Wow that's awful. Sending comfort to this kid's family. That's far too young for someone to pass.
Wow. If all of that is true, that's pretty scummy. I don't understand how people can take advantage of someone like that.
Both of them still work! One is a black 32 gb original Zune. The other one is the Platinum Zune HD, which, imo, was ahead of it's time. If I remember, I'll take a pic of both of them working and update this post :)
RIP Zune. I still have both of mine in my office and they were actually awesome to use.
I've basically had this same setup since I got my first Android phone (Motorola Droid X). I keep my most frequently used apps on the top row and then the bottom row is for the standard "utility" applications. Never really felt the need to deviate from this setup, despite using different launchers. I've used, in the past, GO Launcher (in the very early days of it's existence), Nova Prime, various versions of stock android. One UI is in the screenshot. I've gravitated away from getting to eccentric/complicated ever since getting out of college and have tried to go for just simple/easy to use.
TL;DR: I'm boring 😁🤷♂️