I would congratulate microsoft for making such products ( zune and zune 4.0 s/w). Before I start - I already own iPhone and brown zune original(which is locked in my cupboard). Wanted seprate music player as iPhone battery dies after 4 hr talktime or if i keep it lying for more than half a day. Don't get me wrong i love my iphone equally :).
Pros:
1. DJ Feature.
2. Quickplay or shortcuts.
3. jaw dropping effects.
4. gorgeous OLED screen
5. decent browser
6. ultimate hardware
7. tv-out functionality in HD ( i need that because i travel and i would be happy to play my videos than watching japanese tv)
8. HD radio. ( personally not a big fan)
9. zune marketplace ( which i tried today only and it is good ). i prefer renting/buying movies from here rather than itunes(itunes 9 - bad design)
10. zune pass.
Cons:
1. No great selection of apps ( not huge for me as I carry iphone and zune but for some it may be issue) but i would rather have apps (good apps not junk as apple store has) on zune then iphone because of such gorgeous screen.
2. DJ Mix is good but why i can't play songs fading like in itunes? ( 5-12 sec fading)
3. Don't stop playing my music when i connect that to my pc. It takes me time to open zune and play exact same song. Please fix this!
4. Give me a way to import my itunes playlist which i have created over time. its painful loosing all the playlist and when you do so make sure you import metadata too like play count etc. I rely on my playcount to create playlist.
5. screws!!!seriously microsoft what were you thinking? i don't like the idea of opening my zune though great for personalization/replacement in case where you break the cover etc. But don't make it so easy and don't make it visible. It is gorgeous piece of h/w. please keep it like that.
Considering everything, zune HD blows me away with zune 4.0. I know some of the cons can be easily changed by mere s/w change so im sticking to my zune hd which has great hardware.
Suggestion:
1. Ability to play xbox titles ( scaled down version )would be awesome. Zune could be a huge hit if xbox titles come with mini games on zune and provide coupon to buy free zune game with purchase of original title on xbox.
2. Also, a little netfilx app (streaming video) would help a long way, which would be a direct blow to apple & apple tv(anyone remember that). I could then use my zune to stream video via netflix to my tv ( cool concept ). Get more detail about Zune HD 32 GB Video MP3 Player (Platinum).
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