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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 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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  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?