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Obama's "ZuneGate"

theodp writes "Barack Obama supporters were left shaking their heads after a report surfaced that the president-elect was using a Zune at the gym instead of an iPod. So why would Mac-user Obama be Zune-ing out? Could be one of those special-edition preloaded Zunes that Microsoft bestowed on Democratic National Convention attendees, suggests TechFlash, nixing the idea that the soon-to-be Leader of the Free World would waste time loading Parallels or Boot Camp in OS X just to use a Zune."

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  1. Re:God help us. by loonycyborg · · Score: 1, Troll

    You obviously care since you bothered to post..

  2. Re:Why not use a phone by Hurricane78 · · Score: 1, Troll

    And that's one of the two reasons I don't fly (at least in the US).
    The other reason is, that I'm half Afghani, and I don't want to risk being detained at Guantanamo because they don't like my face.

    The biggest joke is that my whole Afghani family fought the Russians, for the US, with US weapons (the same source that Osama has his weapons from). So we should be called freedom fighters, like the soldiers and firefighters of the US. But who cares if two of my uncles got tortured in Russian prisons because of that war? Right?

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
  3. Re:so? by tahpot · · Score: 1, Troll

    Dude, get over yourself. You should be modded as a troll as you are.

    I use an ipod for one reason - its usability. It is the easiest mp3 player I have found to use and control. The scroll wheel is excellent for navigation, it is nice and slim and even connects nicely to my other AV devices.

    They ship with poor quality ear phones that are definitely causing hearing damage

    Just because something ships with poor headphones, doesn't mean you have to use them. Yes, they use a standard headphone jack, so you have flexibility with which headphones you use. I personally use a nice pair of Sony headphones that work well while jogging or traversing public transport.

    And the typical iPod user just does not care about anything other than being cool.

    Just because idiots use something, doesn't mean it's crap - or that all users of the same devices are idiots.

    The fact of the matter is that the sooner iPods die a horrible death the sooner we have a chance at decent mainstream music

    I'm not sure there's any correlation between the types of music players on the market and the music generated by artists. However, feel free to prove me wrong.