Sexy Zune Error Screen Photos
Everyone’s talking about the Zune error screen which, according to Newsvine is far too sexy for public consumption:
What is it with Microsoft and having poor taste? This isn’t just a small “oops, guess we messed up” mistake, and in all likeliness, it’s a conscious decision even. They are trying far too hard, apparently hoping to link the Zune with the image of raving orgasms and happy couples kissing in the grass. Is this Microsoft’s response to the general consensus that iPods are so sexy, people have commented (numerous times) they would make love to the thing?
Here’s the error screen so you can try and make a decision yourself (link goes to a rip from the binary):
I wondered what it was called, so I pulled the following strings out of their binary:
var s_bkgArray = new Array(”SL01-welcome.png”, “SL02-spread.png”, “SL03-seeIt.png”, “SL04-watchBig.png”, “SL05-radio.png”, “SL06-personalize.png”);
var htmlInstallError = “S085-apperror.htm”;
The actual file is just named some random bg85.png or something, which is useless. The binary also has no meta-data associated with the image, unfortunately. So, all we know is that there’s a pretty asian girl in a state of partial undress making a screaming face with a couple (possibly women) kissing in the background. Final verdict? Not interesting! Move on!
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on November 16th, 2006 at 6:47 am
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on November 16th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
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on November 17th, 2006 at 1:48 am
Ah, the spam we get these days is lovely
on November 17th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Now only if the spam comments included a picture of someone rolling in the grass looking like they were in ecstasy. Oops - Microsoft has already patented the idea and put it on the zune.
on December 4th, 2006 at 1:30 am
[…] Since this is marketed at an all-Chinese audience, my guess is the advertising firm simply ripped off the WTC rubble images without thinking about a possible emotional connection. This isn’t “disruptive advertising” like Microsoft’s Zune ******, or Sony’s Racially Charged PSP ads. It’s just a bit of overreaction and repurposing. […]
on May 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
[…] Setting up MAX and the Zune software on my PC for the first use was pretty painless. The Zune software CD installed fast and easy. I never received any errors or had any issue besides my Zunetag registration. It appears some have had worse luck than I and even got some **** Zune Errors that I was not privy to. That’s a shame as I would have loved to have seen that womans face on my monitor. Whatever she’s going through it looks like fun. I would have enjoyed writing about that one but its done now. It’s just my opinion but I think someone staged that photo. I just fail to believe it passed through unnoticed from artwork through development, testing and then into production without anyone seeing it. I think it was inserted somewhere in the process by someone for nothing more than bad PR. I mean did no one ever actually look at that photo? How was it selected for inclusion in the Zune software and how did that end up on the installation error page of all places? That’s simply to convenient for me to believe as random and not setup. […]