The Zune HD

The Zune HD is a remarkable MP3 player. It is easy to use and powerful.

I recently purchased a 32gb version and am very pleased with the purchase. Here is a quick review of the Zune. You can find more in depth reviews on Amazon.
Pros:

• The Zune has a powerful multitouch screen that allows you to pinch and zoom, scroll and slide all you want. Very easily.
• The Zune Pass. For those people that like their music and don't want to pirate it the Zune pass gives you access to the entire library of music availible from the Zune Marketplace for a month. At the end of every month you are able to keep 10 songs (DRM free) as your own. This is great for people that are exploring new styles or music!
• Powerful Apps. While the Zune has very, very few apps (see Cons) the Zune does possess some powerful apps for you to use. Unique to the Zune is Audiosurf, perhaps the best game ever, that allows you to play along with any song you choose. What better game for a MP3 Player?
• All Apps are Free. I shouldn't need to say any more about this. Every app you get for the Zune will be free to download and use.
• It's now made by Apple. For a lot of PC nuts this is a big plus. The Zune is a Microsoft product and thus is a little harder to get used to then the Ipod but is far nicer once you take off the training wheels.
• The Interface of the Zune is easy to understand and has a lot of bells and whistles to it. When listening to songs a picture of the artist will be used as the background. Tapping the artist name will select the artist and bring up multiple options (Albums, Pics, Bio etc) that you may select. Unlike the IPod the Zune is not a tabular interface. The menu is not just a bunch of buttons one after another instead you browse a selection of items and then zoom in to a specific one with a tap.

Cons:

• Apps for the Zune are extremly limited. You are restricted to only the apps that Microsoft has allowed companies to make. While this means that the apps you get are better quality and that they will all work, it also means that their is a sever limit to the number of apps that you can choose from.
• The Zune HD is expensive. I bought a 32gb HD for $200. This is a steep price to pay if you are buying an MP3 player. The price is, however, slightly lower then that of the IPod touches.

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