User Manual

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Using Windows Live ID to Access Your Social Networks and Other Services
FIgure 1-20: Windows Live Messenger provides PC-based access to your Messenger social feed.
The rst is Microsoft Zune. If you haven’t heard of Zune, or simply have never tried
it, you may be in for a very happy surprise. Zune is an elegant and powerful digital
media platform that encompasses a number of interesting components. These include:
Zune PC software: 3 This software can be used to organize and play digital
media content, including music, videos, and photos, and to sync this content
with various portable devices, including, yes, Windows Phones.
Zune Pass: 3 This subscription service allows you to browse, stream, and down-
load all of the music you want, from Microsoft’s voluminous online collection
for a at monthly fee. With Windows Phone, you can even perform these activ-
ities, over the air, right to the phone, with no PC required.
Zune Social: 3 This online community provides a way to share your favorite and
new music with friends, family, and others. (And yes, of course it links up to
the Messenger social feed so you can share via your Windows Phone.)
Zune portable devices: 3 Before there were Windows Phone devices, Microsoft
made dedicated digital media players, including the Zune HD, which could
harness the power of Zune on the go.
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