The Zune Cometh

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday November 13, 2006 @02:41AM from the and-there-was-much-spilling-of-the-ink dept.

Well, except for those hiding under a mountain of used iPod batteries, it's fairly well known that the Zune iPod-wannabe killer is coming out Monday/Tuesday. There's a piece in the NYTimes about counting on the wireless part of the Zune to take down the iPod as well as some interviews with people involved in the creation. But OTOH, RoughlyDrafted (which has had a series of pieces about the Zune) points out some issues with the DRM systems, and forecasts a number of issues — and also calls out what they called a "Digg Fraud Campaign". But soon — the market decides.

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At least the fanboys will buy one... by bilbravo · 2006-11-13 03:43 · Score: 0, Redundant

I was at EB Games over the weekend playing the Wii, which is amazing (Ok maybe I am a fanboy too now), and overheard a few employees talking with some customers about the Zune. They touched on all of the important topics: it's screen is larger, it's much better looking, and thinner (?). Of course, no mention of DRM, good or bad.

It seems nobody ever seems concerned about the fact that their iTunes music will not go with them if they move on to another player. Now, I realize a lot of people don't buy iTunes music for their iPod (my wife, for example)... but I know that a lot of people do.

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