Admittedly, Zune sharing details were a bit iffy, but thanks to this Microsoft fellow, they are all taken care of.

Here we go:

“Zunes have wireless built in. Zunes can thus set up "ad-hoc" (Zune to Zune) connections to one another. This enables the following scenarios:

• You can search for nearby Zune owners to interact with.
• You can send them a song, album, etc... for a 3-day/3-play trial listen. Songs come over with metadata and album art (neat). After the 3 days or 3 plays are up, the song gets deleted from the Zune on the next sync, but the info on the song stays in a "journal" on your PC for later purchase or acquisition.
• You can send them photos for unlimited viewing (and these can sync back onto the recipient's PC).

The wireless happens to be wifi (802.11 b/g) but Zunes will not (at launch) connect to the internet via your home base station network. Zunes can not download songs over the air from the internet service. Zunes cannot act as telephones or personal teleporters.”

I bet it wouldn’t have taken Apple this long to explain everything. I wonder why. Oh, I know. Apple is just good at articulating technical specifications of its products. Microsoft has so much to learn, it’s a miracle they are still alive and kicking, let alone a monopoly.

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