Microsoft Makes Zune HD Official, Packs IE Browser

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]jecht[/nom]I'm waiting for the metaphor-free radio[/citation]

Hey now, I got your metaphor-free radio right here! I said it was like turbo-shuffle. That my friend is a similie. Oh yes, jane is wearing her clever trousers today. :kaola"

 

[dark_lord69]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]looks good, the best thing about Zune is no Itunes![/citation]
You can get MP3 files on your iPod WITHOUT using iTunes.
It's called Winamp.
Send to -> iPod

 

[dark_lord69]

I also wish it was a phone.

 

[afrobacon]

I'm curious how this "IE based" browser will match up. Any news on being able to switch to something (possibly) better?

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]JMcEntegart[/nom]I've rediscovered the radio in recent months. It's like turbo-shuffle and there's 10 stations for every genre.[/citation]

I admit that I've never listened to satellite radio with its plethora of stations. I just can't handle radio that has any of: advertisements, djs (i.e. talk), or terrible industry pushed / created pop music.

 

[ravewulf]

I can't wait! I had no desire for the phone part anyway, I just have a cheap basic phone with txt and pix and that's all I need. Portable media player though, I want MORE, MORE, MORE! I love all the features and the new look. Definately going to look into ditching my iPod Classic for this

 

[Hatecrime69]

I don't regret just recently getting my touch, but i will admit that the zunehd getting hd radio is very neat, i typically listen to the radio at night here and hd radio is advertised a lot on the station i listen to

 

[war2k9]

I will not buy a zune simply because it requires you to use zune software, just like ipods requires you to use itunes..

 

[tipoo]

Need more details, but at this point its a thumbs up for me. I hope they revert back to the "premium" headphones, or something better.

 

[spongebob]

[citation][nom]afrobacon[/nom]I'm curious how this "IE based" browser will match up. Any news on being able to switch to something (possibly) better?[/citation]afrobacon has a legitimate point - Whoever voted this message down must have never used IE on a mobile phone. IE on WinMo 5 is pretty poor, completely outclassed by Opera. Be that as it may, I've caught some rumors that IE was getting some attention - I suspect the version on this device will be much improved.

 

[Guest]

Yes... YES!!! I'll wait to see the actual device, but I'll definitely be holding off buying an iPhraud product... My sisters have ipods, while I do like the concept of watching videos on the ipod touch... we had to update the ipod and... tada! fry-tunes failed in the middle of the update process and bricked the device. Perhaps I could have restarted the device if I was able to remove the battery :-\

 

[leafblower29]

[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]People still listen to the radio?[/citation]

Yeah I do to find new songs.

 

[mitch074]

If the ZuneHD runs under Windows Mobile 6 (or a spin-off) then the browser is based on IE 6's engine, which is famous amongst web developers.

...it sucks big time.

 

[Hindesite]

I'm very glad they didn't try to make this a phone. I love every feature about this Zune HD, but I already have a phone which I use for calling people. I want my phone to be a high quality device with every single penny of it's production costs put into making it a good phone. I don't want the quality of my phone split between all the costs included with creating something like a Zune HD. Consumers will only pay so much for a device like that and Microsoft would have to cut corners somewhere.

Leave the calling to phones, I say.

 

[tipoo]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]looks good, the best thing about Zune is no Itunes![/citation]


+ A bajillion thumbs to you.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]leafblower29[/nom]Yeah I do to find new songs.[/citation]

I actually use torrent sites to find new music. If I like what I hear, I buy their album. On regular broadcast radio, I can't remember the last time I heard a new song that I actually liked.

 

[tipoo]

Dont worry guys, it shouldn't take long for a few hundred beer and fart apps to show up. probably not long for the tens of useful apps either.