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Zune: Good and Bad

The Zune good: Wireless capabilities Content subscription Easy media sharing Plays MP4 & AAC formats Microsoft-backed product Forces Apple to do better A unified experience The Zune bad: No podcast management Another closed system Completely new ecosystem Not cross-platform Smaller capacity than iPod 5.5G New software to install Yet another device to manage Just launched, [...]

Zune: Good and Bad

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The Zune good:

  • Wireless capabilities
  • Content subscription
  • Easy media sharing
  • Plays MP4 & AAC formats
  • Microsoft-backed product
  • Forces Apple to do better
  • A unified experience

The Zune bad:

  • No podcast management
  • Another closed system
  • Completely new ecosystem
  • Not cross-platform
  • Smaller capacity than iPod 5.5G
  • New software to install
  • Yet another device to manage
  • Just launched, few accessories
  • Likely won’t dent iPod market share
  • Questionable battery life
  • Not clearly better than the iPod

The Zune needs:

  • Wireless downloading on-demand
  • Built-in DVD ripping
  • OS X port of management tool
  • Support for RSS, enclosures
  • Mini-games support (like Clix, iPod)
  • New firmware, software features every 6mos

Zune: Good and Bad

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