of course today is the day microsoft unleashes their version of apple's ipod, the zune. i have researched the zune and it seems to have some admirable features, including a huge (by comparison) 3" lcd screen and the ability to view photos in both portrait and landscape mode. there's also some sort of built in wi-fi functionality although i'm not sure if you can purchase tunes using that feature or not...(ok, i haven't researched it that much). i haven't held one in my hand yet so i can't compare it directly to an ipod but i think that generally speaking, competition in the area of digital music players is a win for the consumer.
will i be buying one? no, at least no time in the near future. i'm still set with my 3rd gen ipod, but i wouldn't rule it out some day down the road.
it's way too early to know if the zune will be a legitimate player in the digital music player market or not but this will no doubt fuel the fire that exists between hardcore macvangelists and windows extremists.
- update: i found this interesting. the zune is NOT compatible with microsoft vista. how is microsoft supposed to force you to update your OS AND buy a zune? i'm sure the developers are hard at work rectifying this issue as i type.
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