ipod or zune and why?

Question

I want to buy the ipod or the zune but don't know alot about either. Need advice on which to buy and why?
Thanks

Answer 1

ZUNE is so much better.
you and your friends can send each other music and you can also download and have videos and it can hold up to 13,00 songs i believe it is.

amazing.
not much more than a ipod either.



gooodluckkk. :]

Answer 2

From the looks of it you want a harddrive based MP3 player. I would recommend getting an Ipod. As of now the current available choices to choose from arent that great.

Personally I wouldnt even go for a harddrive mp3 player, they tend to break or malfunction more easily than a flash based mp3 player.

This is because harddrive mp3 players have a spinning disk inside them in which the data is stored on.
Flash based mp3 players store their data onto a chip. The downside is that current maximum capacity for available flash mp3 players is 8gb whereas the harddrive based are 10-20 times more.

If you really need a harddrive mp3 player, and it has to be either ipod or zune, then get an ipod over a zune. Zune still needs some more time to be perfected, It may have more functions but it still needs some time. But ipod, for some miraculously reason, breaks or has some malfunction that occurs usually slightly after one year of purchase, so get a 3 year warrenty if you can.

Answer 3

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. Also, as incorrectly stated by someone above, you cannot share videos or photos via WiFi using the Zune...only music.

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, WMA format or in the mp3 format. If you do that, however, the sound quality of your music will degrade because both Zune's format, WMA 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.

The Zune is really just a Toshiba Gigabeat (Toshiba makes it for Microsoft) with WiFi, but it costs 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 work with Firefox or Windows Media Player. You must use the much inferior Zune Player.

It only comes in three colors: White, Black and ummmm....errr.....Brown?

Lastly, Microsoft caved in to the music industry demands for a piece of every Zune sold because the music industry views mp3 players as theft devices, thus empowering the RIAA. (Recording Industry Artists Association)

But hey, don't take my word for it...see below:


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 Playlist:
Bidding a not-so-fond farewell to the Zune
http://playlistmag.com/features/2006/12/zunediaryfinal/index.php


From CNN:
CNN Ridicules Zune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buKaqRG2SFA&eurl=





Just say no to the Zune, either wait for Apple to update the video iPod or take a look at the Archos 604 or Creative's Zen Vision (either “M” or “W”) line instead.

Archos:
http://www.archos.com/

Creative Zen Vision:
http://us.creative.com/local/1/promo/findyourzen/welcome.asp?campid=20742&WT.cg_n=Campaigns&WT.mc_id=1104

Answer 4

Zune but wait till next gen model. Don't be an Ipod clone. Show some real character.

Answer 5

ZEN Vision:M is simply the best out there, it dominates both ZUNE and iPod. Music, pictures and vidieos with a brighter screen. Voice recording, FM Radio and radio recording, syncronization with Outlook, store your contacts and plans and access easily.

And the most important fact is, is that it is better in quality over all less problems.

not to mention you dont have to mess with stupid iTunes... anyone who purchases from iTunes is and idiot theres plenty of better things such as Musicmp3.ru or yahoo music unlimited or napster.

don't be an idiot and get somthing that will break in three months

Answer 6

iPod because iTunes is better than the Zune interface because it has a seemless integration between the store and the music to iPOD. It allows you to play DRAM music without errors

Answer 7

IPOD