Microsoft Zune Revealed

[mzkhadir]

Zune Pics

News.com Story

 

[BobDaMenkey]

RIAA is gonna love that thing. Broadcasting music to other players? Hehehe.

 

[ChaoZ]

It's streaming music. Don't see how RIAA could care.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
It's streaming music. Don't see how RIAA could care.

they would if MS doesn't negotiate the proper license.




anyway, that thing is ginormous. 2.5" hard drive inside? a 3" screen might make it ok for bags and purses, but i would hate to have to carry something that large in my pocket.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
anyway, that thing is ginormous. 2.5" hard drive inside? a 3" screen might make it ok for bags and purses, but i would hate to have to carry something that large in my pocket.

Carrying it is the worse of your worries... just wait until you drop it.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
It's streaming music. Don't see how RIAA could care.

they would if MS doesn't negotiate the proper license.




anyway, that thing is ginormous. 2.5" hard drive inside? a 3" screen might make it ok for bags and purses, but i would hate to have to carry something that large in my pocket.

Uhh, where are you getting 2.5" HDD from? It's a 1.8" unit.

 

[dwell]

Flops on size alone.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
It's streaming music. Don't see how RIAA could care.

they would if MS doesn't negotiate the proper license.

I doubt MS would miss a detail like that...

Anyway I still think the design is crappy.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: ElFenix
anyway, that thing is ginormous. 2.5" hard drive inside? a 3" screen might make it ok for bags and purses, but i would hate to have to carry something that large in my pocket.

Uhh, where are you getting 2.5" HDD from? It's a 1.8" unit.

i was asking, hence the question mark.

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
It's streaming music. Don't see how RIAA could care.

they would if MS doesn't negotiate the proper license.

I doubt MS would miss a detail like that...

Anyway I still think the design is crappy.

probably not but you never know with the RIAA.

 

[manly]

That thing is fugly. It'll fit perfectly into the Windows (Media Player) family.

 

[FeuerFrei]

The manual goes on to describe that the device can stream music to up to four other devices, in a mode called DJing. With DJing mode turned on, up to four other users can listen to the same stream you're listening to. With the mode switched to "friends," only people listed in the device's "friends" list can listen in. You can listen to other people DJing in your immediate vicinity, however, even with your own DJing mode turned off. The person doing the DJing also controls the session, so you're just a passenger for the ride, just like listening to the radio.

The fact that sharing of content is limited to what the manual describes as "promotional copies of songs" confirms that the Zune will make strong use of Microsoft's most stringent digital rights management scheme. The manual also states the device's theoretical maximum wireless transfer speed will be 54 Mbps in 802.11g mode, and 11 Mbps in 802.11b mode.

 

[n7]

Hideous.

I'll stick with my little Samsung 4 GB mp3 player, which actually looks nice too.

 

[sniperruff]

i doubt it can even dent apple's sales.

 

[AnyMal]

I'll stick with my Zen Vsion :M

 

[Coquito]

Does anything play .shn & .flac yet?

 

[Injury]

I will pre-order.

Function over Form. And iPods annoy me.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Coquito
Does anything play .shn & .flac yet?

IIRC (and probably not), Rio players played .flac. I've never heard of .shn, though.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: dwell
Flops on size alone.

How can you tell how big it is?

 

[SophalotJack]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I'll stick with my Zen Vsion :M

 

[DivideBYZero]

I'll be keeping my Zen Sleek.

 

[secretanchitman]

ill stick with my 5G 30GB ipod.

 

[neutralizer]

None of the new features I really need. I do have to applaud MS attempt to get a foothold into the DAP market.

 

[Chrono]

son of a hairy mom!

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Injury
I will pre-order.

Function over Form. And iPods annoy me.

Why would you assume that this will function in any less of an annoying fashion than an iPod?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: dwell
Flops on size alone.

How can you tell how big it is?

the screen is 3 inches. so that makes the player over 5 inches diagonally, probably closer to 6. it's a full inch bigger than the ipod.