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iPod touch "No camera? Well then I'm getting the ZuneHD"
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Me and many of my friends have 360s... Believe me, I know about Micro$oft's build quality.
One of my friends had two 360s die in less than a year, FFS! Plus a recent study says over 50% of them are faulty!
APPLE = MICROSOFT
They are in a relationship they bring out the best in each other!!!
WE CAN CO-EXIST T_T
sorry, couldn't help it!
NO!!!!!!!!!!!
I am planning to get a Zune HD. It really is a nice looking device. I will need to demo one before I make a final decision. Hopefully it does well and wakes Apple up from this slump it feels like it is in. Now that MS woke up from it's consumer slump, they are doing more to excite me than Apple. Next year might be an amazing year for consumers with Apple and MS fighting for dominance in consumer markets.
And like Apple's App store, the Xbox has the best/largest library of software to back it up- regardless of build quality.
I've had one Xbox 360 fail, and three Wii systems brick. My PS3 has been flawless.
A large amount of software for a dead device is like gallons of petrol without a car.
to the thread starter, just gtfo then. Everyone who would buy a zune over an iPod simply because the iPod doesn't have a ****** cellphone camera, is borderline retarded, or is probably like 12 years old.
My 16 GB Zune HD is getting here tomorrow.
I have bootcamp (Windows 7), and have no problem using it to download and sync to the Zune. I fooled around with Zune Software 3.0 (4.0 is coming out tomorrow, and from leaked screen shots I've seen, the UI is gorgeous)
Anyone slamming the Zune HD is just a fanboy.
Basically every single preview of the Zune HD has said the UI and responsiveness is better than the Ipod touch, and honestly Apple didn't improve the UI at all.
The Zune UI and interface destroys the iphone/ipod touch in my opinion. You get artist bios, artist photos, and artist backgrounds for every song you have- even if you don't buy it from the Zune store, and the animations look absolutely seamless. A few reviewers have stated the Zune HD was much snappier than the Ipod Touch (2G). The OLED screen looks beautiful too.
I think Zune has a much better system to get album art too, you have full control over it.
The Zune HD will no doubt have a marketplace. They're supposedly going to port over iphone apps. There's a very good chance the app store will be released tomorrow (judging from some of you who say that it won't have any apps- it's apparent you have no idea what you're talking about).
I have bootcamp (Windows 7), and have no problem using it to download and sync to the Zune. I fooled around with Zune Software 3.0 (4.0 is coming out tomorrow, and from leaked screen shots I've seen, the UI is gorgeous)
Anyone slamming the Zune HD is just a fanboy.
Basically every single preview of the Zune HD has said the UI and responsiveness is better than the Ipod touch, and honestly Apple didn't improve the UI at all.
The Zune UI and interface destroys the iphone/ipod touch in my opinion. You get artist bios, artist photos, and artist backgrounds for every song you have- even if you don't buy it from the Zune store, and the animations look absolutely seamless. A few reviewers have stated the Zune HD was much snappier than the Ipod Touch (2G). The OLED screen looks beautiful too.
I think Zune has a much better system to get album art too, you have full control over it.
The Zune HD will no doubt have a marketplace. They're supposedly going to port over iphone apps. There's a very good chance the app store will be released tomorrow (judging from some of you who say that it won't have any apps- it's apparent you have no idea what you're talking about).
why do i need an radio turner on my ipod touch? i had a zune once 1st gen. let me tell u. If u compared zune 1gen to my ipod tough 2g. The zune was a piece of ****. Why listen to the radio when i can turn on MTV and listen to the latest songs anyways. Compared Zune to the Ipod is like comparing Best buy to the apple store. The day nano came out apple store had it. Best buy u had to wait two weeks for it. If ur getting the new Zune HD ur just waisting ur money.
Zune Myths, including why HD is not HD.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/09/14/from-oled-to-tegra-five-myths-of-the-zune-hd/
Someone can't be more wrong.
Apple = turns technology concepts into usable products
Microsoft = steal / copies existing technology but work in poor usability, and licenses to those who don't know any better. MS profit is 80% FYI due to low investment in technology.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/09/14/from-oled-to-tegra-five-myths-of-the-zune-hd/
APPLE = MICROSOFT
They are in a relationship they bring out the best in each other!!!
WE CAN CO-EXIST T_T
sorry, couldn't help it!
Someone can't be more wrong.
Apple = turns technology concepts into usable products
Microsoft = steal / copies existing technology but work in poor usability, and licenses to those who don't know any better. MS profit is 80% FYI due to low investment in technology.
Yeah, better waste that money on college or something.
I don't think a single person is buying the Zune HD because it has HD radio.
It has an OLED screen, which is ridiculously expensive technology and is superior to the LCD on the ipod touch. That's one of the main reasons people are buying the Zune HD, along with it's slick UI and overall snappiness.
The only thing the ipod touch has over the zune hd is syncing for macs (which only affect mac users) and the app store. If Zune gets a legitimate app store, it's a no-brainer over the ipod touch.
The ONLY reason I would not buy a Zune is because of the Tegra chipset used... Considering all the hype about it the chipset it is inferior compared the the Coretex-A8.
I have recently seen the Tegra "in all its glory" in a trade show in Europe and I was far from impressed with its performance... The Coretex was far more impressive in regards to playback.
I have recently seen the Tegra "in all its glory" in a trade show in Europe and I was far from impressed with its performance... The Coretex was far more impressive in regards to playback.
BTW, that article was written by someone from apple insider, and has a lot of spin in it. It's a ridiculously biased critique.
He basically says LCD>OLED which is a freaking joke. I'm sure he wouldn't be saying that if the ipod touch had an OLED screen.
He also says how "horrible" the Zune HD looks in light. It doesn't look terrible, it actually looks great, and way better than an ipod touch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb2KIFmE5DM&feature=related
I love Apple, but some of you guys need to appreciate what other companies have to offer also instead of just slamming them. Not every non-Apple product is crap. MS is actually moving in a great direction with Windows 7 and the Zune HD. It's your loss if you don't at least try them. They're great for the market.
Response to my post on page 1.
You can complain about how sometimes a feature on the iPod touch doesn't work right or something but at least it works the other 90% of the time. Like Voice Control or whatever. Personally, Voice Control has worked about 99% of the time for me and my Dad.
iPod touch = cake + icing.
Zune HD = expired icing.
Anyway, the Zune HD doesn't have a camera either... It's not like switching to a Zune would give you a camera or 75,000 apps. It gives you no camera and 0 apps. No thanks Microsoft. I'd rather spend less, get something of a higher quality than some junk they found in a garbage dumpster.
You can complain about how sometimes a feature on the iPod touch doesn't work right or something but at least it works the other 90% of the time. Like Voice Control or whatever. Personally, Voice Control has worked about 99% of the time for me and my Dad.
iPod touch = cake + icing.
Zune HD = expired icing.
Anyway, the Zune HD doesn't have a camera either... It's not like switching to a Zune would give you a camera or 75,000 apps. It gives you no camera and 0 apps. No thanks Microsoft. I'd rather spend less, get something of a higher quality than some junk they found in a garbage dumpster.
I lol'd when I looked at their example pics of the crappier OLED screens. They look better than LCD to me.
Interested to see the Zune HD in person...people on both sides will mislead people, the touch and Zune HD each bring good stuff to the tablet...
It's a fairly ridiculous article, with many distortions and misleading info. How can you say the OLED screen is crap by showing pictures of the OLED screens of other products? It's sad. Can we have 2 great MP3 players on the market? They attract different niches. If apple fanboys are this passionate, they're clearly worried about the Zune HD.
So you bought a Microsoft product knowing before hand that it was a bad product? What kind of a consumer are you.