Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Good point. But what incentive would users have to go through that hassle? Only a clearly superior device would offer them the slightest reaso…

IF MS does the song exchange that could be considered a monopolistic practice like giving IE away for free back in the day. Using their monopoly in one market to take over another …

Quote: Originally Posted by slugslugslug But yeah, according to the Engadget story, Microsoft is going to foot the bill for users' getting the rights (again) to the songs they b…

M$ is going to lose on this one. Talk about POP UP ads. This thing is going to SUCK. One is that the device will contain a sensor that picks up advertisements from an "Ad-Node" …

Besides, if anyone had a chance of killing the iPod, don't you think Sony's PSP would have done it? You can play movies, music, and games on one device. Better yet, you can put y…

Won't happen. It will be fugly. It will require WMA. It will suck. It will fail.

Quote: Originally Posted by msuper69 It will be fugly. Most PCs are fugly. Windows UI is certainly fugly. Quote: It will require WMA. Windows relies…

Quote: Originally Posted by slugslugslug according to the Engadget story, Microsoft is going to foot the bill for users' getting the rights (again) to the songs they bought, in …

Are they only going to offer a rental service? That does of course suck. No serious match for Apple's ownership scheme. Side thought: Although, in principle, since Apple can chang…

I'm pretty sure the speculation is that it'll be a pay-based store--otherwise the whole free downloading of purchased iTunes tracks scheme wouldn't make any sense.

The only way that M$ can kill the iPod is if they give the M$ version away for $10 each. Bill Gates is willing to start giving away his fortune earlier that we expected.

So, they seem to now officially ackowledge the service dubbed "Zune". There's even a really cheesy website http://www.comingzune.com I found two reports on the original report (W…

What guarantees that they will have al the songs that iTunes carries in the first place? Certainly there will be certain artists they will either not be able to carry due to contra…

Id like to see the ipod killer have some sort of ipod jamming device built in, kind of like those cell phone jammers you can buy. That way it will be a true killer.

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey Id like to see the ipod killer have some sort of ipod jamming device built in, kind of like those cell phone jammers you can buy. That way it…

That stupid Coming Zune website is the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

It's pretty ridiculous indeed.

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Side thought: Although, in principle, since Apple can change the DRM terms at any time to whatever they like (like reducing the amount of CD bu…

True, but (at least in theory) there's no guarantee they will always allow you to burn to audio CD at all.

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon iPod remote destruction. Awesome idea! Next time some kid on the subway is blasting off some hip hop on full volume so I have to listen to his…

Ooooo good call

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon True, but (at least in theory) there's no guarantee they will always allow you to burn to audio CD at all. I don't think it will come to t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Unfortunately that sounds like a typical M$ strong-arm approach. And as porieux already indicated, is this entirely legal? Anti-trust? I hope …

Quote: Originally Posted by itguy05 However, just to be safe, I burn them all to an audio CD just in case. Yeah, I'm not as paranoid as it may sound in this thread so i don…

Quote: Originally Posted by Helmling I think Apple's already fighting a technical battle, but against their own standards. The iPod has to be certain things--simple, elegant, c…