The Zune MP3 Player Versus The Leading iPod
Posted in Computers on September 30th, 2009 by cahyoIt is not a surprise that a lot of people in our society don’t even know what a Zune is, and there is one answer. Advertisement, Microsoft has done a horrible job of advertising their product. Even commercials, they tried to make the Zune seem so mysterious, but in reality, it just turned people off.
I can understand wanting to hide such a movie like Hancock, or The Happening, something where giving away the plot or story might ruin the whole movie, but there is absolutely no point in not throwing the Zune right in peoples faces so that they aren’t just looking at the iPod.
Thats one reason why the Apple is far ahead of Microsoft’s game. This also applies to Windows and MAC, you never see any advertising on Windows, now do you? Next thing you know, the MAC will be the mainly used computer for all of the United States, something I thought never would happen.
But, lets get down to business. The Zune MP3 Player, is actually a very nice mp3 player when comparing it to the iPod. Of course, any arguments that you here are generally from someone with an iPod, doesn’t know what the Zune is, or even looks like for that matter. Point in case, people believe what other people say way too easily.
Do your research, and if your reading this article, I’ve done it for you. The Zune often gets better ratings than the iPod when it comes to being an mp3 player, unforunately due to the marketing ability of Microsoft to show people the Zune, half of the world doesn’t know what the thing is.
But thats okay, because you do. Now you can make a solid decision on whether you want an iPod or a Zune MP3 Player. One thing that I must point out is that the Zune has several features the the iPod does not have at all.
The downside to that is, when they decided to release these new features, they were not polished at all, thus resulting in failed features or ones that had little or no effect when put into works. So, that means it looks good on paper, but essentially if something doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.
On the other hand, iPod doesn’t have as many features, but in the features that it does have, they are polished up quite well. You won’t find any buggy systems or anything like that with the iPod, and the database, iTunes, where all of the music comes from is just massive.
iTunes is consistently being updated, and made more user-friendly for the computer-illiterate people who don’t know how to drag and drop a song from one folder to another. But that’s okay, you can’t expect much from people nowadays.
There are also a few other points of competition as well. Accessories, that is one huge aspect. If there were absolutely not accessories for one of the two competitors, the Zune or the iPod, the opposing would win. Simply because what good does an iPod do on its own.
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