I have been reading your blog for a while and I think you have an absolutely brilliant mind, however, I think you are completely wrong on this issue. I don;t think the movie should have been funded, made or defended.

The Verizon website lists the music part second, so I am assuming that is a significant part of what it is supposed to do. My comments were directed at this phone being Verizon's answer to the iPhone. I think it looks like a nice phone, I just think it may not sell well due to the fact that it is arguably overpriced.

I talked to Verizon, and the phone does not come with any memory. This means that if you buy an 8gb micro SD card, it would push the cost of the phone over $460. An iPhone is actually cheaper.

I talked to Verizon, and the phone does not come with any memory. This means that if you buy an 8gb micro SD card, it would push the cost of the phone over $460. An iPhone is actually cheaper.

This has got to be a joke. Does anyone really believe that the Zune will have any significant sales compared to the iPod? It is truly a blunder and the subject of ridicule. It is the iPod's cousin that wears a helmet and rides the short bus.

The post was really about the fact that the Zune is available in stores, but if people want to compare the two, there is no doubt that the Zune is just a iPod replica. The part that I think is interesting is that Microsoft is selling a cheap replica of an iPod at the same price points as the iPod. They would be much better off selling the Zune 80 for $199 and trying to "buy" some of iPod fans. Who would buy an inferior product at the the same price and at the same store as the market leading product? I truly think that the only people they are appealing to are the anti-Apple crowd. I own stock in Microsoft (and have for years) and I am surprised that they are putting forth such a weak effort.

I saw the 80 and the 8 for sale last night at Circuit City in Atlanta. They were not "activated" so every button you pushed gave you a "please activate" screen. I was able to use the squircle controller and it was not bad. The device was MUCH better than the old Zune, but it is still not even close to an iPod. I held both the iPod Classic and the Zune 80 at the same time, and the fit and finish on the iPod was much better. The Zunes were on display, but I do not know if they had any available for purchase.