The infamous Zune Tattoo Guy (aka Steven Smith) became my first iPhone
call of 2009. I was curious to learn what the one-time fanatical poster
boy of the pathetic Zune Scene had to say about the December 31 mass
failure of Microsoft's 30GB Zune media player. It was the kind of news
that had Apple faithful rolling on the floor laughing.
A bad date driver incapable of handling the 2008 leap year properly, appears to have locked-up a potential one million 30GB Zune media players in circulation. Turning the device for many into little more than an old fugly paperweight. For some Zune owners the unexpected glitch was enough to trigger a defection to Apple's iPod out of pure frustration. A Zunerama report indicates that some devices are being restored as of January 1 by following a fix detailed by Microsoft.
A Wall Street Journal report confirmed; "Microsoft Corp. said a glitch that apparently disabled thousands of its Zune personal music players was caused by a bug in the device's internal clock driver".
Zune Tattoo Guy had nothing good to say about the epic Zune fail that has brilliantly capped off Microsoft's year of horror with their Windows Vista mishaps. Smith was quick to poke fun at insecure Zune users in our brief phone conversation, feeling a sense of relief that his 30GB Zune was abandoned in favor of an iPod touch conversion months back. Smith admitted that he turned over his 30 gig Zune to his ex fiancée who kept the device when she exited the relationship.
"Good luck trying to listen to your terrible music now bitch!" Smith said in a candid message to his ex fiancée who enjoys the tragic pop goth of Evanescence.
Smith
was happy to offer some expert advice to the holdout Zune zombies who
insist on nurturing their obsolete wonder-turds. "It's time to save up
and buy a real MP3 player," Smith said to the Zune Scene in a sarcastic
tone, "Maybe you can call Toshiba and see if they'll do anything
better. But save your cell phone minutes, because you're not gonna get
anywhere with Microsoft support."
Delivering another in a series of self-promoting shockers, Steven Smith told me about his current obsession with the Slacker G2 personal radio device which inspired him to start an unofficial Slacker G2 blog of his own. Smith admitted that his prized iPod touch has been collecting dust since his Slacker bromance began. But wait there's more!
"I'm
actually in the works of getting the Slacker logo tattooed on the back
of my neck. Slacker sent me a Tiff file to work from. They love the
idea"
No way I saw that one coming! It's become obvious that the Zune Tattoo Guy is turning his body into a hairy flesh-billboard portioned out to his MP3 brand of choice with every whim. Some bitter Zune-iacs have accused Smith in forums of being a huge media whore desperate for any kind of attention. They may not be far off. Smith laughed out loud when I informed him of the great disdain many Zune Scene members have aimed in his direction. He seemed to be unaffected by the news.
"My crowning moment was when someone made my image into a 'Fail Photo'," said Smith "That's when you know you've arrived."
"he turned over his 30 gig Zune to his ex fiancé"
That's fiancée, unless he's engaged to a bloke. :)
Posted by: Partners in Grime | January 02, 2009 at 02:49 PM