Do you think the ZUNE is going to be more poular than the ipod?

Answer 1

I don't think so....b/c I still love my ipod...and i think everyone else does too!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

No way and here's why. The Zune is a joke, stay away from it.

It's WiFi transfer "feature" is limited to 3 plays or 3 days, whichever comes first and its DRM violates the Creative Commons license. The WiFi "feature" can't be used for anything else, such as wireless syncing.

It can't be used as a hard drive mass storage device, as can be done with every other player out there.

It has a bigger screen than does an iPod, however, it has the same resolution, making it look worse.

You have to buy prepaid "points" in order to buy songs from the Zune store. The Zune store does not yet have video.

It doesn't play Microsoft's own PlaysForSure files, so music purchased from Yahoo Music or any other music store won't work. The Zune Player (which you must use) only plays its own proprietary format and mp3's. Microsoft is using misleading advertising regarding iTunes conversion. They make it sound like the Zune Player will convert existing iTunes to its own format automatically...it won't. You have to burn your iTunes music to a CD, then rip that music back to your hard drive again in either Zune's format or in the mp3 format. If you do that, however, the sound quality of your music will degrade because both Zune's format and mp3's are what's called “lossy compression”. In this case you have an already compressed file being compressed again, resulting in terrible sound quality.

It is really just a Toshiba Gigabeat (Toshiba makes it for Microsoft) with WiFi, but it cost more than a Gigabeat and has limitations that the Gigabeat doesn't have.

It's extremely buggy and people have had nothing but problems installing its software.

It doesn't yet work with Vista or Firefox, nor Windows Media Player. You must use the much inferior Zune Player.

Lastly, Microsoft caved in to the music industry demands for a piece of every Zune sold because they view mp3 players as theft devices, thus empowering the RIAA.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Avoid the Loony Zune:
http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy23.article

From ITWire:
Why Consumers are Angry with Microsoft over Zune
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7489/983/

From CNN:
CNN Ridicules Zune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buKaqRG2SFA&eurl=
Just say no to the Zune.

Answer 3

My best friend has an ipod an a zune and he hates his zune. He gave it to his little brother to teeth on. He says its a peice of crap.

Answer 4

Microsoft > Apple

That being said, the Zune is millions of times better than the iPod because they include basic features that the Apples idiots forgot somehow.

Answer 5

no...if it came out sooner than it did, probably, but I think Apple has too much of a foothold in the mp3 player market for the Zune to do any damage.

Answer 6

As released now, it's awful. Can't sync with WMP, the beaming thingy is useless, can't record FM, you can only play free mp3s and stuff downloaded from THEIR store....... it'll NEVER beat iPod NOR Creative Zen players, for that matter, which, imho, are even better than iPods.

Besides it's plain ugly. Especially that brown one.

Answer 7

no it cant cause ipod has been in the buisness so long and is way ahed of microsoft that it will have like 10 years to catch up

Answer 8

i think the Zune is way better, but i dont think its gonna be more popular

Answer 9

NO... at least not in a couple of years to come

Answer 10

Not a chance.