jakeludington.com— Photos of the Zune and iPod 5.5G side-by-side. You can see the difference between the two form factors and a comparison of the two screen sizes.
Oct 2, 2006View in Crawl 4
I couldn't agree more. From looking at the pictures I get the impression that the guy is ANTI-Zune. Why else would you size it up against a beautifully designed piece like the iPod? It's looks fat and chunky. It looks so 1989. It looks so... Atari Lynx.
@mscamaraDRM on anything MS is Draconian at best. Apple's Fairplay is DRM that I can live with, as it keeps the labels happy, but doesn't limit the user ability to use their music.I have read complaints about Apple's DRM and my own opinion is that its the best and most fair for all sides. From <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay:">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay:</a>The protected track may be copied to any number of iPod portable music players.The protected track may be played on up to five (originally three) authorized computers simultaneously.The protected track may be copied to a standard Audio CD any number of times.The resulting CD has no DRM and may be ripped, encoded and played back like any other CD. However, CDs created by users do not attain first sale rights and cannot be legally leased, lent, sold or distributed to others by the creator.The CD audio still bears the artifacts of compression, so converting it back into a lossy format such as MP3 may aggravate the sound artifacts of encoding (see transcoding).A particular playlist within iTunes containing a protected track can be copied to a CD only up to seven times (originally ten times) before the playlist must be changed.
Way to get people to agree with you.And yes, according to reports, if you transfer ANY file (incl. one you ripped personally) to another Zune, it will inherit the same 3x3 DRM as any song you buy from the Zune store.
Closed AccountOct 2, 2006
raid517,it can play MP3s, and apparently, ripped DVDs, according to J Allard!
felchdonkeyOct 2, 2006
As far as features go, a 20" Dell XPS laptop has more than the iPod, too - but you wouldn't want to use it for listening to music on the subway.
thecharliefarmOct 2, 2006
I couldn't agree more. From looking at the pictures I get the impression that the guy is ANTI-Zune. Why else would you size it up against a beautifully designed piece like the iPod? It's looks fat and chunky. It looks so 1989. It looks so... Atari Lynx.
palmer38Oct 2, 2006
You can bet on whether iPod or Zune will sell more units this Christmas at <a class="user" href="http://betbubble.com.">http://betbubble.com.</a> You bet with points, not real money though
themadscientistOct 2, 2006
@mscamaraDRM on anything MS is Draconian at best. Apple's Fairplay is DRM that I can live with, as it keeps the labels happy, but doesn't limit the user ability to use their music.I have read complaints about Apple's DRM and my own opinion is that its the best and most fair for all sides. From <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay:">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay:</a>The protected track may be copied to any number of iPod portable music players.The protected track may be played on up to five (originally three) authorized computers simultaneously.The protected track may be copied to a standard Audio CD any number of times.The resulting CD has no DRM and may be ripped, encoded and played back like any other CD. However, CDs created by users do not attain first sale rights and cannot be legally leased, lent, sold or distributed to others by the creator.The CD audio still bears the artifacts of compression, so converting it back into a lossy format such as MP3 may aggravate the sound artifacts of encoding (see transcoding).A particular playlist within iTunes containing a protected track can be copied to a CD only up to seven times (originally ten times) before the playlist must be changed.
ra3ndyOct 2, 2006
Way to get people to agree with you.And yes, according to reports, if you transfer ANY file (incl. one you ripped personally) to another Zune, it will inherit the same 3x3 DRM as any song you buy from the Zune store.
hayden_evansOct 2, 2006
my god its huge! plastic piece of toshiba crap.
cutebananaOct 5, 2006
can't they come up with an entirely new way to scroll music...it's about time actually...
rupakgOct 17, 2006
read my blog entry regarding Zune at <a class="user" href="http://developershelf.blogspot.com/2006/10/is-zune-from-ms-latest-buzz-or-just.html">http://developershelf.blogspot.com/2006/10/is-zune-from-ms-latest-buzz-or-just.html</a>
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