Early Microsoft Zune customer greeted with Zune ‘Installation Error’
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 01:25 PM EST"By coincidence i got my hands early on an Microsoft Zune, bought as a regular customer at BestBuy in Union City Landing shopping centre. They dont seem to care that the release day is next tuesday. They werent displayed in the store itself but i asked a salesmen if i could pre order a Zune. Then he told me they were already in and he could sell one to me. And so he did," FLX-Tech.net reports. "Can someone explain me why it says 'Hello from Seattle' on the back?
FLX-Tech.net begain to install Microsoft's Zune software. What happened next fails to elicit from us even a nano bit of surprise:

FLX-Tech.net reports, "And this is where i leave you right now. The Zune already drawn its first blood; me. I can't install it for some reason, and i tried everything. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please leave a comment."
Full article, with photos of FLX-Tech's brown Zune, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Predictably, FLX-Tech.net has been zuned. We do have an obvious suggestion/idea: Return that piece of zune and go get an iPod and install iTunes instead. Duh.
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Looks like the model in the photo is screaming in pain at the mere thought of trying to install the software for it.