Man. In the war of mp3 players, there seems to be the huge giant iPod, and then the others. I’ve been looking at the possiblity of getting an mp3 player/personal video player, but basically… it seems it comes down to iPod, and a bigger iPod.
Zune is the other buzz magnet right now, though the buzz has been largely negative. Which makes me want to have M$’s player succeed. I mean, the hateful and ultimately fanboi comments that you see floating around the net are made by obvious iPod fanatics, who have nothing constructive to say besides the product sucks. It would be one thing if they actually had zunes and had ipods and compared them, but considering the product doesn’t get released until today, most of the claims or baseless. Some of the criticism is just straight up retarded, like “oh. Microsoft is just stealing Apple’s ideas.” The most extreme, and also the most hilarious has got to be this one:
Matt @ Nov 13th 2006 5:11PM
waste of cardboard ink and plastic. the should just sell them in the brown boxes, well at least the brown one cause it looks like shit.
zune = ipod knockoff
zune headphones – ipod headphone knockoff
zune usb = ipod usb knockoff
zune software = itunes knockoffCOME ONE MS MAKE SOMETHING OF YOUR OWN DESIGN
That one was from the Endgadget comments section. Apparently, any mp3 player is an ipod knockoff. mp3 players that use headphones… yep. Ipod Knockoff. USB as a connection medium.. holy crap ! KNOCKOFF! Oh… and has software to control it….
For the most part, this is the kind of retarded stuff floating out there. There are a couple of unbiased critiques out there, but not really anything solid enough (like tech specs) to speak off. Many handwavy comments about “oh. it sounds fine.” What does that mean people?
I am kind of leaning toward the zune anyway, just because it won’t be what everyone else has. Perhaps it’s time to “Think Different.”
The only thing that really kills the zune for me is the fact that it can’t be used as an external hd. Fix that problem… and then perhaps I’ll own a zune.
You have to wonder though, why hasn’t anyone made a pda with a hd in it, and does wifi and phone stuff. That would be like the holy grail.
