Zune's new senor director of marketing paid a visit to PCMag yesterday to show off the snazzy new Zune HD. A few of our editors had the chance to check out the new MP3 player, and seem to like generally like what they saw.
There's praise for the hardware, which they called "incredibly thin," but the software seems to be the device's true selling point,
One clear strength is the slick and stellar user interface, which moves fluidly from one screen to the next, looks fantastic, and has a clever "history" tab that allows you to access, in one click, the last video, photo, radio station, Website, or song you were playing. Everything moves quickly.
This statement sums up the hands-on fairly well: "Is the Zune HD a worthy adversary to the iPod touch? In a word: Yes." For more of the review, and a handful of pictures, check out PCMag.com.
Good lord that's hot. I mean, it looks really REALLY good, and I have an iPod Touch.
Now I have to wonder though whether there's support for third-party applications or whether that's still going to be the place where Microsoft falls down - will the device wind up being a media player and Web browser (which is perfectly fine frankly) or will you be able to do other things on it as well?
Regardless, it's an absolutely gorgeous device, and I can't wait to get my hands on one.
Posted by:
MGL August 12, 2009 10:52 PM
I have the Zune 80, so I support Zune.
However, the Zune HD has been a highly anticipate product with very high expectations. From prelim reports things sound great. But, for this product to flourish it must be open to dovetailing seamlessly with third party apps. This is the only way to achieve longterm market sustainability and appeal.
Posted by:
Richard Thomson August 13, 2009 7:56 AM
Very ni-ice!
Questions: When will Microsoft begin retailing this amazing device in the UK? Will the UK price be prohibitively expensive? Finally, will the internal hardware be as good, or will it be a much less powerful offering as it often the case?
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August 12, 2009 12:05 PM
very nice video, beats all others, I can't wait.
August 12, 2009 7:19 PM
Good lord that's hot. I mean, it looks really REALLY good, and I have an iPod Touch.
Now I have to wonder though whether there's support for third-party applications or whether that's still going to be the place where Microsoft falls down - will the device wind up being a media player and Web browser (which is perfectly fine frankly) or will you be able to do other things on it as well?
Regardless, it's an absolutely gorgeous device, and I can't wait to get my hands on one.
August 12, 2009 10:52 PM
I have the Zune 80, so I support Zune.
However, the Zune HD has been a highly anticipate product with very high expectations. From prelim reports things sound great. But, for this product to flourish it must be open to dovetailing seamlessly with third party apps. This is the only way to achieve longterm market sustainability and appeal.
August 13, 2009 7:56 AM
Very ni-ice!
Questions: When will Microsoft begin retailing this amazing device in the UK? Will the UK price be prohibitively expensive? Finally, will the internal hardware be as good, or will it be a much less powerful offering as it often the case?