ipod or zune? need some opinions.
 

My sister really wants an mp3 player for christmas, so im looking into ipods and zunes. i have a 30g ipod and i like it, but i only have like 1000 songs on it and they get old. the zune is the same price and i remember someone posting a couple days ago about zunes having a 15 dollar subscription and unlimited downloads. so if you have any opinion or experience post up.

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The transfer speed of the Zune is a lot faster, too.

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but ipod has some pretty good free software out now that helps get around itunes bullshit.

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I have only used a zune at a store display, but I still like the iPod better. I also have linux and a ton of games on it. With a custom firmware you can really open up the possibilities of an ipod.

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I was the one with the zune and subscription. I really like mine. I have a Zune 1 which has been known to have some issues (being the debut mp3 player from microsoft). Mine hasn't had any issues, but i've known people's who have. As far as the new zunes, the Zune 2, those issues are suppose to be gone and its suppose to be a lot smoother. I was watching G4TV and they said its a huge improvement and would perfer it over the Ipod Classic, because of its ability to be more compatible with windows, its wireless syncing, wireless song sharing, and larger screen make it appealing. G4tv made the comment that they perfer the ipod touch > Zune 2 > ipod classic.

Personally, I love mine. And the subscription is really cool but its an ongoing thing. If you don't pay your monthly subscription, the songs won't play. Buying songs is like Itunes, usually about $.89-.99/song

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Friend of mine has a zune. I have used it and it seems like a good mp3 player. It has some good points but like anything it has some bad. I think you can use the zune for web access if you mod the software, I am sure you can look into that online.

I personally just have a janky Zen micro and that gets me by.

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Big fan of my Ipod, but then again, I won it playing pool. I need a better way to make it play in the car though

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Ipods blow dick. If you buy it get the ERP. I've gone through 4 now and my last one died, but my ERP is up ::)

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wait so your saying you have to pay 15 a month plus the dollar per song and if you forget to pay the monthly fee you cant listen to the songs you already bought? thats a big setback cuz its for my sister and she is only 16 and works at schlotzkys (?) not making much. but the other parts of the zunes makes it pretty cool.

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nobody else has an opinion? im really looking for thoughts on the zune.

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buying songs?
HAHAHA
move to Canada

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I had a 60gb black video ipod when those first came out. Loved it but it really wasn't worth the $400+ so I took it back. Now I have a new ipod nano that I got brand new for about $70, and I enjoy it.

If I had my choice of pmps, this would be it:
http://www.archos.com/img/baal_prod/archos605.jpg
http://www.archos.com/products/gen_5...global&lang=en

Up to 160gb, 4.3" 800x480 touchscreen, wifi, supports many formats, can use as a DVR, has web browser, built in TV guide for recording shows, tv output, blah blah blah. Whole shitton of features, and it's a much better value than the ipod. The 160gb is $400.

If you're deciding between the ipod or zune, I'd go for the zune.

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creative and microsoft are all over Apples nuts with the mp3 players.. support originality; plus ipod is better any way

I think i'm going to sell my video and pick up an iphone :y

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Creative Zen Vision M :)

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Spend less and buy a windows mobile phone with a 4-8gb microsd card. You don't even have to hack it to run 3rd party software :1

Apple = Overpriced Hype

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If you need an ipod im the man to come to. What do you want.

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yeah i have a blackjack with an 8g sd card. lots of music. one complaint about the ipod is the voluime levels vary a lot between certain songs. i dont know if its cuz of the download or ripping the cd or the fm transmitter i have or if its actually the ipod but it was an affordable way to listen to it in my car so i cant complain too much. also i know there is a master volume adjustment in itunes but i already played with that and it just made everthing louder but didnt change the varying at all. some songs need to be turned all the way up, then the next song will scare the hell out of me when it starts and almost blows all my speakers in 2 seconds.

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Ipod + linux I am really liking rockbox but need a way to play .avi files.

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ive had both, ipod ftw just look around for a good deal online.

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Which ones are you selling? Are they new, used, refurbished?

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I've got a Zune 30gb. Had it for about a year. It's great. The new software is much improved too. The wi-fi is about useless and so is the radio but it plays music and videos well. Wish it had better codec support but...no biggie.

With the new software you can have it automatically download audio and video podcasts.

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Stolen?

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No This is how it works. Theres 2 ways to buy music. either buy songs like itunes for .99/song or buy a subscription from the "zune market place". Subscription is what I perfer, because for the price of buying 1 CD a month, I get unlimited downloading. Problem with subscription is that it is afterall a subscription so its a reoccurring monthly payment. Every 30 days the media usage rights run out and it has to update. If you didnt pay $14.99 for the next month, it won't play the songs as the usage rights havent been renewed. When i bought mine, it came with 2 weeks free of subscription, so if they still do that, she'll have an oppurtunity to find out what she perfers. Subscription is good if she wants to sample new bands without paying individually for the music. And if it runs out, she can keep the albums she wants by buying it online thru the marketplace or renewing the subscription for the next month. I hope that makes sense.

But, it'll also play songs downloaded from Limewire, bitorrent, etc. Or CDs you ripped, just like any other mp3 player.

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yeah thanks that clears up a lot. if she would pay for the subscription every month, it would be ok. but she isnt very good with the money she does have, so i doubt it. and her parents wont let her get a p2p network on there computer so limewire and kazaa are out.

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I'm probably safe to assume she doesn't care about what can be hacked or what games can be loaded on to it. If shes a teenager just get her a mini/nano. As long as its pink you'll prolly be safe.

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Two iPod hard disk drives died in my hands within a year (40Go).

If ever I get another mp3 player, I won't get one with an HDD.

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Brand new, what do you want? Dont lowball me or i wont get it.

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yeah i was thinking the same thing, but she is kinda wierd about stuff like that, and she is really good with computers so i dont know.

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the zune 30gig was 80 dollars at toys are us on black friday... I got mine at dell forl 100 dollars.. I bet you can find a 100 dollar deal locally for a 30 gig zune. I wish the zune was more hack-able.

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Why be a sheep? Get a toshiba gigabeat or something. an ipod is really just an MP3 player that has to use propritary software.

My boy has been rocking the 40 gig toshiba for years with no problems whatsoever.

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I love my iPod..then again it was free so why not

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Let me start off by saying ---- Apple's customer service.

I got a 30g video a few years ago, right after they first came out. By the next summer it wouldn't load music, and would play like 10 seconds into a song and freeze up, no sound, wouldn't move. I had to let it sit there and drain the battery to shut it off. I sent it into Apple for them to take a look at it and see if they could fix it, they said it "had a dent and water damage" and sent it back to me, unfixed, and had the ------- nerve to charge me $60. I recieved it back about a week later, NO DENTS and I had never had water near it, didn't sweat on it, anything. I call bullshit, Apple can suck a dick.
>:(

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I have a 4gb pink Nano, mint condition no blems, with usb cable and iTrip cigarette lighter\FM broadcast widget. Cheap ten dollar blue headphones. $125 shipped, and you can upload mp3s faster with Winamp than iFail proprietary software.

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My new sig.

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i have an ipod and i cant complain. the otherMP3 players dont have as much support for steroe interfaces. they do how ever have that bullshit rca to headphone jack but i prefer apples cb100 where it charges it while you play. most kenwood stereos and pioneers have them.

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I couldn't give any less of a ---- about features and trendy touch screen ---- and uber cool video players with all kinds of faggoty accessories. Who the ---- has time for all this ----? All an mp3 player should do is store music and play it, and allow you to select what song you want to play. I have one of those zen micro things to listen to music when I'm working on homework in the library and for when I get to work out, which hasn't occurred this semester. Seriously, seriously, all you ipod owning fucks can go fist yourselves. ----. Whatever happened to being a man? Men don't accessorize, and they don't play with colorful, trendy, trinkets. And seriously, how do you not break these things? Keep them in a friggen glass case on your mantle? I like to use my mp3 player, not just try to pick up bitches wearing uhggggggggss by flashing it around with trendy new accessories playing two girls one cup on your wifi ---- leakage waste of money. End rant

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I've had both ipod's and a zune, all the ipods i have had broke, my zune i've had for a year and a half and i've dropped it and stepped on it. I use it every single day for 10 hours at work (minus sat/sun) and i've never had one issue with it. I love the fact that it also has an fm radio. Go with the zune.

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Exactly why I am selling my 4gb pink Nano.

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wow did yo read the first part of my post where i said its for my little sister for christmas? read first. rand second.