Guys, lets just face it. The Zune HD sucks, Apple's touchscreen players suck, and they will always continue to suck simply because they are nothing but a locked-down display device for the many music/video offerings they sell.

I'm not saying that the Zii Egg is going to be incredible, but it's definitely going in the direction that companies smaller than Microsoft/Apple should be going: focusing on the quality, stability, robustness, connectivity and codec compatibility of the end user device.

We need devices that offer:
- Open source OS with the ability to side load apps to even allow your choice of web browsers.
- Impressive codec support with the GPU muscle to playback stuff like 720p MKV and the like
- the latest in wifi, bluetooth, and USB standards
- an impressive camera with flash

and so on...

to Samsung, Creative, Cowon, etc if you want to steal Apple's marketshare, you need to focus solely on the device and let Apple/Amazon/Zune/BestBuy worry about selling them content.

So, ZHD users, can I listen to mp3s that I download with the web browser on this thing?

Oh wow, I'm sure this "witty" double post you engineered on purpose to get a "highly ranked" status will be a rousing success.

No, it doesn't remind me of the iPhone because the iPhone was dull, bland and completely flat on the back while this is brushed, raised, etched and looks well constructed.

Don't you mean "Microsoft", you bumpkin?

Please give this poor student some stuff.

I want to know 2 things:

1) Can I download mp3s from websites and listen to them with the web browser? Can I save them?

2) Can I listen to streaming audio? I want something to listen to .pls and m3u streams without having to crack open my laptop.

If it can, I'm replacing my trusty little Sansa Fuze with this guy on Sept 15th.

This is indeed Linux-based and the DD-WRT/Tomato people are already buzzing about it.

If there's no 3.5mm headphone jack on this, then T-Mobile is officially the dumbest company in the world.

How to listen to Howard for free.

1) Get the Shoutcast app.

2) Type in "Howard" on the search function of said app.

3) Listen to one of the streams.

Simple.