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My guess is there's a whole class of commenters who will now claim they'd take a big screen over battery life any day. Nevermind that they're probably the same people who complained the loudest about the iPod's poor battery life when it was first launched.]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
I'd still love to see it get an increase though.]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
Read the post again ;)

"with wireless off we can expect a 12 hours of music playback at 128Kbps, 3.5 hours for video playback"]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
Oops. [blush]]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
my Sony NW-E003 Walkman has 30 hours playback, with one charge.. :D
can't use the PSP over 10 hours though.. :(]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
for some strange reason, i'm not too keen on carrying around a device with a sony battery in my pocket ....]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
Pathetic...in all respects!]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
also, 12/3.5 vs. 14/4 is really not a huge difference in battery life and is surely just due to the larger screen.]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
double the batterylife than zune]]>Sep 17th 2006 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
Not only will the wifi drain the already low battery life (12 hours), but adding the DRM layer to files shared or WMA songs downloaded will reduced it even more....MP3.com tested it and noticed a looks of 4 hours.
http://www.mp3.com/features/stories/3646.html

So it may be an 8 hour player. To be fair this is a problem with all DRM songs from these services. Still 12 hour is just unacceptable for the richest company in the industry!
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Let's face it though not every player is perfect. Sony has great battery life but horrid software support. Apple have great interface and design but you can forget about sharing your music with anyone and microsoft is coming out with a brand new idea of how music players should work.

I wouldn't be surprised if Samsung jumped in and stole the best part from all three of these companies to create and ultra media player that would trump anything else on the market. Let's face it Samsun is the only electronics giant that's still offering good products for great prices.]]>Sep 17th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
Adam, you make me love apple more and more.

Why?

Because i know whats on the other side of the fence, and i'm glad i'm not over there with people like you.]]>Sep 17th 2006 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
zune - more expensive (likely), bigger, smaller battery life, not in any way "hip" or "cool". there have been plenty of players and services that are better than the itunes/ipod combo and they're all on the scrap heap. the only difference here is that microsoft can buy market share, they just won't be able to buy engough.

of course there is a secret to competing with apple in this realm, lots of people talk about it, but no one is actually executing.]]>Sep 17th 2006 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
STFU ..]]>Sep 17th 2006 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
When I say he knew in advance, I meant he prob knew the $$. I think it was a calculated move reducing the price on the hard disk iPod, which is why MS did not offcialy release prices on the Zune, they where taken by surprise.

And to you anything but iPod (or Apple) bunch, MS could release a 5 hours player and you would praise it. Carry on!]]>Sep 17th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/03/toshiba-gigabeat-s-reviewed/)? The Zune is basically a Gigabeat S with WiFi and 16:9, improvements in my eyes, and seeing as how the Gigabeat S got rave reviews from nearly everyone, maybe, just maybe, the Zune will too. Although seeing as the only difference is Microsoft's name attached to it, I doubt it.]]>Sep 17th 2006 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
because people always find a reason to complain.

I agree with your post.]]>Sep 17th 2006 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
This is not 5 years ago where you only play songs on these DAPs. Wifi, Videos, slideshow, DRM etc. drains batteries. Having to plug the thing in every so often or constantly monitoring the battery is not an enjoyable experience. In a world of advancing tech, no one wants to go backwards, hence the complaints.
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Look at it from Microsoft's perspective - they want to win. They know we want equal or greater battery life to the iPod. They have to market a product we want if they want to win. Therefore, if there is a way to get the Zune to pack a bit more life, Microsoft are sure to be looking at it.

That said, I'm still leaning towards the iPod. I still haven't got a PMP yet, and although wireless is nice, the iPod has:
- guaranteeed accessory support
- touch wheel (better human interface)
- less size
- better battery life
- more style]]>Sep 17th 2006 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
The battery life that is rated is if you turn the player on and just leave it either in audio or video mode. How many of us do that? I travel weekly, I watch TivoToGo and FF thru the commercials. It cuts the battery life to barely two hours, if that.

While I understand your point, I am not always next to a plug. To my earlier point or NO accessories - I would welcome a docking station, so I could plop the player in it.

I'm not complaining, just realizing that there is no player on the market that is 100% perfect but also would hope that developers listen to the common threads and focus developments on those comments.]]>Sep 17th 2006 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
PLUS subscription & to-go music. Don't care if you don't like it. It's what music is headed for- it's unstoppable. Kinda like videos these days. Want to buy your music? Not a problem. You can do BOTH if you want. Or either. Unless you own an iPod. Then you can ONLY buy the music. Choices ... thinking differently ... all inherently threatening, I guess, to iPodians, judging by some of these posts.

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Ugly, inferior specs, a gimmick wireless feature and a larger size are not good attributes to have when competing with the bottomless pit of cool that is Apple.

Microsoft can not offer shit on a stick and expect to enter the DAP market. Even after releasing a superior product (xbox) in the video-game market they failed to crack the PS2 hegemony.]]>Sep 17th 2006 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
It's not like you can keep the tracks once they are transferred, you can't even listen to the same track more than three times!

Seriously, I don't get the appeal of this WiFi "functionality". If I want a friend to listen to a cool track I got recently I simply borrow my buds.]]>Sep 17th 2006 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
The Zune is not 16:9, it is 4:3, just like the iPod.]]>Sep 17th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/Sep 17th 2006 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/17/zune-battery-life-12-hours-music-3-5-hours-video/
He also said the Zune battery would be quicker-to-charge than iPod's.

Full interview is on http://www.Zunerama.com

- frabgod
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of course steve jobs knew about the zune in advance, weve been hearing about it on here for almost a year i think? i really don't think he has to worry but releasing an updated iPod with more memory, more battery life and at a cheaper price, with a huge music and video (and now full-length movie store) will make the iPod seem a much better alternative to the Zune.]]>Sep 17th 2006 3:28PM