Posted on 11/19/2006 12:25:48 AM PST by Swordmaker
Why can't they both suck?
I really REALLY hate iTunes. I hate how the iTunes music store prevents competition (you can't put music from most other online music stores on your iPod). $.99 a song is a giant rip off. I also thing the way music is organized in Windows Media Player is far superior. I don't understand why that isn't what Zune is using as it's player. Really, the only thing I like about iTunes are podcasts. The only difference between Apple and Microsoft is that one has more money.
I also really hate the click wheel on the iPod. I refuse to believe that there isn't a faster way to scroll through your songs. Once my current iPod bites the dust, I'm going with Creative despite the fact that I'm going to have to convert all my songs from ACC format (another thing I hate about iTunes incidentally).
Give Me iPod of Give Me Death!
Take My iPod from My Cold Dead Hand.
Amen! I don't want no stinkin' FM radio I want my AM talk stations for a diversion.
just now for the 'best selling' black Zune-
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75 in Electronics (See Top Sellers in Electronics)
Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player (Brown)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #499 in Electronics (See Top Sellers in Electronics)
Sinking like a zune.
hmmmm.... that might catch on.
Flushed down the e-toilet like a brown zune...
Another good zinger... I'm getting good at this...
Hilarious. Of course Steve Jobs has had similar presentation problems... just fewer of them.
Yes, but good ole' Steve's were not so...common. The blue screen of death, to the day, plagues Microsoft environment.
Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player (White)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #525 in Electronics (See Top Sellers in Electronics)
Creative beats both of them.
Say NO! to DRM in your electronics.
At what rank does a product drop out of the "Top Sellers in Electronics" category and join the "Bottom Failures of Electronics" category?
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/how-to-bypass-the-zunes-wifi-sharing-drm-217042.php
How To Bypass The Zune's WiFi Sharing DRM
We knew it would be done sooner or later, and now that we have the mod to use your Zune as a portable hard drive, a method to bypass the Zune's WiFi sharing DRM is finally here.
First, you need to enable hard drive mode using the instructions we posted before. Then, rename whatever files—MP3s, movies, programs—to have the extension ".jpg" in order to fool the Zune into thinking it's an image. This hack works because Zune doesn't apply DRM to images!
Then what?
Now, take your Zune and send the folder containing these files to your buddy along with a real photo. If you only send a fake photo, an error is thrown. The last step is to have your friend sync the Zune with their computer, open the "containing folder" where the files were downloaded, and rename the files back to their correct extension.
We tried doing this before with just the Zune software, without the storage hack, and Zune threw an error because it resizes the images down in order to conserve space, and our file wasn't a real image.
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