"The Original V? Some Blackberries? All those devices are thicker than a Zune, yet they seem to sell very well, and people tend to become addicted to those devices."
Finish the thought. At the size of these devices in general, it's irrelevant. The Zune is slimmer, I find it fits in my pocket better than my iPod because of that. The same goes for weight, for what we are talking about it's not a big deal. We aren't debating UMPC's vs. Desktop replacements. We are talking about bloggers who really have nothing better to do than MS bash and collect ad revenue. 75% of their articles are ripped off other sites and reworded. It's not like they do anything in-depth like Tom's Hardware, or DP Camera review.
"Finish the thought. At the size of these devices in general, it's irrelevant." "The same goes for weight, for what we are talking about it's not a big deal."
Actually, when I bought my current iPod I was planning to get a shuffle, exactly for that reason: it *can* be relevant. It *can* be a big deal. Why? Right now on this part of the word is winter, and I could probably carry ten Zunes in my coat and don't even notice them, but during summer even carrying a cell phone is bothersome, particularly if it is too heavy or chunky.
In the end, I couldn't find a shuffle (2nd gen) anywhere (they had been for sale a couple of months in the US but still were not available here) so I ended up buying an iPod nano. It costs exactly the same as the 30GB iPod which I could have bought instead, can't play videos and only has 8GB. But you know what? I carry it everywhere, it is simply small enough to not be a burden.
"I'm a college student looking for a new laptop, but almost all of my media I receive digitally. I'm looking for a laptop, not a netbook, without an optical drive, and budget sensitive. The optical drive will just be a waste of space, when I can have thinner laptop. What's out there?"
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"The Original V? Some Blackberries? All those devices are thicker than a Zune, yet they seem to sell very well, and people tend to become addicted to those devices."
Finish the thought. At the size of these devices in general, it's irrelevant. The Zune is slimmer, I find it fits in my pocket better than my iPod because of that. The same goes for weight, for what we are talking about it's not a big deal. We aren't debating UMPC's vs. Desktop replacements. We are talking about bloggers who really have nothing better to do than MS bash and collect ad revenue. 75% of their articles are ripped off other sites and reworded. It's not like they do anything in-depth like Tom's Hardware, or DP Camera review.
"Finish the thought. At the size of these devices in general, it's irrelevant."
"The same goes for weight, for what we are talking about it's not a big deal."
Actually, when I bought my current iPod I was planning to get a shuffle, exactly for that reason: it *can* be relevant. It *can* be a big deal. Why? Right now on this part of the word is winter, and I could probably carry ten Zunes in my coat and don't even notice them, but during summer even carrying a cell phone is bothersome, particularly if it is too heavy or chunky.
In the end, I couldn't find a shuffle (2nd gen) anywhere (they had been for sale a couple of months in the US but still were not available here) so I ended up buying an iPod nano. It costs exactly the same as the 30GB iPod which I could have bought instead, can't play videos and only has 8GB. But you know what? I carry it everywhere, it is simply small enough to not be a burden.