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spdustin on Oct 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

I still have my beta Viewsonic Mira unit, along with a non-branded one. And an unopened first-gen Zune, hah! Mira worked fairly well, and we used it to control what was at that time a Homeseer-based home automation setup, but battery life was awful (battery tech has come a LONG way since then).

scholia on Oct 6, 2015 [–]

> And an unopened first-gen Zune, hah!

A family heirloom!

It was actually a pretty good standalone MP3 player, for its day. (Just forget about the fairly useless sharing functions, and the marketing.)

bonesinger on Oct 6, 2015 | [–]

It really is. I sold my 7 year old Zune a few months ago for $100 on ebay. Solidly built, fantastic device.

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