Zune - The best portable media player ever!

[D-Man22]

Forget Apple, forget Creative, forget Samsung, and forget Sony!
Microsoft Zune has to be one of the BEST portable media players on the market.


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FEATURES
Wireless Sync - Always on the go? Have not time to update content and podcasts via the cord? Well the solution is wireless sync. You don't even need a wireless connection.
Podcasts - Do you love podcasts. Browse through millions of podcasts via the Zune Marketplace and get the ones you want for FREE!
Video - Video junkie? Well the Zune is the solution for bringing your videos on the go.
Music - What would a media player be without supporting music.
Zune Software 3.0 - Organize your tracks, videos, pictures and sync them to your zune, all from one powerful peice of software. Also buy music, videos, podcasts and more from the Zune Marketplace a virtual media store for Zune software users. You may need the software to sync with your device but you dont need the device to access the software and marketplace. Use your windows Live ID and purchase media with your Microsoft points which you may already use with the XBOX! Or subscribe to the ZunePASS a nifty subscription music service that now allows you to keep 10 tracks a month, unlike Rhapsody which they all expire.


Upcoming for the Zune
ZuneHD! A touchscreen version with a web browser and more! Powered by NVIDIA Graphics ;)



[ http://zune.net/ ]

[The Professor]

Is it out in the UK?

[jackass]

I don't know why nobody uses them, they are so sexy. :love3:

[D-Man22]

Yeah. When you get it it has 3 sets of lines on the setup, one in english, and 2 in very europian languages.... I got mine off of US Amazon. So.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Zune

edit: sexiest player ever :love7:

[Recursion]

When (if?) these launch in the UK I'm gunna eBay my iPod Touch and get a ZuneHD.

[Fehm]

Omg the HD ones are like.. sexier than me, and thats saying something <3

[The Professor]

When (if?) these launch in the UK I'm gunna eBay my iPod Touch and get a ZuneHD.

I wouldn't be that quick to ebay it, zuneHD looks sexy but it all depends on what other functionality it has and how it's implemented. Lots of things look good on paper and in demos!

[D-Man22]

ZuneHD set to launch Sept. 8th, 2009 (rumoured).
I forgot to mention the GAMES, they are noobish looking but time consuming (option download from the software to the device when firmware is downloaded on first run)

[Wootzeh]

Haven't even mentioned it's OLED Screen and Nvidia Tegra technology, ah nvm it got a small mention at the end.

[Dave,]

Still not quite the iPod though....

[D-Man22]

Does iPod have a web browser..?

[Dave,]

Safari on the iPod touch....

[D-Man22]

zuneHD set to have a renderation of the internet explorer.

SRRY for double post IE was acting up when I tried to edit ! demo of functionality (my person video just taken ;]) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vyXTHRVt0

Posts merged by iAdam (Forum Moderator); Accidental double posts merged.

[Wootzeh]

It's not the new zune shame.

[Suspective]

I'm not sure how many people will be purchasing one of these, Apple have seemed to rule the market when it comes to MP3/Video and well... social networking on your Portable Device. Despite it being created by Microsoft.

[Jam]

If this will play .m4a & .m4p files from the iTunes Store then I'l get the Zune HD, as I have planned to, on the basis it comes to the UK, for a while.

[D-Man22]

Ok.
Yes it plays content bought from iTunes because when zune marketplace was down for maintainence i used iTunes and it worked fine.
ZuneHD wont be released until September ;]
but there are some previews from tech confrences floating around on YouTube.

[Stephen!]

When (if?) these launch in the UK I'm gunna eBay my iPod Touch and get a ZuneHD.

Contact me first, i may want to buy it back xD

[D-Man22]

regular zunes are in the uk ;]

[jackass]

Haven't even mentioned it's OLED Screen and Nvidia Tegra technology, ah nvm it got a small mention at the end.

Is it actually OLED? :O

OMGOMGOMG I WANT ONE NOW.

[Jam]

Yeah, definatly getting one of these, apple can go shove its 3rd Gen iPod Touch where the sun don't shine.

[Recursion]

Contact me first, i may want to buy it back xD

LOL. Why did you sell it in the first place then eh? ;)

[Wootzeh]

Is it actually OLED? :O

OMGOMGOMG I WANT ONE NOW.
the zune hd is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU7GAGL9TH8

[StefanWolves]

might get one of the ZuneHD ones when i go to the states after xmas!! they look SEXY!

just hope they can be jailbreaked to some extent, so you can put your own crap on/modification ect, and the only thing im not sure about is the I.E on it, if I.E explorer on desktops is anything to go byyyyyy..........

[Stephen!]

LOL. Why did you sell it in the first place then eh? ;)

Got bored of it, but now I realise how much I miss it.

[Jordy]

I was looking forward to the Zune HD however it's just been ruined for me. I was expecting this to be 120GB like most other Zune's but this is most likely to be 16GB or 32GB so they can shove that idea right up their own ass.

Why can't someone make a exciting media player which actually has a decent storage capacity.

[Recursion]

Got bored of it, but now I realise how much I miss it.

And THAT is why I bought it off you after selling my 1G xD

[StefanWolves]

I was looking forward to the Zune HD however it's just been ruined for me. I was expecting this to be 120GB like most other Zune's but this is most likely to be 16GB or 32GB so they can shove that idea right up their own ass.

Why can't someone make a exciting media player which actually has a decent storage capacity.

this!!!!!!1

[Monopoly]

i will get it.
not because i think they're anything special.
there's no innovation left in portable media.
but the subscription thingy is great.

[Recursion]

i will get it.
not because i think they're anything special.
there's no innovation left in portable media.
but the subscription thingy is great.

I don't agree at all, there is always something new and exciting, it just hasn't been thought of yet.

[StefanWolves]

e.g. a touch screen mp4 player with 100gb+ memory, apple or microsoft haven't done that yet.

[Recursion]

e.g. a touch screen mp4 player with 100gb+ memory, apple or microsoft haven't done that yet.

That's just because solid state memory is extremely expensive, IMO Apple will scrap the 8GB Touch and do 16, 32 and 64GB models, then next year go up again etc.

[StefanWolves]

I think the iPod Touch 3rd gen will have a camera, maybe a microphone, and I also think they will do 32GB & 64GB versions, if so then I would consider buying one when they come out, to jailbreak ect, then I can take the jailbreak off my phone and keep it legit, to much risk if I drop my iPhone and break it whilst it's jailbroken, warranty = gone. :(

[Recursion]

If you smash the screen or something then just plug in your iPhone and do it all through iTunes :P

[user130523]

the next ipod perhaps?

looks good!

[D-Man22]

well... My zune is lovely. I JUST love the games. The wireless checkers (multiplayer!), and its small (smaller that a credit card, i checked ;]) The OS only takes up 100MB of space. I have 1,000+ songs i got from the zune marketplace and not one additional charge. of course i use tunebite to rid the music of the license so I have it forever. I even have TV shows that i also got from the market place although the pass doesnt cover videos.

[GommeInc]

I think the iPod Touch 3rd gen will have a camera, maybe a microphone, and I also think they will do 32GB & 64GB versions, if so then I would consider buying one when they come out, to jailbreak ect, then I can take the jailbreak off my phone and keep it legit, to much risk if I drop my iPhone and break it whilst it's jailbroken, warranty = gone. :(
I certainly hope not. An MP4 player with a camera? It won't be considered an MP3/4 player then, it will be like my video recorder which could play music, videos, pictures - it'll just be a camera then, unless marketing strategies have gone down the pot? :/

It does look good, but I prefer my X-Fi for now <3 I'll wait and see when it comes out to make any opinions though.

[StefanWolves]

well... My zune is lovely. I JUST love the games. The wireless checkers (multiplayer!), and its small (smaller that a credit card, i checked ;]) The OS only takes up 100MB of space. I have 1,000+ songs i got from the zune marketplace and not one additional charge. of course i use tunebite to rid the music of the license so I have it forever. I even have TV shows that i also got from the market place although the pass doesnt cover videos.

the ipod does all that but does it better......

[Jordy]

I don't agree at all, there is always something new and exciting, it just hasn't been thought of yet.I don't think we need new things, we just need it all to be put together at an affordable price, I think it's more of a waiting game at the moment. The technology is there to make the ultimate device which functions as a very good and capable media player, mobile phone, pocket PC and camera in one device. The iPhone gets the closest to this but 32GB storage and a 3MP camera is hardly pushing boundaries, it would hardly be affordable if it combined an MP3 player, Smartphone and camera.

[Recursion]

Android would do this well, or even the N97. If someone came up with an Android device with the Hero interface, but with specs so it wouldn't lag, with a load of memory, a really nice camera with xenon flash and a decent battery life, we'd be extremely close.