Will I be singing to a different iTune?
Microsoft has released more details on Zune - the challenger to the iPod. I'm an avid Microsoft fan, but I also own an iPod Video (and have LOADS of accessories), so I'm keen to see if the Zune has enough in it to make me switch. The first thing I was disappointed in was the fact that news on the Zune came to me second-hand from press sites, despite the fact I signed up on Microsoft's corny Coming Zune site. Hey, if Microsoft can't even send me SPAM that I want (if there is such a thing!), there's something wrong with their marketing (then again the ad for Zune did feature two gay men stroking a big white rabbit. 'nuff said!).
From reading the sites, I must say I'm not that impressed for the following reasons:
- Black, White and Brown as colours? - Hey, if they were going to improve on the iPOD with three colour choices instead of two, did the other colour have to be brown?
- Digital Rights Management: The Zune supports wireless, and allows you to share your music wireless with another Zune. However, there's a catch. If you send a song to your buddy's Zune, the song self-distructs after 3 plays. There's nothing like having songs disappear from your MP3 player by design to make a user mad in my opinion.
- Only 30 Gigs: One of the things I regret when I bought my iPOD was that a cheaped out and only bought the 30GB version. It's amazing when you've got an iPOD filled with about 200 episodes of Rocketboom, just about every photo I've taken on my digital camera, and boatloads of music and what not how quickly you can fill 30GB. If there was one thing that might convince me to upgrade, it'll be 60GB.
So it looks like Steve can still keep his Job for now, I'm sticking with my iPod.
