear as if most of the windows phones have between 8 and 16gb of internal memory though, so you could be right.
I'm also curious to know if they allow you to use music downloaded from the zune market as ringt...
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