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Chapter 1 Pre-Flight Checklist:What to Do Before YouGet Your Windows Phone
Zune Marketplace: 3 This is Microsoft’s online store for music, TV shows, movies,
podcasts, and more. It’s available from the Zune PC software (on Windows-based
PCs), on the Xbox 360 (more on this later in the chapter), and, yes, on your
Windows Phone as well.
Xbox 360:3 Microsoft’s video game console includes Zune software for media
playback, including Zune Pass streaming, and can interact with portable
devices, including Zune players.
Bing music playback: 3 Using Microsoft’s search engine (at bing.com), you can
nd out more about your favorite musical artists. And thanks to an integrated
Zune player, you can even play entire songs by these artists as you search
around for more information. (If you have a Zune Pass, you get unlimited
streaming too.)
If this seems like a lot of information, well, it is. But that’s why I discuss much of
this in much more detail later in the book.
CROSSREF Check out Chapter 6 to see how you can use the Zune PC soft-
ware with your Windows Phone. This chapter also includes a look at how the
Windows Phone’s Zune software works right on the device.
For now, you can get started by connecting your Windows Live ID to a Zune account.
You’ll use exactly the same underlying Windows Live ID, so it’s easy.
First, open your PC’s web browser, browse to zune.net, and click the Sign In link
at the top of the page. Since you already have a Windows Live ID, you can sign in
using that ID. And when you do, you’ll be prompted to create your Zune account,
which will be connected to that ID. It will look something like the screen shown in
Figure 1-21.
One of the options you’ll need to decide on right up front is whether you want to
be part of the Zune Social. As noted previously, this is Microsoft’s online community
for music lovers, and it provides you with a way to share your musical likes and dis-
likes with others online. If you’re unsure about this, just select Don’t Share; you can
always join the Zune Social later. The point now is just to get your Windows Live ID
connected to a Zune account.
When you complete this rst part of the form, you’ll be prompted to create a Zune
Tag. This is a name that will identify you to others in the Zune Social and, if you join
Xbox Live as described in the next section, it’s the same name you’ll use for gaming
endeavors as well.
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