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DNForrest
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Before I get attacked, realize that I consider the iPod and Zune to be equal, and inferior to some other mp3 players. Hell, if I could afford it, I'd own an iPhone right now (maybe if they do get released to other carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon). The main reason I bought a Zune instead of an iPod was because I liked the software better for the reasons I mentioned before and the social aspects. The ability to send songs between the Zunes and connect with people with similar tastes through the software is great, especially since you can both see their playlists and send/recieve the playlists between friends, then automatically download all of the songs you like for a set monthly fee (yes, I actually do have friends with whom I do this). I really just want people to actually look at what features are in each and deciding from that rather than going off of what are, honestly, baseless attacks spawned from personal preferences and the assumption that Microsoft can only possibly make crap.
| Enigmatic_Oddity wrote: | Obviously it is unfair to compare the Zune to the Nano as it directly competes with the Apple iPod Touch. The iPod Touch, as far as I'm concerned is superior to the Zune because
i) it comes in 64gb varieties. I could not fit all my music on the Zune because it only has up to 32gb
ii) it features the App Store, which has a number of useful applications, two of which I regularly use at work
iii) more features, including the best organiser I've seen on a portable device, including dedicated organisers
iv) superior internet browsing |
I was comparing the iPod Nano to it's direct Zune competitor, the 4/8/16 Zune series. How is that unfair? And the new Zune HD does have an Apps store. It doesn't have much now considering it was only just released. So yes, I'd say if you're going for a touch-screen basis, go with an iPod Touch, but give the Zune HD a year and it'll have an ample supply of programs (especially since they've released an open software designing program for users to make their own games and apps to share for free). I can't really comment on the web browsing, because I've only used the one on the iPod Touch and iPhone, but I have a feeling almost no one here has used the HD's web browser, either.
| gramirez wrote: | | Oh good god, definitely the iPod! As always, MS has a cheap/crappy rip-off of whatever Apple did 10 years ago. |
Really now? You do realize that less expensive doesn't equate to cheap/crappy? The Zunes sure as hell aren't made from cheap materials. The cases on an iPod get scratched to all hell just from a few days of general usage, and, as my sister can attest, the screens are relatively easy to break. On the other hand, the only marks my Zunes have after years of use were a couple of small scratches obtained by me accidently dropping them about 5 feet directly onto concrete multiple times (probably what killed my 80gb). And if it's a rip off, why is it the iPod Nano only just now gained features that the Zunes and other mp3 players have had for years (FM Tuner, voice recorder, etc.)? To call the Zune a ripoff of it is to pretty much call every mp3 player a ripoff, even though the iPod isn't even the first mp3 player. The only things that the iPod Classic and Nano really have on the Zunes are compatibility with Linux and popularity. Also:
iPod Nano, September 5th, 2007
Zune 4/8/16 October 2nd, 2007
iPod Nano, September 9th, 2008.
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TheOddGoat
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: |
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I have an ipod.
If the zune can play .FLAC or ogg vorbis formats then I go with that.
Otherwise, neither. |
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CloudWalker
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| If you want flac and vorbis support, have a look at iriver. |
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RaceDrv709
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| Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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I chose Zune as I prefer the non iPods. The Zune has an FM radio, supports more formats, and is far superior to the iTouch if you have the Zune HD model. I know that the Zune HD is new and doesn't have many apps for it, but does it really matter when you compare it to the number of apps for the iTouch? Just because Apple has more apps doesn't automatically make iPods superior to Zunes. iPods do have better Linux support than the Zunes, but keep in mind that Linux support for Zunes is being worked on. The Zune is an MTP only device, but it needs some type of activation key along with the Zune software to be detected on a Windows computer.
I, myself have a Cowon iAUDIO D2 8 gigabyte with a 4 gigabyte Transcend microSDHC card. I love the radio and the many flash apps, splash screens, and themes that you can install. I like that it supports almost any operating system, audio and video format. Every song I have is ripped in FLAC. The best thing about the device is that it's MTP/MSC because I can use it in Ubuntu without a hitch and my old PowerMac G4 I plan on using as a server for my blog. I even got my Apple obsessed friend who has a 64 gig iTouch drooling over my D2. My cousin even dumped his iPod and bought Cowon's Outstanding iAUDIO 7. Before owning the D2, I have owned a 4 gig Samsung YP-P2, 4 gig Insignia NS-DV4G, 2 gig Samsung YP-T9 and a 1 gig SanDisk Sansa m200 series(m240). I will always buy the non-iPods because those came out way before Apple's iPod. Apple didn't invent the MP3 player, but they revolutionized them.
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nodice1996
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:58 am Post subject: |
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An expendable $20 MP3 player is the best. I like my monochrome screen and SD card support!
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| RaceDrv709 wrote: | | but keep in mind that Linux support for Zunes is being worked on. |
And worked against. Microsoft could make it really easy. Apple is not opposed to cross platform use of their mp3 player, and nobody else is either. Really makes you wonder who at MS wants to continually shoot themselves in the foot?
Recall the directX10 for fallout3 issue? Turned out that all they did was use code stubs to pretend to require directX10. Someone wrote a hack and full graphics were possible on directX9(and thus windows xp).
Was it likely the choice of the game author to be limited to directX10? Then why didnt he use the directX10 features? The game was written for directX9 and then someone insisted that it be redacted for DX10.
The gaming company? Not likely that they would make a move that would limit sales. My guess? More Microsoft pressure to use only their system and only the new one(Vista).
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Audiophile
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:17 am Post subject: |
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iPod Classic. The only one I like since it fits my whole library, the only issue is it's hard drive based and my barely year old classic already has a dying hard drive.
iPod's sync ok under windows, but they sometimes have issues hanging in sync mode and aren't actually syncing. It's a little frustrating.
I've used a Zune once and it seemed like a step backwards from an iPod as far as navigation.
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DavidK
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iPod 5G here. I've also installed Rockbox and iPodLinux but use the stock OS 99%. Everything except the music I manage with iTunes. For the music I use CopyTrans Manager as for some strange reason there are a bunch of tracks in my collection that iTunes denies the existence of or doesn't read the tags. To edit the tags I use ID3-TagIT. To play music on Windows I use Songbird, and to play videos on Windows I use WMP.
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SamwiseGamgee
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I've never owned an ipod or zune but I voted zune because I don't like ipods.
I stand firmly behind my Creative mp3 players. I first had a Creative Zen V Plus and it was great and I had no problems with it. It still works but I wanted more space so I gave it to my mom and got a Creative Zen. This one, I'm so much in love with. Comparing it with my friend's ipod I found it to be quite superior. Bigger screen, better search function, easier buttons (that scroll wheel is dreadful, I don't know how people deal with it all the time), looks better, I honestly couldn't find one thing I liked about the ipod when compared to the Zen. It was also a lot cheaper than an ipod with half the storage space and a much smaller screen. |
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