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ZOMG New Zunes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-begin-to-care dept.

BarlowBrad writes "From PC World: "Microsoft announced a new slate of Wi-Fi-equipped Zune players today, including $150 4GB and $200 8GB flash-based players, and a $250 80GB model that's slimmer than the original Zune. All of the new models feature touch-sensitive controls and wireless syncing with your PC, a much-demanded feature that Microsoft will also make available on the original 30GB Zune when the new models debut in mid November." Wireless. More space than a Nomad. But draw your own conclusions."

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  1. But... by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...can I hack it into a working phone, and then connect it to AT&T....?

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    1. Re:But... by flyingsquid · · Score: 1, Funny
      Did any one else have a ZOMG Ponies flashback for a second?

      You know, the way stuff is going, Microsoft might have better luck selling ponies than selling Zunes.

    2. Re:But... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Funny

      What is the world coming to when Slashdot articles have "zomg" in the title. Idiocracy was a prophecy.

      Being an idiot is cool if you're doing it ironically.

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    3. Re:But... by mashade · · Score: 5, Funny

      Must.. resist.. joke about "squirting"..

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  2. Draw your own conclusions... by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wireless. More space than a Nomad. But draw your own conclusions.
    Lame.
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    1. Re:Draw your own conclusions... by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

      ... most ipod users apparently don't use the apple store much, so it shouldn't represent a problem for most people.

      Does that mean iPods truly are, after all is said and done, little more than repositories for stolen music like the RIAA says?

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  3. Refresh my memory... by mattgreen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we hate this irrationally still? I don't read the newsletter much, but I want to feel like I fit in.

    Thanks!

  4. what about the DRM "feature"? by MoFoQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    what about the DRM "feature" that essentially made the original zune so...pointless and unwanted by many?

  5. How dare they by fermion · · Score: 4, Funny
    How dare they introduce a better product so soon after the original was released. What about the dozens of early adopters that spent good money on the first generation Zune. I hope MS will give some sort of trade in to compensate those that were conned into buying the original, inferior, zune. It has not even been a year!

    Frankly I think we are lucky that they did not change the DRM and force everyone to buy new tracks for the new player.

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  6. Re:Still gimped "Squirt"... by moderatorrater · · Score: 4, Funny

    I go with the old frat-house adage that any squirt is a good squirt.

  7. Interface by llthomps · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.zunescene.com/zune2pics/zc1-380.jpg

    With only seven options on the main menu, you think they could've fit it on to a single screen (settings is below the fold). This is the sort of crap that makes me not take Microsoft seriously. To quote SNL - "Who's the marketing genius who came up with that one?"

    Zune. No grapes, no nuts. What's the deal?

  8. Re:Microsostrich by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I don't see how this product could ever compete with the iPod Touch... I got my Touch a little more than a week ago (it was my first apple mp3 player) and it's so awesome, if it had a dick I'd suck it.

  9. Re: Who buys Zunes any way? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Like anyone smart enough to read /. is going to buy a Zune? Come on!

  10. Re:Still gimped "Squirt"... by glittalogik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, if only stuff that got squirted at you in frat houses cleared up after 3 plays instead of 6 weeks of antibiotics.