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Zune, Zune HD hacked, XNA limitations removed

A ZuneBoards post today has revealed that the Zune and Zune HD media devices have finally been hacked, as of today, meaning all XNA limitations are no longer a problem.

A few of the current XNA limitations are no 3D, no Internet access, and performance peaks that are not very high given the hardware.



The ZuneBoards Development Front, which consists of "itsnotabigtruck", "Netrix" and "Nurta," says that all Zune models, past and present are now hacked and will "for the first time, run applications directly on top of the Zune firmware," giving users and developers full access to the firmware and hardware, without limitations.

Dubbed OpenZDK, the hackers behind it say there have been very few apps written so far, but admittedly OpenZDK is newly released.

That being said, developers can now add emulators, 3D games, port classic games, and also create full-on app stores, like Cydia for jailbroken iPhones.

Read the OpenZDK wiki here: OpenZDK Dev Wiki

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 17 Apr 2010 1:42

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• 4 comments

• Linkdx

  finally now i just have to buy myself one!!

  17.4.2010 04:49 #1

• Hopium

  Originally posted by Linkdx: finally now i just have to buy myself one!! the funny thing is this will probably create a nice spike in sales for M$, lol finally a reason to buy the damn thing.

  17.4.2010 08:48 #2

• ThePastor

  I wonder if this will affect WinMobile 7
  

  Unfortunately for them, all Blu-ray protections have been broken and BD rips can be found around the Internet, usually before the retail even hits shelves.

  18.4.2010 02:23 #3

• nintenut

  I've owned and loved my Zune 80 since July 2008. My only beef was the lack of some sort of hack for me to play with... The hole has finally been filled!
  

  
  

  18.4.2010 16:32 #4