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A Hands-On Zune Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zunetastic dept.

jayintune writes "2old2play.com got the chance to sit down with Microsoft's new media player, the Zune, to give some comments and insight into the players User Interface, Video Playback, Music Sharing, as well as software and setup." From the article: "I had expected the player to be fairly heavy, but after holding the Zune in my hand it was clear that I was wrong. It is not as light as the latest video iPod, but compared to my fourth-generation iPod, the Zune was lighter. The top of the Zune had a clear glass layer while the exterior had a tactile feel to it, nothing like the hard metal and plastic of the iPod devices. The 'skin' of the Zune was a 'rubberized' material that had a smooth seductive feel to it. I found myself unable to stop stroking the device, so much that the demo assistant asked me to put it down."

3 of 279 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Standard Slashdot response by ettlz · · Score: 4, Informative
    ... am I forgetting anything?
    It doesn't fucking play Ogg Vorbis.
  2. It's all about marketing by mixenmaxen · · Score: 5, Informative
    I couldn't help but notice that the review was awfully positive, and that it, not even once, mentioned the Ipod which would be natural in a review of the Zune. It did, however, mention passport and the xbox - both Microsoft ventures. Thought it smelled fishy, so I did a whois search www.for2old2play.com, the site the review appeared on. And guess what: The domain is registered by Chicagobased SEO and webmarkting company Lytis.

    Here is a blurb from the frontpage of their website:
    "Lytis offers many different strategies to bring more traffic to your site"

    Yep, and they seem to be pretty good at it too ;-)
  3. Re:Zune Meme Analysis by mattkinabrewmindspri · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are already YouTube downloader-converters and standalone .flv converters for the iPod.

    Windows users can already paste a url into iTube, and it will download YouTube's .flv files, convert them to .mp4 format, and add them to iTunes, which will then sync those movies to your iPod.

    Mac users can already paste a url into PodTube, and it will download YouTube's .flv files, convert them to .mp4 format, and add them to iTunes, which will then sync those movies to your iPod.

    SUPER is another Windows program that converts .flv files to .mp4 for iPod.

    iSquint is another Mac program that converts .flv files to .mp4 for iPod.

    Every one of the programs I mentioned are freeware.

    --
    Albuquerque PC