Now I've wanted some form of upgrade in MP3 player over my current limited 1GB Rio S10.
There's just something appealing to having more and varied music when I'm working out at the gym since I've learned that having decent playlists is so important when on the treadmills or ellipticals.
Having enough different music throughout the week just doesn't happen with a 1GB player.
Now I'm an iTunes user and an iTunes store user, through I only buy a few tracks here or there when something on Sirius 21 has sparked my curiosity.
But $199 for an 8GB iPod new model Nano just was not money I wanted to spend when so many other pressing matters are of a concern to me.
Well, Microsoft partnered with a couple of sites and began selling new and refurb 30GB Zunes for only $99.
When I saw that, the simple economics of $99 for 30 gigs, the larger screen, video capabilities, and a radio tuner all kind of made sense at the moment so I snagged one.
And for my needs, it isn't too bad at all.
Now I wish these fucking companies (yeah I'm looking at you Apple and Microsoft and all you record labels) would just get over their anti-consumer attitudes and just allow all this shit to work across the board.
You should be able to buy a song at any store and play it on any player.
Yes, the iPod track record so far has been solid but believe me, there's no f'n reason why their music should not play in any other player without all the questionable hurdles the consumer has to do to make it work.
I buy the music legitimately, and then I have to burn it to CD then reimport it to MP3 just to play on standard formats.
And no, the proprietary DRM formats of Apple and even other stores do not offer any suffiecient sound quality over anything else when listened to over stupid little speakers. All you fucking marketing people should be shot on site over the shit you spew about these things to shy away from the price issue.
Anyway, so far the Zune is fine for my needs. I'll continue using iTunes and just use the awful Zune software just to synch music and files to the Zune. That's about all it is good for. It is a piece of shit and seems like it was a cheap piece of freebie MP3 player software MS just bought and worked on for a week and renamed. I get that feeling with a lot of consumer Windows software, especially things for media.
What does this have to do with Transformers?
Absolutely nothing!
Having had screen issues with my original MP3 player (released in 2001, it was 20 gigs, USB 1.1 and the size of the original Nintendo DS) I eventually got two iPod shuffles. I'm perfectly satisfied, but I kind of wish they'd increase the storage space.
Dag. $99 is actually right up my alley for something like that. Any particular site for this recommended?
Mine was from Woot.com last week. It is a refurb though. I know some other sites had then new for the same price.
hmm now for $99 that's not too shabby. From everything I've seen the Zune and the iPod are comparable for the general user. Only the fanbois seem to get bent out of shape what it is.
Biggest reason i've drug my feet on getting one is dealing with a pain in the ass DRM that just makes me have to use effort to go around rather than just putting the shit that I bought on the thing and going.
the next thing the RIAA is trying to push is that you rebuy music if you want it in different formats. Meaning they are going to tell you how to listen to their music.
They killed internet radio, I used to be pissed about it but then finally decided to just move to XM.
Hey weren't they supposed to merge with Sirius?
Maldroth: Get this... terrestrial radio is fighting tooth and nail at the FCC level to prevent the merger saying that it would "be anti-competive".
As if the iPod, and a thousand other forms of entertainment aren't competitive.
These old school media organization have no concept of how to modernize their models so they live on hoping to make as much money before they all will die off.
Recording industry is in the same boat.
I want an Archos 605 mp3 player SO BAD!! It's got Wifi. I don't even know what that means! But it's got a 160GB hard drive, which will be enough for my entire library plus some TV; there's a 4.3 screen, which is AWESOME. And the added bonus is it's not an iPod.