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thanx, there's no better way to start a day than with a good and hearty laugh.]]>Oct 16th 2006 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/shees
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If Steve Jobs thinks he can bluff out the Zune he really needs a reality check. Whether you prefer Ipod or not, there's no denying connetivity and network are cool and people want it.

Online games? Xbox Live? Counter-Strike? Come on Steve! People love being connected, even if it's over a laggy famerate swamp!]]>Oct 16th 2006 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Yeah, because people were DEMANDING sharing over wi-fi before it was announced as a Zune feature, right? Come on.]]>Oct 16th 2006 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
and if you told them that the song you shared would only last 3 plays they would say "omg thats so lame"]]>Oct 16th 2006 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
expect to see iTunes-like sharing capabilities in the iPod soon, e.g. somebody can browse and use your iPod library freely as long as you are around.. exactly the way it works on iTunes.

For those who don't know: iTunes allows you to share your library with the entire local network. The way it works: You turn on sharing. Everybody else on the local network has you machine show up in their iTunes. Simple as that. Zero-configuration for real!
It's just a streaming connection though, so when your machine is gone, your library is gone as well.]]>Oct 16th 2006 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Someone please remind him of that when the wireless iPod gets released. And in the meantime, let's all practice safe earbud hygiene.

Zune wireless is not nearly perfect, but it's a first step towards how content will be shared in the future.

frabgod
http://www.zunerama.com]]>Oct 16th 2006 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
And claiming that the wireless abilities of the Zune will help it win market share is nothing less than ignorance considering there is no real world application of the wireless abilities of the Zune and will not be any upon its launch. ]]>Oct 16th 2006 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Apple doesn't need to worry about Zune. Yes. There is no deal-breaker feature in Zune. Apple needs to worry about the next iPods, and get those out of the door within the next 3 months.]]>Oct 16th 2006 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
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wat songs are u sending that are 30 friggin mb's???...are u sending full length movie scores..??...i am music producer and tranfer songs non stop all day and ive never sent a 30+ mb song unless it was wav,multitrack. or a protools session...but who needs wavs(or any of that stuff i mentioned) on a portable music player..??

and the fact remains...wireless interconnectivity is the future..the zune however , has screw it up so far...but downloading songs wirelessly from itunes or MS's store is the next step...obviously...look out for the new ipod in 6 months with that capability.]]>Oct 16th 2006 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Thanks for the tip Steve.]]>Oct 16th 2006 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
You can tell when Jobs is annoyed. You can tell when he answers reporters - trying to act all like "I'm not worried at all" tone.

MY ASS.

Jobs needs to do a SERIOUS revamp of the iPod - not just change the look of the material and call it "remastered." Brighter screen? Search scroll? THESE ARE NOT upgrades! Hell, Zune's screen is freakin 2x what iPod has right now.

Zune won't flop. It's definitely got something good going on. It's just their first release. In a year or so, Apple's gonna FEEL competition and KNOW it.]]>Oct 16th 2006 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Apple's "trapped" in their little DRM world ]]>Oct 16th 2006 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Ignorance. Apple's DRM is just about the easiest there is to work around.
To get around Fairplay (for songs)
1. Buy a song
2. Burn CD
3. Re-rip cd as MP3/AAC/Lossless/WAV/AIFF
4. THERE IS NO STEP 4.

For data-recovery emergencies:
To copy songs from an iPod to a PC (only works if the iPod is synced with iTunes on a PC)
1. Set explorer to 'Show Hidden & System Files'
2. Import the entire folder x:iPod_controlmusic into iTunes, where x: is the iPod, and all of the music will be properly named and sorted (assuming you have the 'copy to library when added', and 'keep my libary organized' options turned on, or click the 'consolidate library' menu item.

To copy songs from any iPod synced with iTunes using OS X
1. Open terminal
2. type cp /Volumes/IPODNAME/iPod_Control/Music ~/Desktop and press [Enter]
3. The music folder will be dumped to your desktop, and can then be added to iTunes.
4. Delete ~/Desktop/Music once everything has been copied to your library folder

In both cases, iTunes organizes your folders and songs with simple letters and numbers, and relys on the id3 info/library database to display track info. If you have the mentioned options selected/consolidate your library after import then all of your songs will be renamed based on the track name, and placed into the correct artist/album folders inside your library folder.

There are third party apps for copying playlist/playcount/etc info from the database file on the iPod to iTunes as well, at least for mac. Check out iPod+iTunes.
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Don't steal music!]]>Oct 17th 2006 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
and Apple is wrapped up in its DRM? As long as I have MP3's of all my songs, they just play and work... Not on the Zune!]]>Oct 16th 2006 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
try the difference:

1) Mac osx vs. Vista
2) B&o stuff vs. hi end hifi
3) Italian design vs. everything else

could you understand the difference? style, design, usability..]]>Oct 16th 2006 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/and.
Don't blow up on me, but Microsoft is a great company too.
It is only natural that microsoft would make an mp3 player.
Think about it. Vista comes out to the masses in January, it is sleek, well designed (and shockingly similar in appearance to OSX).

Microsoft is getting the design point. Look at the new adds for the zune and for Vista for that matter.

Apple has been a good influence on microsoft.
Watching these companies duke it out is refreshing (and only benefits us... the buyer).

Hey, after I buy my Nintendo Wii, and make the upgrade to Vista next year.... I very well may buy a zune... once the kinks are ironed out.

]]>Oct 16th 2006 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/could you understand the difference? style, design, usability..


...markup?]]>Oct 16th 2006 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
LOLOLOLLLL!!!

To all you simple minded twits, OF COURSE Apple considers it competition! If my dick can play and share MP3s, that would ALSO be competition wouldn't it?? Is it going to make a dent in the ipod? LOLOLLLLLLLLL!

Get real you clueless Micromorons!]]>Oct 16th 2006 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
He doesn't say it's a bad idea, he only says it's a bad implementation. And he's smack on with that assessment.

There are some real gems of stupid comments here: "safe earbud hygiene" LOL, get that large stick out of your ass. I guess you never ever leave your hermetically sealed bubble, right?

And even better: "Engadget love Jobs, you have advertisements all over your site about Apple." Sure, ads are selected by bias of the site. This is a tech blog, get a clue ...
]]>Oct 16th 2006 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/ And by the way Steve blowJobs, who wants to hear a song with just one earbud???]]>Oct 16th 2006 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
I do not own an ipos because I do not want to be associated with the 'think different' crowd and think it is not good value for money... I will get a zune the moment I see them in the stores though!]]>Oct 16th 2006 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 17th 2006 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
here's proof: http://tinyurl.com/8zkqs]]>Oct 16th 2006 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/==================
Speaking of which, it would be nice to share tracks with friends without iTunes having to be installed (or having to resort to third-party software to *upload* tracks from iPod to computer, which Stevie boy doesn't let you do (but a simple concept called USB Mass Storage does)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_mass_storage_device_class

What a concept...
]]>Oct 16th 2006 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Microsoft is challenging Apple, and Apple is realizing that it's going to be hard to stay on top now.

I'm still waiting for full-touch-screen iPod Videos, too, btw. If Zune could pull that off before iPod, then, wow, hand the crown over.]]>Oct 16th 2006 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/
Um, you're thinking about the iMac, not the original Mac. And Steve told people to use networking because there was no good way to sneakernet with it. The original Macs came out when nobody expected to have networking built into a computer.

For everyone getting up in arms about what Jobs is saying: I don't think it's all that exciting either, but he's a CEO of a company with a massively popular product. Of course he's going to say he thinks his product is the best.]]>Oct 16th 2006 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/Oct 16th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/16/steve-jobs-worried-about-the-zune-in-a-word-no/I'm guessing most people who are going to buy a zune don't like or have ipods, so how is that supposed to be an ipod killer? it's more like a stab-you-play-for-sure-partners-in-the-back-and-take-your-5-percent-dap-market-share killer.]]>Oct 16th 2006 10:03AM