http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/ Engadget Comments for Zune survey points to video downloads http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/ whatever ms makes]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
I think iTunes is decent at best, and I use it daily with my 80GB iPod. Doesn't seem to run well on anything except for Macs.

But for you to dismiss every thing Microsoft is to release in the future as being worse than iTunes, that's a little bit silly.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Just saying.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Despite the slick interface I'm surprised by how quick and efficient the Zune software is.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
What features does iTunes have that the Zune software doesn't because I don't seem to recall any.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
On top of that there seems to be no way to customize things (such as when/how often to update podcasts). I can't get a nice straight forward listing like I had on iTunes. Oh, and its just generally flakey. Crashing all the time and it doesn't always start when I plug in the zune.

Finally, it often goes off in to la-la land when I dock/undock my laptop. It doesn't like the multi-monitor setup I think.

]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
-I doesn't read ID3 tags in the same way as iTunes. Although I haven't been heavily affected by the problem some of my songs are still messed up in terms of tags and album art.
-You can't drag & drop album art.
-Editing multiple of songs simultaneously is not possible.
-Poor customization for the list view.

Although iTunes was a slight memory hog it was simple but advanced. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
I'm pretty sure there are more people in the world with PCs than Macs.

Just saying.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Winamp and foobar are much better than iTunes. Needless to say, I use Winamp to put music on my iPod now.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
The Device itself is so good that it more than makes up. Plus can't you use iTunes instead of the Zune software now? I thought there was a hack for that.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
itunes on windows eats up 800+MB of ram. that hardly counts as "working"]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Ben: I havent tried syncing ipods using winamp (does it work with iphone?) so cant comment on that. I just wish someone would get justin frankel back to nullsoft so that they could be even better.]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Erny
http://www.baliglobalmarket.com]]>Feb 26th 2008 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
As much as I love the Zune, the software is too dumbed down for me. I've been giving WMP 11 a try, and it's way more advanced than the Zune program, with a ton of options on customizing and editing bits of media in your computer. It's also very extensible with a supported developers site, so there's tons of skins, codecs, visualizations, etc. to download.

iTunes in comparison to WMP 11 is pretty sad, except for the content in the iTunes store, which is mainly about it.

If they'd just drop the slick and fluid Zune Marketplace in WMP 11, and add Zune syncing from there, that would be a big win-win.

Zune program is good enough for beginners and people who just only care about syncing. But that's not everybody.]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/While I do agree iTunes is better, Zune isn't THAT bad.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
anyways, seems like there wouldn't be a huge market for anything bigger than the zune80 is already, a much more marketable device would, for better or worse, be something along the lines a 'touch' clone (call it what you would, that's what it would be) Keep with the form factor you have (or make it smaller) and just get rid of the controls on the face and make it all screen. I have a Zune8, and love it, especially wirelessly synching my podcasts, but having played with one, the touch is aweful sweet, especially wireless web browsing.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Anyway, why carry multiple devices .. the ultimate device would be the DS Lite form factor with a wide WVGA display on the outside (so a total of three screens). The inside primary display (the non touch one) should be wide too (the bottom one that you write on can be kept the same size).


Such a device can function as a phone, PDA, web browser, mp3 player, GPS, and gaming device.

Of course it should be thinner than the current DS (after all tech advances right?).
]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Those saying that iTunes is better than the Zune software obviously don't have any idea, because it is such a smoother program (and nicer looking, too).]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
On topic: I am totally for movie downlods. I dont think I would put them on my zune as I use it only for music but I would gladly buy movies through marketplace. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
I also never thought I'd go for Zune Pass but for $5 a month ($15 but you can have 3 Zunes on it so we just split it)it's better than searching limewire, putting up with the duds, adding album art...etc. ]]>Mar 28th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Oh and by the way, every Best Buy in Oregon and Washington is sold out of Zune 80's as of last Friday when i went to buy one..

I had to goto Circuit city and they only had 1 left.

Good thing nobodies buying them. Idiots.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Have you ever gone to an Apple store and they were out of iPods?]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Question 6: Is being striving to be one of the herd an important element of your gadget buying process?]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Wired recommended the Zune, CNET found them dead even.

The only negatives listed for the Zune were things i dont care about. Being able to run on a Mac for instance, because i dont have one and dont ever plan too(I am a gamer).

The fact that Microsoft announced that Zunes will be able to play XNA games soon just sealed the deal.]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Wow, 'cause you're being so different by buying a Microsoft product.

iPods are popular for a reason, and you are the perfect example of a Zune fan. Just buying it because it's different and you're not "one of the herd" doesn't make the Zune good or the iPod bad, so shut up. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
it's like voting republican because a lot of democrats are unwashed hippies who don't give a rat's ass about politics, but play along cuz their fathers hate them.

besides, apple build their whole marketing about "being different." what's the difference between buying apple to be different and buying microsoft to be different? ]]>Feb 25th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/apple-ipod-iphone-mac-sales.htm ]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Very easy to extrapolate why the Zune syncing and marketplace is so fast. With so little content, how else can it be explained?

]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/
Grow up, troll.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/zune-survey-points-to-video-downloads/Feb 25th 2008 7:12PM