Gizmodo posted this hands on video of the upcoming Zune HD which is positioned to compete directly against the Apple iPod Touch.
Article Link: Zune HD Hands on Demo and Impressions
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Zune HD Hands on Demo and Impressions
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Gizmodo posted this hands on video of the upcoming Zune HD which is positioned to compete directly against the Apple iPod Touch.
Article Link: Zune HD Hands on Demo and Impressions
An improvement for Zune, but Apple will still over sell the Zune by far. And by the way, it does not have a better GUI than the iPhone/iPod Touch
Its so small!
I was going to say the same thing, but I think that in actuality that persons hands are HUGE.
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Indeed. I'd love to see some companies like MS and Palm really light a fire under Apple's *** to encourage them to actually make substantial improvements to the iPhone/iPod touch, rather than just releasing moderately improved re-hashes every year.
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Indeed. I'd love to see some companies like MS and Palm really light a fire under Apple's *** to encourage them to actually make substantial improvements to the iPhone/iPod touch, rather than just releasing moderately improved re-hashes every year.
How many times did the guy tap on the screen, and nothing happened, and he had to tap again to make it work?
Also, is there multi-touch or not? He didn't seem to show it, especially while looking at photos, and you'd think that would be a great opportunity to show it off.
So Microsoft makes their rotation animation speed a little higher, and that's all it takes for people to say "Wow, that's fast!"? Yet it took a good second or two lag to get to the radio screen, with no indication that it's doing something.
Also, is there multi-touch or not? He didn't seem to show it, especially while looking at photos, and you'd think that would be a great opportunity to show it off.
So Microsoft makes their rotation animation speed a little higher, and that's all it takes for people to say "Wow, that's fast!"? Yet it took a good second or two lag to get to the radio screen, with no indication that it's doing something.
Please.....
a better ui then that of apples ipod touch/iPhone???
it would be near impossible to do...
but we must be open minded and see it for ones self.
a better ui then that of apples ipod touch/iPhone???
it would be near impossible to do...
but we must be open minded and see it for ones self.
Seems Nice
It seems nice to me. If I had seen it three years ago I would have said stunning, but it's not really new.
It seems nice to me. If I had seen it three years ago I would have said stunning, but it's not really new.
Hahaha you guys are critizing it so much it's hilarious... but what can you expect on an apple rumours site...
I have a macbook and love apple, but I can't lie, this thing looks amazing! The only thing that the ipod touch has over this is the apps and the internet browser, as I'm assuming Microsoft's won't be as good judging from what I've seen of IE mobile.
The UI looks amazing, I love the animations and images, way better than apples
I have a macbook and love apple, but I can't lie, this thing looks amazing! The only thing that the ipod touch has over this is the apps and the internet browser, as I'm assuming Microsoft's won't be as good judging from what I've seen of IE mobile.
The UI looks amazing, I love the animations and images, way better than apples
exactly. that is just a wonderful piece of hardware. as much as i love my ipods...and ipod touch...the sound is second to sony walkmans and the zunes are wonderful as well. i love zunes...just the software made it a deal breaker...
The UI was nice looking, but I would prefer that it be more graphics-based like the iPhone OS.
I was surprised at how small it is. If his hand is approximately the same size as mine then the iPhone is quite a bit bigger than the Zune HD.
Hooray for competition. There hasn't been a good iPod touch killer yet. This looks like it could make Apple step up their game sooner than they might have otherwise.
I was surprised at how small it is. If his hand is approximately the same size as mine then the iPhone is quite a bit bigger than the Zune HD.
Hooray for competition. There hasn't been a good iPod touch killer yet. This looks like it could make Apple step up their game sooner than they might have otherwise.
I would also like to see the Zune HD be able to hook up with a mac like the pre is doing...
Zune
OK I LOVE ALL MY APPLE DEVICES BOTH MY IPHONE 2G AND 3G AND BOTH MY IPOD TOUCHES BUT I HAVE TO SAY MICROSOFT NEEDS A PAT ON THE BACK FOR THIS PIECE OF WORK!!! LOOKS SMOOTH NICE INTERFACE AND REALLY CLEAN LOOK, GOOD JOB ZUNE!!! ITS ABOUT TIME MICROSOFT STOPPED AND LOOKED AT WHAT PEOPLE LIKE AND WANT..... ILL HAVE TO SEE IF ITS REALLY AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS IN PERSON BEFORE I COME TO A CONCLUSION THOUGH. 
APPLE FTW!
OK I LOVE ALL MY APPLE DEVICES BOTH MY IPHONE 2G AND 3G AND BOTH MY IPOD TOUCHES BUT I HAVE TO SAY MICROSOFT NEEDS A PAT ON THE BACK FOR THIS PIECE OF WORK!!! LOOKS SMOOTH NICE INTERFACE AND REALLY CLEAN LOOK, GOOD JOB ZUNE!!! ITS ABOUT TIME MICROSOFT STOPPED AND LOOKED AT WHAT PEOPLE LIKE AND WANT.....
ILL HAVE TO SEE IF ITS REALLY AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS IN PERSON BEFORE I COME TO A CONCLUSION THOUGH. APPLE FTW!It does look nice, but the iPod Touch is really a different beast altogether when you consider the iTunes integration and the App Store.
If they found a way to do what Palm did and have a device that showed up in iTunes, then it would be a reasonable alternative for someone only interested in a straight up music/video player (well not for me, as my music is Apple Lossless and I don't believe their AAC compatibility extends to lossless). But I think the market has pretty soundly rejected the "mass storage drag and drop" paradigm of music player management -- I guess it still has its devotees, but it is so Nomad Jukebox i could puke.
If I were Microsoft, I would definitely do a Zune desktop client that mimicked iTunes.
If they found a way to do what Palm did and have a device that showed up in iTunes, then it would be a reasonable alternative for someone only interested in a straight up music/video player (well not for me, as my music is Apple Lossless and I don't believe their AAC compatibility extends to lossless). But I think the market has pretty soundly rejected the "mass storage drag and drop" paradigm of music player management -- I guess it still has its devotees, but it is so Nomad Jukebox i could puke.
If I were Microsoft, I would definitely do a Zune desktop client that mimicked iTunes.