Will Microsoft's Zune Work For You?

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/MicrosoftZuneNoWireless.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[zune21] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/zune21_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Microsoft Corporation knows how to make an entrance into a new consumer market space and its foray into portable digital media devices is no exception. Zune isn’t just Microsoft’s splash into media hardware. Apple’s iTunes demonstrated hardware is only the beginning. The Zune device is just a gateway into a complete package of Microsoft branded entertainment. Buying the device is like being handed a flower at an airport from a nice man in robes and a shaved head, the flower is just the beginning of a tide of obligation to the cult of Zune.</P>
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[Wafflesomd]

IDC what anybody says.

I'm giving this player a chance, its a really nice player with tons of potential.

Really, I would like to see rockbox (alternative firmware for various mp3 players) on the zune.

It's sleak, portable, and did I mention sleek?

It is easily my fav. peice of technology released this year.

 

[Wayde Robson]

I hope I didn't come off as too sarcastic with the "cult of Zune" thing. I mean it could be a great device. I was just trying to get accross that it's not really about the hardware anymore.

I like the bigger screen. But you know how it is. Gates displays his 3" and suddenly Jobs and his 2.5" is envious and goes back to the lab and comes up with a 3.5". I expect a war of screem size escalation in the future. Oh, and a price drop for the regluar iPod.

 

[Wafflesomd]

The price point is a big plus to me, your not really paying for the microsoft name, as you would with an ipod, your actually getting what you pay for, good hardware, a good player, and a nice GUI.