Can Zune kill the iPod? [modified]
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Zune Schmune. that classic "what if MS sold the iPod" short is all you need to know about the Zune. when is Microsoft going to do something that isn't a copy of what Apple released three years before ? i know, why doesn't MS just buy Apple and turn it into their R&D department!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
Chris Losinger wrote:
why doesn't MS just buy Apple and turn it into their R&D department!
Because there won't be anyone to copy stuff off then
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
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I had the choice to buy an ipod or an Creative Zen. I looked at the ipods, and saw that there were alot of problems such as battery life (2 years+ ago), so I looked further. Although I wasted my money I still saved money on buying the Creative Zen. It had a 40gb hdd, and was very durable. I used it whilst riding to work on my motorbike so it was loader louder then an 100cc arse tearing it down the motorway at 55mph. It also was great for functionality and usability. Try using an ipod with gloves (think biker gloves) on, whilst doing 55mph. I also dropped it a few times at those speeds, and I drove back picked it up and it was still playing, it finally died when I sat on it and pulled the ear phones at the same time which pulled the internal headphone socket off the board. I removed the hdd and use it to this day as a pocket drive. With this, I feel Creative are kicking Apple's ass. Gav
-- modified at 11:46 Monday 24th July, 2006
Gavin Roberts wrote:
I removed the hdd and use it to this day as a pocket drive.
So you didn't really lose anything apart from the portability of the music player :cool:, bit more difficult lugging a desktop/laptop around.
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
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:omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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:omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I take it Zune is not a fav of yours?
"The key, the whole key, and nothing but the key, so help me Codd"
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Gavin Roberts wrote:
I removed the hdd and use it to this day as a pocket drive.
So you didn't really lose anything apart from the portability of the music player :cool:, bit more difficult lugging a desktop/laptop around.
Formula 1 - Short for "F1 Racing" - named after the standard "help" key in Windows, it's a sport where participants desperately search through software help files trying to find actual documentation. It's tedious and somewhat cruel, most matches ending in a draw as no participant is able to find anything helpful. - Shog9 Ed
Well since it was damaged outside of warranty, I couldn't have it repaired, and since it was pointless having an mp3 player that you couldn't hear anything on it, I suppose I got my use out of it and still have the use of the hard drive. You'd be supprised, i've been bored witless driving to work, so I did infact plug my headphones into a laptop that i took to work and listened to music. Needless to say it didn't last long. Gav
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I am more excited about the commercials Mac will put out. :laugh: - "Hi, I am an iPod" :sigh: - "and I am a Zune" :laugh: - "I play music that can be downloaded from out iTunes store. Don't try copying it to more than 5 machines though, that's a breach of your contract with us. And don't even think to make it a format other than our proprietary ACC format. You may have bought it, but you don't own it. In fact, we own you. But hey, we make you look cool and pompous by giving you the priviledge to rip Microsoft." :wtf: - "And I make a great paper weight or recording your dictations" :cool: - "I am kooky cool and won't your friends be jealous of you carrying me around!"
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:omg: i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
Chris Losinger wrote:
i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!
Wait a sec, will you teach me how to listen with my eyes before you get ahold of that fork?;P
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As it was a scurge.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Chris Meech wrote:
It was purged.
Paul Watson wrote:
As it was a scurge.
Shall we write a dirge?
--EricDV Sig--------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters
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Chris Meech wrote:
It was purged.
Paul Watson wrote:
As it was a scurge.
Shall we write a dirge?
--EricDV Sig--------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen
hmm, i guess it just depends how you define "kicking ass".
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
They have a life-sized cardboard standup of Bill Gates, and every once in a while, they kick it's ass.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Our ideas will merge
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Chris Losinger wrote:
i fncking hate that song. quick, somebody find me a fork, so i can stick it into my eye!
Wait a sec, will you teach me how to listen with my eyes before you get ahold of that fork?;P
[i don't want to listen to anything. the song is playing from memory, not externally. i just want to be distracted by something.]
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Well since it was damaged outside of warranty, I couldn't have it repaired, and since it was pointless having an mp3 player that you couldn't hear anything on it, I suppose I got my use out of it and still have the use of the hard drive. You'd be supprised, i've been bored witless driving to work, so I did infact plug my headphones into a laptop that i took to work and listened to music. Needless to say it didn't last long. Gav
How easy was it to get inside the mp3 player? Surely you could've (or someone you knew) soldered the socket back on (unless it ripped the board apart). But then again I've been taught and picked up skills from my father who can repair absolutely anything (or if it's beyond repair, design a better one) :)
As of how to accomplish this I wouldn't have a clue at the moment and I'm too lazy to google it
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I am more excited about the commercials Mac will put out. :laugh: - "Hi, I am an iPod" :sigh: - "and I am a Zune" :laugh: - "I play music that can be downloaded from out iTunes store. Don't try copying it to more than 5 machines though, that's a breach of your contract with us. And don't even think to make it a format other than our proprietary ACC format. You may have bought it, but you don't own it. In fact, we own you. But hey, we make you look cool and pompous by giving you the priviledge to rip Microsoft." :wtf: - "And I make a great paper weight or recording your dictations" :cool: - "I am kooky cool and won't your friends be jealous of you carrying me around!"
ePug wrote:
You may have bought it, but you don't own it
so, you think MS is going to come out with some kind of restriction-free, no-DRM service ?
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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ePug wrote:
You may have bought it, but you don't own it
so, you think MS is going to come out with some kind of restriction-free, no-DRM service ?
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
I guess my point was lost on you. I wasn't going after anything specific other than I hate Macs, especially their crass commercials. Steve Jobs is a job. Someone should pick up that egocentric terd and drop him on the border between Israel & Lebanon (if you could find it today) with a Star of David on the front of his t-shirt and a swastika. Did you follow me this time? -- modified at 12:55 Monday 24th July, 2006
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Our ideas will merge
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Our ideas will merge
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001And become a splurge.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Microsoft + MTV ? it'll start out as being 'all about the music'. after two years it'll be all game shows about music. in another year, it'll be all game shows and celebrity gossip.
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
And then it'll become a reality show about a music show about game shows about music. -- modified at 13:03 Monday 24th July, 2006
