Apple comes right back around and releases the IPod touch and the Iphone. BAMMM Microsoft...your DEAD.
How is it that the largest, most powerful company in computing could go so wrong in so many ways? How could they let Apple get this far, this fast when they clearly have market manipulation on their side?
I am getting so sick and tired of Microsoft's stupidity that I can see them declining in the future just like America's has declined over time in the face of renewed threats from Russia, China and the world stage. POOR LEADERSHIP = POOR STRATEGY = FAIL
@heshmati4 - and those who high-ranked the comment: see, i want to rage at people like you, so i will. ZUNE'S WI-FI DOES NOT JUST SHARE SONGS!!! FOOL! you can sync wirelessly with your PC and play multiplayer games. HOW THE HELL IS THAT CRIPPLED WI-FI???
@heshmati4 - and those who high-ranked the comment: see, i want to rage at people like you, so i will. ZUNE'S WI-FI DOES NOT JUST SHARE SONGS!!! FOOL! you can sync wirelessly with your PC and play multiplayer games. HOW THE HELL IS THAT CRIPPLED WI-FI???
its been said time and time why there is only a 3 play rule...it would be against the law to do it any other way without permission, which is pretty hard to get it seems like.
and doesnt "crippled", in this case, usually mean that something is actually capable of features but someone disabled said features. to my knowledge the zune has never had internet capability...so how could it be crippled? correct me if im wrong.
It always pisses me off when people go "OH ZOMG THIS NON APPLE HAS NO TOUCH SCREEN/WIFI!" as though it is in anyway connected whatsoever. This is a rival to the iPod nano, and as such should not be expected to have touch screen and wifi as standard. The fact that it has any wifi at all is a bonus point.
What are you going to criticize it for next, not having as much memory as the classic? Not having the form factor of the shuffle? Not having as quick a 0 to 60 time as your car?
@Flashpoint Say wha? Not only do you bring up a review for an old device (it would be like me comparing the Creative Zen Touch with the iPod Classic), but you assume that the Zune is designed as a competitor to the iPod Touch and iPhone, which is obviously not the case as evidenced by the huge price differences between them. The Zune is a competitor to the iPod Classic, and beats it quite handily in every area except battery life and menu clarity. Both the Zune and iPod are terrible on the software front, and for that I have always preferred Creative. It's just a shame they've been lagging so far behind with hardware lately.
I'm not defending Flashpoint for his rant but I think you miss a point or at least one way his comment could be taken. What he seems to be talking about is Zune as a brand as opposed to iPod as a brand. If it's true that Zune is targeting the iPod classic and not the rest of the line then I think Microsoft may be making a few mistakes. I like what I've seen of the Zunes other than the original brown which I hated. I have yet to try one though.
If you stop viewing Flashpoint's comment as a rant and look at some of the points he is making I think you might see that he has some good constructive criticisms in there. I committed to iPod years ago but I want to see Zune as serious competition for iPod because only serious competition forces companies to do their best.
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Here's a great comment for me to get a nice low rank - not that I care.
MICROSOFT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE A GOOD DAP.
Apple has beaten them so badly, its incredible.
I wrote a review praising the ZUNE a long time ago. I criticised the lack of a good wifi component for it.
http://www.epinions.com/content_279002975876
Apple comes right back around and releases the IPod touch and the Iphone. BAMMM Microsoft...your DEAD.
How is it that the largest, most powerful company in computing could go so wrong in so many ways? How could they let Apple get this far, this fast when they clearly have market manipulation on their side?
I am getting so sick and tired of Microsoft's stupidity that I can see them declining in the future just like America's has declined over time in the face of renewed threats from Russia, China and the world stage. POOR LEADERSHIP = POOR STRATEGY = FAIL
You'd be shitting your pants if there was a in the wild shot of a 240GB (or whatever) ipod classic.
Come on Microsoft! I don't want crippled wi-fi! Let me do more! Not just share songs! That was a waste!
You can tell there's a lull in regular news when the Zune starts making appearances. But don't worry, new iPods are coming on Sept 9th.
@ Flashpoint
Poor Commentary = Poor Intelligence = EPIC Fail !
@heshmati4 - and those who high-ranked the comment:
see, i want to rage at people like you, so i will.
ZUNE'S WI-FI DOES NOT JUST SHARE SONGS!!! FOOL!
you can sync wirelessly with your PC and play multiplayer games. HOW THE HELL IS THAT CRIPPLED WI-FI???
ok. finished.
@heshmati4 - and those who high-ranked the comment:
see, i want to rage at people like you, so i will.
ZUNE'S WI-FI DOES NOT JUST SHARE SONGS!!! FOOL!
you can sync wirelessly with your PC and play multiplayer games. HOW THE HELL IS THAT CRIPPLED WI-FI???
ok. finished.
the engadget commenting system makes me want to kill myself.
the engadget commenting system makes me want to kill small children. this may be a double post too.
is it so hard to add a delete button?
nicko.dvz
Sorry it doesn't share songs, it's worst! You can only listen to them three times.
True, the Zune allows to you sync via wi-fi. (I will give you that one)
Other than those too, wi-fi is completely useless. No internet and no wi-fi music store (like the Touch and Sanza Connect)
Anyone see the jpeg distortion around the 16GB/16GO black/Noir text?
Pity, i liked this news.
its been said time and time why there is only a 3 play rule...it would be against the law to do it any other way without permission, which is pretty hard to get it seems like.
and doesnt "crippled", in this case, usually mean that something is actually capable of features but someone disabled said features. to my knowledge the zune has never had internet capability...so how could it be crippled? correct me if im wrong.
It always pisses me off when people go "OH ZOMG THIS NON APPLE HAS NO TOUCH SCREEN/WIFI!" as though it is in anyway connected whatsoever. This is a rival to the iPod nano, and as such should not be expected to have touch screen and wifi as standard. The fact that it has any wifi at all is a bonus point.
What are you going to criticize it for next, not having as much memory as the classic? Not having the form factor of the shuffle? Not having as quick a 0 to 60 time as your car?
@Flashpoint
Say wha? Not only do you bring up a review for an old device (it would be like me comparing the Creative Zen Touch with the iPod Classic), but you assume that the Zune is designed as a competitor to the iPod Touch and iPhone, which is obviously not the case as evidenced by the huge price differences between them. The Zune is a competitor to the iPod Classic, and beats it quite handily in every area except battery life and menu clarity.
Both the Zune and iPod are terrible on the software front, and for that I have always preferred Creative. It's just a shame they've been lagging so far behind with hardware lately.
there are so many better daps than this player
@stupidiot
I'm not defending Flashpoint for his rant but I think you miss a point or at least one way his comment could be taken. What he seems to be talking about is Zune as a brand as opposed to iPod as a brand. If it's true that Zune is targeting the iPod classic and not the rest of the line then I think Microsoft may be making a few mistakes. I like what I've seen of the Zunes other than the original brown which I hated. I have yet to try one though.
If you stop viewing Flashpoint's comment as a rant and look at some of the points he is making I think you might see that he has some good constructive criticisms in there. I committed to iPod years ago but I want to see Zune as serious competition for iPod because only serious competition forces companies to do their best.
120GB of Flash?
WOW. it just dawned on me...
Flashpoint = Zune tattoo guy!! I KNEW IT!