Into jazz? Curious about jazz?
Zune site Inside the Circle is having a Jazz 101 contest. All you have to do is go to this post, leave your name or Zunetag, and give your personal opinion about jazz music.
The contest is open until Saturday, February 28th. Prizes include:

A 4GB Zune Device
$25 in Microsoft Points
A 1-year digital subscription [...]

Well, this has been a interesting, and turbulent, month in the Zune world, with the Microsoft quarterly 10K with Zune sales insights, the layoffs in the Zune team, the redeployment of the Zune software and hardware teams to different divisions, and the Mobile World Congress WinMo announcements.
And, timely enough, I will be in Redmond the [...]

Microsoft introduced Windows Mobile 6.5 this week and, as expected, the updated operating system for mobile phones incorporates some of the Zune design esthetics.
In particular, WinMo now has a clean home menu that appears to be fashioned after the Zune player user interface.
Debuting at the Mobile world Congress in Barcelona, WinMo 6.5 introduces a brand [...]

Congratulations to Darkecho, who wins a Zune 16 GB player in our 2009 Zune Guide contest!
This is the first of two 16gb flash players that we’re giving away. For details on how to enter, download our free 2009 Zune Guide, and enter here to win. Good luck!

Microsoft has split the Zune team into separate hardware and software units, and folded those units into other Microsoft organizations, according to a CNET report.
The move seems to further signal a shift in  Microsoft’s focus from Zune hardware to Zune software and services. The software group is going to the Media Center TV division, led [...]

We’re giving away a 16gb Zune flash player this Sunday, as part of our celebration of our 2009 Zune Guide.
Zunerama’s 2009 Zune Guide is a free, 45-page download of Zune tips, reviews, articles, and gift-giving ideas.
As of this morning, the Guide has been downloaded 9,600 times. We’ve received over 300 comments on it – thank [...]

InvisibleShield is one of the best-known and best-regarded protective films to go over Zune or other gadgets. The scratch-proof film virtually disappears as you apply it to your player, adding no bulk to the player.
I met with Zagg, the makers of invisibleSHIELD, when I was at CES in Las Vegas. Zagg has agreed to give [...]

Zune exec Joe Belfiore is moving to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile team, in what may be another indication of plans to spread the Zune media experience into Windows smartphones.
This is fueling speculation that Windows Mobile is gearing up for significant changes. Todd Bishop of TechFlash posits that an iPhone competitor could be in the works, or [...]

Zune 30GBs – the older, first-generation Zune players – are on sale at Newegg for $99.99.
While the 30s lack the touch-sensitive Zune Pad of the newer models, the look and feel of the UI is as rich as the latest Zune players – thanks to Microsoft making its 3.* firmware backwards-compatible with all player generations.
So, [...]