Microsoft's portable media player, the Zune, has just been released and already talks have started about future updates to the device. While no time line has been given, Steve Ballmer told Bloomberg.com that the ability to share songs wirelessly will be expanded to also allow the sharing of videos. Information regarding DRM limitations that would undoubtedly be placed on the shared videos was not shared, though the "3 plays in 3 days" system is the most likely candidate.
News source: Bloomberg.com
News source: Bloomberg.com
Looks cool and all, but I'm poor.
Looks cool and all, but I'm poor.
That would be nice. Then I wonder what all of those Microsoft haters would say, when Microsoft shut up the RIAA, that would be cool if it ever happens but it won't.
If its so stupid, that they didn't think of it before, then how come Apple didn't think of transfering videos wirelessly? you calling Apple stupid too? I think everyones stupid in this world.
If its so stupid, that they didn't think of it before, then how come Apple didn't think of transfering videos wirelessly? you calling Apple stupid too? I think everyones stupid in this world.
At least where I live, sharing music with a friend is perfectly legal. Sharing with 100 people you don't know is not as much so.
At least where I live, sharing music with a friend is perfectly legal. Sharing with 100 people you don't know is not as much so.
No, it's just not enforced.
No, it's just not enforced.
In Canada, it's legal for a friend to make copies of music that I own. However, last time I checked it is illegal for me to make copies for friends. Go figure.
Last edited by Pc_Madness on 14 Nov 2006 - 09:11
"feature than an ipod don't have" = built in radio.
Go away, troll.
now that i think about it if that happen then zune would be awesome and better than ipod still very expensive but maybe its worthy
Ability to play and share any and all music in your collection, wifi, mini browser maybe like opera, PDA stuff like sync your email, calendar, tasks, notes and so on.. the closest example I can come up with is the PSP.
Launched pretty bare bones, but the people weren't satisfied and so the hacks came. You can't have a portable device with wifi but no browser, to me its a no brainer.
Obviously input on the devices is limited but again look at how its done on the PSP. Not very practical, and maybe thats why these companies don't do some of these things we all think is obvious, but I say let the people decide. Put these basic things on your devices as extras not as a selling point of the device. You let the people decide if they will use it or not.
DOH!
LOL
Someone at MSN's web site management team should be fired over that decision.
7 plays in 7 days?
the 3 days doesn't bug me so much. But I mean for me it sometimes takes alot more than 3 plays to decide whether I like a song or not
now videos, doesnt seem like as big of a deal considering you do not play a video over and over day after day like some people do with their music. So my complaint was mainly towards just the zune's policy over the music 3 plays in 3 days thingy.
If the 3/3 thing is a deal breaker for you, then understand that there is no other alternative in the industry for you to share files wirelessly or otherwise between devices. If you were to choose to get an ipod, you wouldn't even have the 3/3 plan. You'd have a never/never plan. You could connect the ipod to a computer and sync/copy media, but you can also do that on a Zune.
well zune was all about software like microsoft tried but it seems that their software got more problems that the hardware itself
Last edited by Binary on 15 Nov 2006 - 01:27
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