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Zune HD features Apple should steal
- wglb 17y agoI thought we weren't going to do any of N things articles anymore. On the other hand, if Apple takes his advice, perhaps they will increase their market share over zune.
- jrockway 17y agoWireless sync is a good feature. The other problems can be solved by allowing third-party apps. (But not the way Apple does it with the iTouch/iPhone; those third-party apps don't let you do anything interesting.) I am looking very forward to Archos' Android-based media player. Currently looks rough around the edges, but it has great potential.
- dbz 17y agoI like the idea, yes- but I am worried about the part of "syncing even when the app isn't open on the computer" (not an exact quote) That sounds like a HUGE security risk
- jrockway 17y agoI think with bluetooth-style "pairing" (key exchange) this is fine. If you break AES, you can download my music collection -- seems fair to me.
- jrwoodruff 17y agoA great deal? At 14.99 a month? So I spend $180 for a year of service, and at the end of the year I have... oh, nothing. I'll buy 180 songs from iTunes, so someday my kid can listen to my old skool Modest Mouse tracks, thank-you-very-much.
- sp332 17y agoZune Pass: infinity dollars. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/15/ http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/15/
- navee 17y agoActually you can download 10 song per month. So you will have 120 songs at the end of year to keep.
- prospero 17y agoIn a year, do you only listen to 180 new songs? Do you know which songs those will be ahead of time? Subscription is about discovering music, not owning it. For people who value that, it's a very useful and fairly priced service.
- dbz 17y agoAnd I believe the article writer talked about ripping some of the songs? With that mentality it is a dream come true- no?
- mikeryan 17y agoThe features for Zune Pass seem to already be covered by apps like Pandora and Rhapsody. But some of these features would be nice to have.
- jsz0 17y agoThe problem with wireless sync is you still have to plug in the device to charge it -- especially after using wifi to transfer gigabytes of data to the device. I can see how it would have some value for quick top off syncs but I imagine from Apple's perspective wireless syncing is going to cause more of a negative outcome to their users (battery drain, multiple syncing procedures for software updates, etc) People are buying iPods, and other Apple devices, because of the elegant simplicity. That may impose limitations to some folks but of course there's plenty of good non-Apple alternatives.
- lurkinggrue 17y agoThey just need an inductive charger like the Palm Pre.