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wouldn't be surprised if brown sells the most, almost looks like leather. a lot of you are hating on the brown which is odd to me. better than pink i say...

Not for most women it's not.

wow i so want this :blink: the interface looks sooooo nice. pretty animations and it looks really nice to use :D

seems that if you have a computer with WiFi and the Zune software, you will be able to share files between the Zune and the PC, too :)

i really hope this brings up some competition to the iPod cause i really hate gadgets that are a "status symbol"

wouldn't be surprised if brown sells the most, almost looks like leather minus the green tinge around the edges. a lot of you are hating on the brown which is odd to me. better than pink i say...

Brown may look better in person. I bet we will be suprised.

wow i so want this :blink: the interface looks sooooo nice. pretty animations and it looks really nice to use :D

seems that if you have a computer with WiFi and the Zune software, you will be able to share files between the Zune and the PC, too :)

i really hope this brings up some competition to the iPod cause i really hate gadgets that are a "status symbol"

being an ipod fan, i actually like the design of the zune.

screen - nice! (i like how big it is, i can't stand small screens)

wifi - nice! (if only you could use that to transfer music from the computer)

design - nice! (the brown is nice also)

interface - nice!!( looks great, very futuristic)

the only thing that might bother me is its size and weight, but i don't konw for sure the

exact numbers yet so.....

i can see it threaten ipod's market if apple doesn't release a new ipod video to counter it.

the current one is just an upgrade(not much have changed)

anyway... competition is always good..^^

I was going to upgrade my ipod mini to the 5.5G ipod video, but I might hold off on that right now until reviews for this device comes out.

The UI looks really nice, but like many others, there are 2 factors that haven't "sealed" the deal for me, and that is battery life and dimensions.

http://www.zuneinsider.com/2006/09/answers_to_some.html

I was going to leave a comment in my last post answering questions, but I decided to make a new one.

So first off, we're not announcing availability or launch date today. And we're not announcing price. But I can tell you to wait till you see it officially, and that Zune will be competitively priced . . .

On Zune file formats: Zune will support your existing, unprotected, music library (MP3, AAC and WMA files), as well as video formats (WMV, H.264, MPEG4, 320x240), and JPG photo files.

We're still testing battery life, so I can't give you a definitive answer. When it's final, I'll post, and I'll get you info on how long Zune takes to charge.

Zune will play podcasts. I'm actually listenting to a podcast right now. If you bring the audio file into the software (like a wma or mp3 file), you can play it on your Zune. Beyond that, there will be other options for podcasting support for future releases.

"I made a song. I own it. How come, when I wirelessly send it to a girl I want to impress, the song has 3 days/3 plays?" Good question. There currently isn't a way to sniff out what you are sending, so we wrap it all up in DRM. We can?t tell if you are sending a song from a known band or your own home recording so we default to the safety of encoding. And besides, she'll come see you three days later. . .b>You can plug your Zune device into your Xbox 360 to stream music, pictures, and video, via USB cable. b>Get all your Zune content on the TV in your living room. Also, when Zune launches, foks who also have a Media Center Edition 2005 PC will be able to access and play any music they downloaded from Zune Marketplace. You can access this music just like they would their regular music libraries ? in Media Center?s ?My Music? folder. This music will playback just like other songs in your library. OhPoints you have in Xbox Live will transfer to Zune (you need the same passport). They're Microsoft Points.oints.

The UI looks really nice, but like many others, there are 2 factors that haven't "sealed" the deal for me, and that is battery life and dimensions.

Dimensions I can deal with. Battery life, on the other hand is critical for me. It has to be uber good for me to get this baby :yes:

here is the link for more info regarding the wifi feature.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003122340

Unless MS rework the wifi feature (sharing limit, require install Zune software, no video sharing, no PC-Zune yet) I was hoping something like go to a wifi enabled location, login to Zune Server, and receive a message from my friend that he/she has a song/pic want to share with me, and download the song that already uploaded to Zune Server.

I also see anohter potenial problem, let say I have 50 mp3 and 100 pics to share, the odd will be finding one of your friends has Zune, both Zune are fully charged, both parties have 20-30mins of time waiting for the transfer to complete, and Zune should able to send mutiple of files at once. Seriously why even bother to send the file via wifi if it required both parties in a short distance, just have a build-in cable/connector, so it saves battery and time and without the stupid 3 times/days limit.

no way in hell m$ let this happen. it will work with wmp. are u dreaming?

Yeah, well take a look at this:

http://www.zuneinsider.com/2006/09/answers...omment-22421124

and the correspondig answer:

http://www.zuneinsider.com/2006/09/answers...omment-22425714

"Zune Marketplace will be a separate piece of software (not WMP)"

Thats from the Microsoft blog, Zune Insider...

So, there's still hope that the device will sync with WMP, but the marketplace will be different software and not an online store within WMP. Bad!

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