iPod Zune Out

[MegaSignal]

Most deceptive: a scrollwheel that's not

What bothered me about the Zune was that what "looks" like a scroll wheel, is not. If you didn't put a scroll wheel on the thing in the first place, then why make it look like one to me?

Why not be honest and simply put four buttons on the thing in the first place? Why hide the fact that it won't scroll?

In all honesty, I was hoping for a better competitor, as it would only mean an even better product from Apple.

And what's with using the most lampooned colour that there is - brown?

(...shakes head, thinks of Les Claypool and the "Brown" album...hmmm...)

 

[gloss]

In all honesty, I was hoping for a better competitor, as it would only mean an even better product from Apple.

I'm with you there, man.

 

[reubs]

http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/business/2006/11/14/sorkin.minding.your.business.cnn

Here is a little news piece from CNN's American Morning. The News people seem to gets whats wrong with the Zune.

Those folks ripped it. I wonder if she was placed witha shuffle?

 

[xUKHCx]

Watch this comical video on CNN.

Can some one clear something up for me (i'm english so dont get this channel) I always thought CNN was a news channel. Is this true? Is it indicative of many American news channels? Is this how CNN actually report? Do many people watch it? (If the answer is yes to a couple of questions above i can see how W got in)

That is shocking reporting, but very funny as well.

 

[xUKHCx]

Ok, seriously... that install pic looks like a 3rd grade took a picture and photoshoped the words on top of it. VERY lame!

Also to me that guy looks like a MC rather than a DJ, cos if he were a DJ he would have headphones on, and wount be holding the mic like that. Shows how much microsoft knows about music.

 

[briantology]

Well I don't run windows, so I don't see any reason for getting one

 

[count chocula]

am i the only person that thinks this is funny?

Wel-
come

 

[carve]

Zune

zune wil not survive, let the ipod conquer!

 

[gloss]

Can some one clear something up for me (i'm english so dont get this channel) I always thought CNN was a news channel. Is this true? Is it indicative of many American news channels? Is this how CNN actually report? Do many people watch it? (If the answer is yes to a couple of questions above i can see how W got in)

That is shocking reporting, but very funny as well.

Morning shows and the occasional Financial show have more casual atmospheres. So, no, that's not how they'd report, say, the Iraq War. It really depends on the content, I guess.

 

[milo]

Just some things to consider before rating this thread with a negative vote.

It has a bigger screen than the iPod.

It has wireless functionality. Built in.

It has a radio. Built in.

It allows for music sharing between users. Built in.

It also has an online music store.

As far as I'm concerned, none of those outweigh the negatives: no scroll wheel, no video/movie store, poor implementation of the above, etc.

And the biggest one is simply that there's no Zune to compete with shuffle, or Nano, the biggest selling iPod.

 

[donlphi]

This annoys me.



Converting real cash to points, it makes consumers think they are paying 79 cents for a track

Not to mention idiots claiming that the store is cheaper than iTunes.

This is how casinos get you to waste your hard earned money too. They put "fake" money in your hands... take away the word money completely and TADA!!! Like magic, you feel like you have spent less money.

 

[thevessels]

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/

Right next to the Fortune article that was linked in this forum, there's a CNN video link with a news crew and NY Times analyst talking about the new Zune. They don't say anything we don't already know, but the video turns into an iPod Shuffle advertisement when one of the news anchors decides to share her experience.

haha , the best was the reviewers "*sigh, no comment" at the end .

 

[RichP]

Watch this comical video on CNN.

"why dont they get some decent design people to make it look cool"

Ives must have a smug look on his face these days...

 

[count chocula]

I think this statement was misleading:

Zune will only play protected content from Microsoft's new Zune Marketplace.

As far as i know, it plays mp3's and all other things you would expect. It will not, however, play music and videos downloaded from the itunes store, msn music store, etc.

So, am I understanding this right. The Zune won't even play mp3's? I that is the one beauty of the iPod ... mp3's are somewhat a universal standard that everything plays ... it doesn't mater where you bought it from.

 

[donlphi]

am i the only person that thinks this is funny?

Wel-
come

It is pretty funny... I think the whole "HIPSTER" grandma feel is going to sell them a lot of zunes.... I'm not sure to who, probably just a bunch of anti-MACies.

Goodluck M$!!! Release your inner stupidity. Get ZUNED!!!

 

[Warbrain]

Those folks ripped it. I wonder if she was placed witha shuffle?

I doubt it. Soledad O'Brien is very open about giving her opinions on TV.

 

[zelet]

I doubt it. Soledad O'Brien is very open about giving her opinions on TV.

Well, that and selling her journalistic integrity for a $70 piece of kit? Pretty unlikely. Now if she whipped out a cluster of MacPros... maybe.

 

[Whistleway]

People buy iPod because it is the cool in-hip thing. If you have a 12yr old, you would know what I am talking. Not because of wireless or anything. Zune will appeal to the crazy microsoftie fans but no one else unless it becomes a "cultural" thingy.

 

[joepunk]

How Much Did John Richards Get Paid For That?

It’s on the cover of today's PI…

John Richards of Seattle radio station KEXP sends a song from his Zune to one held by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates by using the wireless sharing feature in the new music device at Westlake Park in Seattle on Monday.

© original posting by The Stranger Blog

What a gread demonstration of it's 2 foot distance wireless capabilities.
And how can Gates even hear the song w/o earbuds.

 

[Analog Kid]

Wow. Remind me again why they're bothering? It never ceases to astound me how a company with that kind of R&D resource can waste it so prodigiously...

 

[Detlev_73]

OK, so what's the point?

"Zune will only play protected content from Microsoft's new Zune Marketplace. Curiously, Zune is not compatible with previous Windows Media Player based music stores (such as Napster). "

This implies that if you have music on your computer that was NOT downloaded from M$'s Zune Marketplace, you can't play it. So, what's the point? I hope that there is a VERY liberal return policy on these things, or M$ will get A LOT of bad publicity. Who the heck would buy the Zune if they couldn't play music that they already had NOT bought through the Marketplace?!

I'd like to see the results of a reliable study that investigates what percentage of the total music out there on iPods and other MP3 players is actually paid for. Anyone know of a link?

 

[archurban]

well, I went to BestBuy today to take a look at zune. UI is cool. no doubt. control is easier than I thought. setting mode is relatively easy that doesn't seem like MS. but you have click so many times when you scroll down to bunch of music. video is great, but resolution is not great at all. you can change three different screen wall paper mode, and add more pics. video, pics are shown as landscape mode widely. at least it's better than ipod. there are already bunch of accessories to be sold. the size is really bigger than I thought. for connection with software? I don't know. I was shopping for 30 minutes. during that time, only one guy was using it. what a pathetic. people, who were shopping, weren't care it at all. they all played PS3, Xbox 360. this is doom.

 

[Detlev_73]

Darn, ya beat me to it!!!

I think this statement was misleading:


As far as i know, it plays mp3's and all other things you would expect. It will not, however, play music and videos downloaded from the itunes store, msn music store, etc.

 

[age234]

I love from that CNN clip "Why don't they get some decent design people?" "No comment."

 

[MacDaddyT]

Wireless Sharing Roulette

As you all know by now, WIFI is the big feature for Zune. Not only are you limited to 3x playback within three days, you have to GUESS which song you can share if you've bought it from the Zune store!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TPJ7GQOuzk