Blue & red Zune 120s available just in time for the holidays
By Jacob Schulman 
posted December 7th 2008 12:27PM
posted December 7th 2008 12:27PM
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wait wait wait....blue?
i like the blue version its not apple but looks good enough
But still not in Europe.
Ughf.
Who's buying these things?
(I love bill)
Who cares about the color? I just want them to go back to using the same finish they did on the 80Gig. This glossy finish is so annoying to clean all the time.
happy America day
Yawn..who cares
Nice. Possibly my next PMP if things stay as they are.
Won't be mine if things stay the way they are...
Send the damn Zune to Europe already!
Um how bout the iPod. Its been using the trackwheel for like 4 years
I would if they sold it in the uk.
Or anywhere in Europe, really...I wonder why they can't manage to at least offer it in their new online store for the people how know it exists. Shouldn't really cost them all that much that way...
if you have friends in the US you can get them to ship it to you, only problem is no zune pass :(
I might do that, but to me Zune pass is what makes it awesome.
@L:
It's the content licensing that's keeping it in North America. I learned a tiny bit about licensing via my job and can tell you that having a device to be able to share songs (even if they can't find many people to share them with) and have a subscription model that now allows users to keep 10 tracks per month permanently really complicates things. When licensing something so complicated, you basically have to single-handedly deal with almost every single record label in every single country. And sometimes you even have to handle this type of deal with individual artists: i.e. Remember when Zune first launched, music by The Rolling Stones were far more restricted than most other artists. They probably had to go back and deal with RS individually to get a plan resolved.
I can only guess that licensing content for the Zune would be total hell. It takes months, sometimes years to put those deal together. Keep in mind that the iPod doesn't have song-sharing nor a subscription service (yet) and I'm betting that the licensing headaches are part of it.
And just think, Steve Jobs feels that licensing Blu-Ray is "a bag of hurt..."
Perfect gift for zune guy
Actually I think funding his tatoo removal plus a membership at a gym would be the perfect gift. A bonus would be a back razor...
Nobody else reply to iEye's comment. In fact, let's just never reply to his comments and let them stagnate with low-ranked ratings.
S-t-o-p S-p-a-m-m-i-n-g
The iZune? Who's ripping who off now!
Wait...since when has a trackpad been used for a media player?
The ipod trackwheel only works in 2 directions, while the zune is a full trackpad, like on a laptop (see the new starship game yet?)
and stop comparing it to an ipod touch, thought that was already settled a while ago
Seriously Engadget - give us an ignore feature already!
You have anything to back up your comments, iEye?
i think you have some kind of a problem, like an Apple-illness or something like that...really
So, shall we give him a Zune then?
Zune? Microsoft still making those?
Children? Your mum's gash still making those?
Thread-crapping? People still doing that?
"ipod trackwheel only works in 2 directions"
Plus play/pause, forward, backward, menu and center click. In reality both are equally functional and it is a simple a matter of preference. Personally I prefer the iPod's scroll wheel, but that might have something to do with the fact I've been using it for 6 years...
Does that make buttons outdated.
Ah, I wish there was Zune software for the Mac....
Hey Mactards who keep complaining about the Zune Software not available on Macs:
It's called bootcamp... the same program you all use to boot any Windows program!
Get off your lazy arses and get it and quit your belly-aching will ya?
Do you know how awkward it is to boot into another OS to sync your PMP.
I LOVE my Zune, but if I had a Mac I would just get an iPod.
@ Abuzar Baloach
Hey, you know how awkward it is to have to tell someone their a Mactard? You MacFans insisted on buying into this closed system called a Mac - now live with it. While the rest of the world hums along on Windows, you wanted to be "cool" on your little niche market PC. Welp, if you think it's so "awkward" to boot up a second OS - you really shoulda thought of that before you bought the damn thing - 90% of the world's software isn't written for you so at some point you would have to need it (duh). As for me, I'm happier than a toad in water with my Windows Vista (*gasps* yes, I said that) and my Zune Software which starts quite nicely!
So go get Boot Camp if you want the Zune Software - or go get an iPod. Let Jobs sucker you in (try to tell yourself he hasn't already), and then bend you over trying to get music on that thing (or go steal the music... equally honorable). I'll just pay my $15 per month and get my monthly 10 songs to keep forever (not to mention the other services such as Channels, Picks, etc.) on top of unlimited (safe) downloads!
Uhh, I have a Custom built Gaming computer and a Dell Studio running Vista...
Oh and I got my Zune 30 the day it came out and the Zune 80 the day it came out.
ENGADGET, PLEASE BAN iEYE!
This guy is the most Apple-worshiping fanboi alive!
AND WE HATE FANBOIS!
his comments are always low-ranked. Don't just ban his username, ban his IP from ever trolling engadget again! please, for the love of god (and us who actually like the Zune, like myself).
He gives apple fanbois a BAD NAME, and that's pretty hard to top.
If there should be a good feature engadget should add, it should be community petition ban, where you get up to 75 or more (maybe 50) community users of engadget to sign in to a petition (you see what I did there?).
THEN we can ban iEye! Please engadget, do one of these two!
@ Thatonekid
The iPod USED to use a trackwheel (where it physically moved), then in the 2nd gen they introduced the Touch Wheel (without buttons), then at 4th gen they introduced the Click Wheel. It doesn't rotate around, like a trackwheel.
People still like to use the Click Wheel for its simple design and functionality.
Are these Zunes the 3rd generation, I thought the 2nd gen Zunes had silver outlining the pad whereas 3rd gens had color matching rings around the pad?
While the new models of Zunes "called" Zune 3.0, the software is what really got the overhaul and deserves the v3.0.
These Zunes could be better characterized as Zune 2.5 'cause all that really changed was the capacities. And BTW - the Black Zune is the only one to have the ring the same color as the device.... this was apparent when Zune 3.0 was released and there were these blue, red, even WHITE Zunes embedded in the software...
For more on the WHITE Zune 120 - go here: http://www.zuneboards.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=584&Itemid=1
I just bought a black 120 a few weeks ago :( I like the blue one...
Oh, and Zune software is the best music software I have ever used. It has alot of stuff that reminds you of Pandora, and alot of the stuff that iTunes tried to rip off and call their own, in true Apple fashion.
iEye, you are a virgin.
Go kill yourself, as nobody likes you or finds you funny. I bet you sold your apartment and car to buy a macbook and iPhone, just so you could go into starbucks to show them off to the little kids who think they're mature drinking coffee.
BTW, how is a trackpad dated? If it is so dated, then why does apple use it in their notebooks? The trackwheel isn't any better, it's much worse especially when you're trying to select a song and you have to move your fingers slowly.
And on the price difference, the ipod classic costs exactly the same amount for the different storage amounts, yet for some reason the zune has a higher resale value on ebay, amazon, etc. I wonder why?
You wouldn't want to block his username or ip, those can be changed quickly, just block the email address (which can also be changed), but after awhile it'll get tiring.
There really just is no good quick and easy way to block annoying people online.
dude i seriously hope you come to engadget's holiday party in new york. we'll give you a holiday present.
My entire filmmaking class consists of mindless iTards. If Apple would fix their community, I would consider buying one of their products.
If you think iEye is bad, you should see the idiots in my class. They dont even know what GPU stands for but they think their white plastic macbook can run COD4 better than my gaming desktop...o_o
@ Craig
I was referring to only the touch functionality, because otherwise, the zune also has up, down, left, right
In my opinion the zune is easier to use just because of the back button. I still haven't gotten used to pressing menu on the ipod, and not pressing the backward button
w00t, love how the games and updates all work on my Zune 30! ty microsoft!
Screw iEye, let's go after Ocean (clak)
MS please oh please include premium earphones with the Zune 120!
on the site it does say they include premium
well on zune.net it says just headphones, but in the zune store it says premium headphones. so i guess if u buy online you get them.
If I get an iPod as a gift:
I would be angry because I hate this crap
Then I would be happy cuz I can sell this crap
Then I would be angry because nobady wants to buy this crap at full price
Then I would be happy cuz I get to buy a DOS shirt