Zune or iPod?

Hades · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:31

ginger_pat said:
Ok i have a zune 30 got it as soon as i could in the UK
im gonna turn it on will post results lol.

My zune has not crashed ones and is more reliable than my ipod touch and suffle by miles.

You might wanted to have saved that last sentence until after you've turned it on today

Dewotter · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:37

I have a 160GB iPod classic and am very happy with it. Mate showed the Zune, albeit the older version and the interface seemed very clunky and none of the media centre style transistoons were smooth, hence why I didnt bother with it.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:38

Gah. what is all this rubbish about iPods going out of date, or being badly built. Had mine 2 years now and its still fine.

They're cased in metal ffs, what are you doing to them, driving on them? Dropping them out your car window on the motorway?

I normally hate Apple too, but in the case of the iPod, it just works. Well, once you ditch bloody stupid iTunes, and use Floola instead that is.

Never tried a Zune mind you, but never needed to. My iPod hasn't bricked itself yet...

I'll have a look into them when it does eventually die, but I get the feeling that I'll just be used to the iPod controls and it'll feel odd.

ginger_pat · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:46

Well heres my results

Ive tried everything as you can see

Zune in a towel

It just gets stuck on the loader, im lucky that i backed up all my music yesterday but still this is annoying

Hopefully i can get a new one now though haha

Hxc · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:50

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
going out of date,

They do. They don't get firmware upgrades with features from new iPods, the Zune does.

reflux · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:53

The more 30gb+ players there are on the market, the better IMO. The iPod touch is a great player, but £250-300 is too much in my book.

Let's hope M$ fixes this, or there's some obscure fix like with the Xbox.

Raikiri · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:54

alexhull24 said:
I can't stand apple ****. They're made badly so you have to buy a new one every year or so! Sucks. I've never owned an ipod,

My old 20gb 3rd gen iPod is still going strong, btw.

LordSplodge said:
Zune, Xbox 360. Everything Microsoft touches turns to sh...er...gold!

P.S. 'apparently synchronized faceplantings'

dangerstat · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:55

Ouch I sense a large bill heading Creative (do they make the Zune) soon, perhaps we should add them to the "Next company to go into administration" thread?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:57

Hxc said:
They do. They don't get firmware upgrades with features from new iPods, the Zune does.

So?

It still works! What do you need to keep updating the firmware for anyway?

dangerstat said:
Ouch I sense a large bill heading Creative (do they make the Zune) soon, perhaps we should add them to the "Next company to go into administration" thread?

No, because Microsoft makes then.

jrodga2k5 · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:59

I suspect mines is fine, havent updated it in a while so........

Will test after its charged

Raymond Lin · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:59

Like many, I resisted ipods for a few years until Last December when I got a Classic.

Now I have a Touch, an iPhone and the Classic, I love it. I don't see why people hate it, the thing works brilliantly, battery last ages, UI is awesome, the screen is great and I can watch stuff, surf the net, check emails, play games and it all fit in my shirt pocket.

riddler · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:59

dangerstat said:
Ouch I sense a large bill heading Creative (do they make the Zune) soon, perhaps we should add them to the "Next company to go into administration" thread?

Creative = Zen
Microsoft = Zune

Right?

Lashout_UK · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:01

I have to say, not an Apple fan per se but I've got an old 40 gig iPod which is almost 5 now and it's still working just fine. Even the battery's still got mileage in it!

jrodga2k5 · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:01

riddler said:
Creative = Zen
Microsoft = Zune

Right?

Right

dangerstat · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:05

riddler said:
Creative = Zen
Microsoft = Zune

Right?

Sorry dudes my bad.

jrodga2k5 · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:06

Well mines works fine....

Klo · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:07

I have nothing specifically against Apple, its just that they over price their products, and just win customers over with gimmicks, aka iphone, which even with the 3G version still has less features than most phones of a similar price.

ginger_pat · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:11

Im just gutted first time my zune has ever stopped working i hope this means they have to replace mine with an 80gb new one seen as i wrapped it in a towel

alex24 · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:12

Raikiri said:
My old 20gb 3rd gen iPod is still going strong, btw.
P.S. 'apparently synchronized faceplantings'

I've never owned one, because i'm sensible, however members of my family have, and many of my friends, and there are few good experiences to share between them. I wouldn't simply make an unfounded comment.

PS: I'm glad yours is still working!

dangerstat · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:14

Klo said:
I have nothing specifically against Apple, its just that they over price their products, and just win customers over with gimmicks, aka iphone, which even with the 3G version still has less features than most phones of a similar price.

I'm not an Apple fan boy but I've got to admit asthetically they are very very nice products to look at which is why they command a premium. Apple obviously now that a lot of people are willing to pay a little extra for what are luxary goods because they're sexh. It's a bit like getting a sofa, you can get a bog standard one that'll "have all the features" of a more expensive one, but you pay for looks.

And there's nothing wrong with people admitting that. For some reason lots of Apple bods like to think "I buy Apple products because they are the best" as opposed to admitting "I buy Apple products because they're good and nice to look at".