Comments on: Microsoft’s New Zune Goes After iPod Touch; How It Stacks Up http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Justin http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70731 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:11:12 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70731 I was thinking about getting the pod touch. But You have to use itunes. And it just makes my pc run like a handicap. So I don't want to outfit my pc to run specifically for itunes. I am chill with the Zune software. I want more support for zune though like ipod.

]]> By: ubreak http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70730 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:11:19 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70730 I can't wait! the soul purpose i won't buy an IPOD is the fact i have to install Itunes to use the thing. This is also big for the Xbox 360 owners.

]]> By: DrinkTale http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70729 Thu, 28 May 2009 09:59:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70729 The new Zune looks nice, but there are several setbacks that will affect it negatively, i think.

1. No App store
2. Way too late in a market that everyone knows Ipod touch and no one knows Zune
3. an MP3 player is so much more than a device that plays audio and video, Zune does not seem to realize this.

]]> By: Tom http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70728 Thu, 28 May 2009 01:06:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70728 HD Radio is not "higher quality" than traditional FM radio. The HD originally stood for Hybrid Digital, but it might not be a coincidence that it shares the same initials of High Definition TV. Hybrid Digital radio often uses a compression rate that makes it "lower quality" than FM, plus it is more susceptible to drop-outs than the graceful degradation of analog radio signals.

HD is digital, however, so that makes it … digital.

]]> By: Gill Bates http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70727 Thu, 28 May 2009 00:03:06 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70727 Saying that "Zune HD will compete head-on with iPod Touch" doesn't mean it's a viable alternative. The Zune HD will be sold on close-out for 75% off within six months of general availability. At that price, it'll be a great block to put under the wheels of the Microsoft commuter buses so they don't roll away!

]]> By: Mike http://paidcontent.org/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70726 Wed, 27 May 2009 20:22:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/05/27/419-microsoft-goes-after-ipod-touch-with-new-zune/#comment-70726 I know of no person that owns a Zune. And if I did, I would laugh at them.

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