$150 Zunes -- buy one, please buy one
By Ryan Block 
posted August 22nd 2007 3:16AM
posted August 22nd 2007 3:16AM
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what's this ipod crap people keep mentioning, sumkinda newfangled walkman thingamajig?
Not to Shabby!!
Id rather have a Zune then that POS Ipod!
if there's one thing that time has told us, never, ever, EVER discount Microsoft's ability to throw money at a product until it begins to take over the market
Wtfs is up with the product info on woot? What idiot wasted his/her time trying to be cute and instead dropped a six paragraph dump about nothing?
that's just how product descriptions are on woot. generally tongue-in-cheek.
How exactly was it a disaster? I dont see Archos as being a disaster, and pretty much all of their players specs stomp everyone elses in the market. The Zen Vision W is badass, but its not tearing up the market either. I personally never had a problem with my 360 (definately not saying there arent issues, but last i heard they were taking care of everyone) And then with Vista, i remember the same stuff when XP came out, I hated it, I hated the menu, it didnt work right, it needed more RAM,etc... But now its the standard and considered stable... I wonder what platform your a fan of...
--++ Kudos to Ryan for the last line in the article ++--
Just bought one. ^_^ I'm no Microsoft fanboy, in fact I have an 80Gb ipod, 17" MacBook pro and an Xbox 360 Elite. $150 for a 30GB 1.8inch hard drive, a battery AND a screen, was just to good to pass up.
I don't see why all these Apple fanboys are hating. Ever think this actually might be good for you folks? Imagine - development of a new Apple iPod that has wifi. Or hey, a cheaper iPod that isn't a one trick pony. Sheesh - you guys should be appreciating this competition.
The tructh is - I have no idea how woot got a hold of these. Its a pretty good deal if you don't already have a portable mp3 player of some sort. I have a "keeping it real fake" direct from gadgetland china which has a USB plug on the end and no software to install. Not much on the storage but then again, no proprietary anything to lock me in.
I would love a Zune. Seriously. My SanDisk Sansa is great for running, but a Zune would be perfect for everything else, especially at the 30GB level.
However...it's the white one. If it were brown, totally. But white? I'll pass.
$150, what the hell... I just bought one. If it's _that_ bad i'll just ebay it.
Well when you sync it automatically converts it. You should be willing to have the time but you know I was just adding my 2 cents. :)
I love my Zune. I think it is one of the best non/ipod devices out there. I choose not to be an iTard so I avoid their products completely. I have had a Black Zune and my wife has been wanting one since I got mine. I think this is an awesome sale and snatched her up one too. But question. Just what is superior on the ipod? guess they come with a metrosexual magazine or something.
It's a good device just as good or better than the ipod, unfortunately, the Zune software was the mistake. Using WMP11, software superior to iTunes and already on 90 percent of computers, would have been the way to go. Along with integration to media center and Xbox 360 and some updates to allow games, clock, calculator and such. OH, and of course that whole wifi angle could have been improved, along with the a higher storage capacity and lower price and most importantly for media center integration, the ability to play Microsoft's own DVR-MS files was a huge oversight.
I stick to my cd player. I love music and I only listen to CDs.
i would buy a Zune, if only it ran linux.
Yeah - I hear you buddy. But we all know that (evil) Linux support would be priority 127 of 127 for Zune at MS HQ.
Having said that the funny "unfunny sales copy" Woot posted alongside says in the feature list: "Compatible with Windows only - big surprise". Which made me chortle. An e-commerce company with a beating heart, you gotta like that. Anyway, great price but no Ogg Vorbis support and no Linux support means unfortunately not today Microsoft. Not that I think this means bankruptcy for the Seattle boys.
MS's biggest mistake? Calling it "Zune' WFT does that even mean?
They should have called it "MBox" and made it work with the XBox. Duh.
I Just bought a zune from woot and I cant wait, I have had many ipods before and im just tired of being a sheep and following everyone else with ipods yea their good but their not the best and for 150$ you cant beat it.
I'm with the rest of the internationals - at that price, I would pick one up, but they don't ship outside the continental USA... their FAQ is pretty funny, though:
"We do not ship to Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, nor to Maggie's Nipples, Wyoming or Assinippi, Massachusetts at this time."
Hmm the zune for £75? Why wouldn't you want one? I mean the iPod is really iconic and all but is it worth double that? They are both exactly the same from my point of view only that its a little foul looking, but its £75! hmm anyway to get one working with a Mac? =D
So many people are bitching about the IPod being much better than the Zune.
But really, how is it better? The Zune has a radio, music subscription, bigger screen and better price. Sure, teh IPod looks better than the Zune, but speaking from an unbiased view, the Zune really don't look that bad.
And it's not a failed launch. They've sold over 1 million Zunes.
Also, most people say another problem with the Zune is that it doesn't play music DLed from ITunes. First of all, that's Apple's fault for putting DRM on non-subscription music. Second of all, why would you buy from ITunes, when there are much better legal and illegal music services?
Zune's are perfectly fine MP3 players.
Gosh, have you heard the news? me2microsoft is talking about offering photos & music on their windows mobile os. Gosh, looks like they're following the leader once again.