Zune Vs Ipod - which is better??

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Smartazz

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The poll is pretty close, I think that many would buy the ipod because of its name alone.
 
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dighn

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iPod because of its size. it's not a big difference on paper but when you carry it in your pocket along with a whole bunch of things, every little bit counts.
the only thing that might have swung me is compatibility with the less common file types such as flac/ogg, but it doesn't look like the Zune supports those either
 
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BillyBatson

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eh i don't want to get into it. let's just say i want a zune but i have owned a lot of ipods. ipods is just the safe way to go right now, you know what you are getting, and there are few downsides that the zune addresses soooo i voted ipod

wow there is a difference of only 4 votes between them
 
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cr0ssfire

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Originally posted by: WraithETC
If the zune's wifi allowed for free range sharing it would win.
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Just give the hackers some time... ;)

I'd definitely go with a Zune unless:

1) You're very picky about size and want something as small as possible.
2) You want a more mature product. And of course, iTunes does have quite a bit more to offer than the Zune Marketplace, after all, since it doesn't just offer music.

There really aren't any other reason to go with an iPod. I've compared the 30gb 5.5g video iPod and Zune side by side (having owned both of them) and found that the Zune wins in every other category.

The "doubleshot" exterior looks very distinguished and is scratch-resistant/fingerprint-resistant; you don't need to buy a case, and the little suede bag it comes with is actually really nice.
The sound quality is better.
The stock earbuds are better since they're magnetic (and shiny :D). For stock earbuds, I don't think they sound all that bad aside from an obvious lack of bass and finer detail although I haven't compared them sound-quality wise to the stock iPod earbuds since I had absolutely no inclination to test out those cheap white monstrosities.
The screen is bigger and the album art displays are nicer.
The Zune's interface actually offers some modicum of customization and controls are very much a cut above the iPod's click wheel and bland interface.
Zune comes with an FM tuner which displays station/genre/track information, something which an iPod lacks.

You can carry on about the Zune's DRM all you want, and you're right - officially, it's very restrictive and right out of the box it pretty much forces you to go with the Zune Marketplace. But if you drop $14.90 on SoundTaxi (http://www.soundtaxi.info), you can use it to easily - and legally, the web site says - get around DRM of all kinds so you can keep your tracks and listen to them on the Zune or wherever else you want. I've used SoundTaxi on many DRM tracks, including ones gotten from the Zune Marketplace, and can attest that it does work.
 
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kmmatney

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I was pretty torn between the Zune and Ipod. However I ended up getting a 8 GB nano. I only need something that plays music, and I could care less about the video features (I'd rather use mi laptop). I can't fit all of my music on the nano, but I can get most of it, and not having a hard drive is great. The new aluminium body of the nano is awesome, it easily fits in a shirt pocket.

Until Microsoft comes out with a flash-based player, they will remain far behind.
 
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