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Zune Team Getting Amnesty for iPod Use
MsManhattan writes "The Zune development team at Microsoft is apparently offering amnesty to employees who give up their iPods in favor of using the Zune MP3 player. An MSNBC employee has posted a photo on Flickr of the company's 'iPod Amnesty Bin,' which sports an image of a bitten green apple and the words 'Bite me.' Whether it's to be taken seriously or is a joke to boost employee morale is anyone's guess, and naturally no one at Microsoft was available for comment. From what can be seen in the photo, only a few early-model iPods have been deposited."
Well some people might buy one based on the adverts, but they likely wouldn't buy again.
Especially given microsofts constant habit of forcing uupgrades.
Apple do constant upgrades too, but my trusty old generation 3 iPod is still going strong in linux via Amarok. It works with the latest iTunes software too, but that's frankly not a very good peice of software, so I don't use it.
This was a a pretty creepy commercial--it reminded me of a cemetery, with Zunes as headstones. Everything's quiet...and then it turns into Night of the Living Dead.
Look at them! They're all the current generation, and the backs of them still look quite shiney. Brand new iPods, probably purchased for filler, like the tip jar of a worthless cashier having a few dollar bills in it.
Dekker Dreyer
At Microsoft? Why, to avoid being Fucking Killed (TM) by a flying chair, of course!
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
The "iTunes lock-in" is FUD plain and simple. Huh? As a reasonably savvy non-expert, I can't update my iPod without loading my entire music library into iTunes. Likewise, any playlists have to be created/imported through iTunes. No uncertainly there - I'm locked in. And I don't have the energy to manage a library in two systems, so now all my PC music is through iTunes. And iTunes kind of sucks.
My point was if having a catalog of "Plays For Sure" music represents a significant barrier for switching to Zune, then it would also represent a significant barrier towards switching to an iPod. A customer isn't going to go, "Hmmm, well I could buy a Zune, but I have all this Plays For Sure music that doesn't work on it... I guess I'll buy an iPod."
There are many freeware options to manage files on an iPod, just check versiontracker.com. However, iTunes is the simplest solution. That doesn't mean you have to use only DRMed songs from the iTunes Store, however. You can use any mp3, aac, etc. Additionally it will convert windows media files on import.
>>> Just because someone says the word interesting, doesn't make them interesting.
>> Interesting...
>Funny how that works out.
Thank you for the Informative post.
There are 01 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
And here for the car kit.
I do realize that the "Accessories" link on a product's main page is the last place I'd ever expect to see accessories for a product, but can you please try to do some reasearch before you troll?