http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/I want one. ]]>Nov 10th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
Lucky for little Jimmy the exchange window will be open early Christmas Day. Then again, maybe not so lucky when he finds out all the iPod Touches have been sold out.]]>Nov 11th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
i have a touch, I like it, but I'm not going to compare an 8gb device to an 80gb one. they do different things ok? it's ok that they do different things.

not eveyrone wants the SAME THING. I know in apples world where every fucking laptop looks the same it's hard to understand.. but there, i said it. poeple might not want what YOU want and that doesn't devalue YOUR purchase and it also doesn't devalue theirs.

I want a delete button for idiots.]]>Nov 11th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/

:( :( :(

(PS the little zunes are really, um, how do you say it.... cute.)]]>Nov 10th 2007 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/also saw that we have leather cases for the zune 4 / 8 for 30 clams
and the new usb cables... at least new packaging :)
cant wait to use that $250 gift card from work that i won last month on my new zune 80 :)]]>Nov 11th 2007 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
OGG is not widely used yet. Just by users mostly who hate DRM or microsoft.

Linux? I'm sure some 35 y/o living in his mom's basement will hack the Zune for the 6 Linux users on the planet.]]>Nov 11th 2007 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
Odds are it was a harmless question, but a lot of Mac and Linux people show up in Microsoft product posts ragging on MS products and generally being churlish. It's left the pro-MS side a little apprehensive.

For example (and this doesn't apply in this specific case, but it's indicitive of the kind of responses I'm talking about), you'll see a lot of 'it's not the iPod, so it's crap' or 'if it doesn't work on a Mac/Linux it's garbage' posts.

I suspect it's the latter that people are thinking he's implying, although in truth, it's more likely he just wanted to know, as you suggest.]]>Nov 11th 2007 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
I own an iPod but its not big enough for my music collection anymore and i've moved to Linux not long ago.. I wouldn't mind having a player that worked better in the Linux environment and played these nice free open formats. Not to mention i've been testing Ogg vs. AAC and its actually way nicer. Lower file size at the same bitrate and they sound the exact same (to me).

Anyone have a nice iPod replacement suggestion which has a nice interface for about the same price as an iPod classic but holds atleast 60GB's -- Also works in Linux and plays FLAC and/or Ogg?]]>Nov 11th 2007 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.cowonglobal.com/)
Check out there HDD players, they support loads of formats and Linux/Mac as well. Not too sure about the design, but great battery life.]]>Nov 11th 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
Great suggestion! I'll have to keep watching this company.
Their players are not big enough for my music collection though :-/]]>Nov 11th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
It's like a laptop's mousepad. You just move your fingers across the pad to go up,down,left,right, and maybe even more on the screen. If you want to select something, I think you just push down or maybe some other action.

I find this approach more better than an all-touchscreen device, and the old Zune's controls. It feels nice to have something tactile, yet at the same time be able to glide your fingers on something. Kind of like the best of both worlds, if you get what I mean.]]>Nov 10th 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
If you find the touch thing super annoying, you can go into settings > touch and turn it off, leaving you with a Zune 1.0 d-pad.]]>Nov 10th 2007 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 11th 2007 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
You almost get a 15 dollar discount if you just import it from the U.S..]]>Nov 10th 2007 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/This time around I hope MS have it available in Canada, although that won’t stop me from getting a Zune 80. Right now I’m waiting a bit, I want to see if there are more colours coming out for the holidays.
Check this site out the Canadian dollar is doing great right now, perfect time to get a one.

http://www.xe.com/]]>Nov 10th 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
MS isn't going to release the zune without the zune store, and they can't release the zune store until they have secured the same level of rights for as they have for the US. Considering how much push back they got for their sharing feature here, and the fact that compared to some countries our music industry is actually considered "consumer friendly" (In england playing a radio too loud can be considered re-broadcasting) I don't envy the legal meetings they must be going through.]]>Nov 11th 2007 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Blame your countries import and sales laws for the delays, not the retailer.
Tinfoil hatters have long said that canada stalled on allowing the zune 1.0 import/sales rights to the point where the manufacturer said 'forget it' because of apple's lining of the political pockets but who knows.]]>Nov 10th 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
"canada stalled on allowing the zune 1.0 import/sales rights"

Canada doesn't have some magical elf who decides who can and cannot bring products into the country. There's nothing stopping Microsoft from bringing them here.

However, they would have to negotiate with the Canadian equivalents to RIAA (SOCAN up here) and MPAA to arrange licensing to sell music and movies and Microsoft's made it clear that they're not ready to move into other countries until they get that.

Hell, APPLE tooks years to move out of the US for the same reason, and with Apple's hulking dominance in this market, it's hard for Microsoft to get much headway.

It's the same crap that stops us from having things like the Samsung UMPCs - Samsung Canada decided not to sell any computers in Canada because they felt there wasn't a big enough market - and since they have an agreement with Samsung USA not to sell to Canada (and thus compete with themselves) - we don't get them - nor do we get access to the US market either.

It has NOTHING to do with the government.

Don't go looking for conspiracy when it's really just business as usual.]]>Nov 11th 2007 4:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
i dont have anything that was made in China

Good call!]]>Nov 10th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
get used to it, more and more things are being built there]]>Nov 10th 2007 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/
OK, so many things wrong with that sentence, for starters, "hundreds"? Maybe "tens". Secondly, "get it up"? "Microsoft"? What is this, subliminal advertising for viagra?]]>Nov 10th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/10/zune-round-up-unboxing-gallery-leaked-units-locked-till-launc/Nov 10th 2007 7:21PM