Microsoft Launches the Zune

Doug-W writes to mention an Engadget post about Microsoft's launch of the Zune. From the article: "Not a lot of surprises in the specs department, but they've confirmed the basics we've known for a while, like WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback. They also finally let slip the screen res -- an unsurprising QVGA -- and some better news on the codec front: the Zune supports h.264, MP3, AAC and WMA. As for ballyhoo, wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing is where the real action is at, and it works pretty much like we've been hearing: you can share a full-length track with a friend, and they've got three times to listen to it over a three day period, after which they can flag the song for purchase on the Zune Marketplace -- unless they're an unlimited 'Zune Pass' subscriber, of course."

Comments

Re:This ought to be good!

[rizzo420]

this is exactly why i'd buy a zune over an ipod. people think buying an ipod makes them different because "apple thinks different". HA!

sheep.

Wifi is a winner

[EmbeddedJanitor]

I think the Wifi is a winner. I would possibly get something like this for internet radio. But I choke on the idea of Windows/MS device. I'm sure this could run Linux, but running Linux on an MS device is not enough for me.

What world do you live in?

[twitter]

Contrary to popular belief, most of the working world loves Microsoft.

Fully qualified, that is most of the working world over the age of 50, who's employers are in the Fortune 100, who had a large portion of their 401k put in M$TF without their permission, who still get their news from the broadcast networks, all of those people, still think M$ will be here in ten years. They also hate their computers and know it's M$'s fault. Really. Even the least informed and most vested of long time computer users know that M$ is second rate. They only think M$ will be around because they are used to seeing big dumb companies beat the marketplace and the law. IBM and friends give them pause, because they know that IBM knows computer excellence.