Recent Comments:
Black Friday Giveaways (part 8): Gears of War 2 Limited Edition bundle {Engadget}
Nov 28th 2008 10:17PM I'll take it!
Joyswag: Guitar Hero World Tour band kit + Rock Band 2 game = [fill in the blank] {Joystiq}
Nov 18th 2008 11:42AM Mix and match day at Victoria's...er...Babbage's!
Joyswag: Guitar Hero World Tour band kit + Rock Band 2 game = [fill in the blank] {Joystiq}
Nov 14th 2008 10:29PM Harmonix and RedOctane reunited!
Rock Band Weekly: Dead Kennedys, Mission of Burma, others {Joystiq}
Nov 14th 2008 4:19PM Hey Harmonix, how about some Cream?
Joyswag: Gears of War 2 Limited Edition + 120GB Zune + bag + hoodie + MORE {Joystiq}
Nov 13th 2008 2:17AM Gears of War 2: Manual Transmission.
Off the Grid + Joyswag: Donkey Kong Jenga {Joystiq}
Nov 11th 2008 12:52AM Gears of War! The cover mechanics would work great in turn based play!
Joyswag: Gears of War 2 Limited Edition + 120GB Zune + bag + hoodie + MORE {Joystiq}
Nov 8th 2008 1:29AM Gears of War 2: Losing Blood Over Here!
Joyswag: Fallout 3 + survival guide {Joystiq}
Nov 5th 2008 12:58AM Solving the growing problem of the stagnation of the arts.
Xbox 360, please.
Joyswag: Fallout 3 + game guide {Joystiq}
Nov 4th 2008 11:19AM Nothing beats the gravity gun.
Xbox 360, please.
How would you change Microsoft's new Zunes / v3.0 software? {Engadget}
Nov 1st 2008 12:04AM 1. Bigger screen (or smaller player with less bezel) on the flash Zune
2. Properly handle multiple-disc albums on the hardware (currently you get all the track 1's, then all the track 2's, etc.). This works fine on the PC, so why does it mess up on the player?
3. Better Xbox integration
4. More video codecs!
5. Improved shape on pack-in earbuds. Not really a priority since any given earbud shape will only be comfortable to about 3 people.
I used iTunes for several years, and I previously owned a 2nd gen iPod nano, and I can say that there are pros and cons to either platform. The Zune software (at least since 2.0) runs much faster and uses less memory than the PC version of iTunes, and I personally enjoy the interface, including the love/hate rating system. The auto-conversion of star rankings is a little off (everything from 3 stars to 5 gets a heart), but my rating of a song changes from day to day anyway, so I wouldn't say that more precision helped me enjoy my music more. That being said, some people do like the 5-star system, so I say add a toggle and let everyone choose for themselves. Anyway, The Zune 30 is not nearly as nice as my old nano, but I've played with the 80s in the store and I feel like the squircle is a much better control mechanism than the click wheel. And it's awesome how MS continues to support the old models, adding interface updates, games, etc. With an iPod your'e pretty much stuck with the features it came with until you buy a new player.
So yeah, the Zune experience has been up and down, but that's the price of being an early adopter.
