Zune vs iPod: The Battle Beginz0r!1

[jaguars4ever]

Here's a fairly thorough review on the MS' new iPod wannabe:

 

http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fortune/z...ex.html?cnn=yes

 

Hey - it sounds like it can have potential...eventually. But it looks like they pulled another XBOX 360 by sacrificing hardware (and in this case software too!) for the Christmas rush.

 

I do like that sexy screen though.

[Diamond]

Microsoft wants a chunk of this big fat "media player market" pie too. ^_^

[kirottu]

Isn

[Diamond]

Isn

[angshuman]

It's ugly!

[WITHTEETH]

DRM, DRM ,DRM. I hate it, i have it, i hate it.

 

I'm glad there are sites where i can still get pure MP3's without DRM tacked on. That way i actually own my own music, not just renting it.

[jaguars4ever]

Microsoft, however, just jumps on the bandwagon in every part of tech market to bite a chunk of everything (search technology, media players, virtualization, social networking, video game consoles). Seems like another "me too" product.

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And it wouldn't be half as annoying if their stuff, you know...didn't suck.

[angshuman]

DRM, DRM ,DRM. I hate it, i have it, i hate it.

 

I'm glad there are sites where i can still get pure MP3's without DRM tacked on. That way i actually own my own music, not just renting it.

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In case you haven't seen it already, you may find this website interesting. I believe the initiative was launched this month, and they have already managed to get the RIAA all panicky and screaming foul. Way to go!

[metadigital]

Microsoft, however, just jumps on the bandwagon in every part of tech market to bite a chunk of everything (search technology, media players, virtualization, social networking, video game consoles). Seems like another "me too" product.

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And it wouldn't be half as annoying if their stuff, you know...didn't suck.

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Still, it can work: look at, say, their Project Management application (imaginitively called Project): it started as a easy-to-use featureless toy that sold for almost nothing, and then (via six version iterations) eventually overtook the (originally) much better and entrenched market-leader Computer Associates product.

 

That's when they get it right.

 

Otherwise there is MSN Messenger or their Search, as counter-examples ...

[angshuman]

http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives//008228.html

[kirottu]

Otherwise there is MSN Messenger or their Search, as counter-examples ...

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What

[Bokishi]

MSN teh gay LOL!

[Kor Qel Droma]

gmail FTW?

[mkreku]

I never use MSN, mainly because it is full of ads and crap I don't need.

 

But I believe Zune can be something good, even though the name sounds so silly in Swedish like you wouldn't believe.

[Kor Qel Droma]

Here's a fun report on installing the Zune. Edited November 17, 2006 by Kor Qel Droma

[kumquatq3]

For my money, the 8GB Nano can't be beat.

[Raymond Luxury-Yacht]

But I believe Zune can be something good, even though the name sounds so silly in Swedish like you wouldn't believe.

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I would believe; please tell.

[WITHTEETH]

For my money, the 8GB Nano can't be beat.

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Can't you get a 30 gig ipod or Creative M Vision for $50 bucks more though?

 

I thought 6 gigs were going to be enough for me.... It was until my library increased 10X

 

Now i have Lectures, podcasts, books on it. just over 20 gigs of listening stuff in my itunes folder.

 

By the way, dont get music from iTunes!