Archive for January 24th, 2008
Microsoft Zune 4/8GB Digital Media Player
Colors: Pink, Red, Green, Black
Memory: 4GB holds up to 1000 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 12 hours of videos
8GB holds up to 2000 songs, 50,000 pictures, or 25 hours of videos
Screen: 1.8 inch made from glass, 320 x 240 resolution
Controls: You can navigate by pressing or sliding your finger on the pad.
Syncing: You can sync your music, pictures, or videos through the sync cable or sync it through your home’s Wi-Fi network;
Wireless: 802.11 b/g, 30 feet range. Sharing music, and pictures with other Zune owners
FM-Radio: yes, included!
Formats: The Zune supports MP3, AAC, WMA, WMV, MP4, m4a, m4b, mov for songs
WMV, MPEG-4, and H.264-DVD quality Video Formats
JPEG for pictures
Software: Zune
Battery Life: 24 hours of music, 4 hours of Video
Ports: Connector Port (sync cable), AV out (Headphone)
Languages: French, English, Spanish
Included in the box: Earphones, sync Cable, the Zune, User Manual, Three pairs of foam earpiece covers
Pros:
- The 324 x 240 Resolution is very good resolution for a digital media player of this kind and since the screen is made out of glass, the picture quality looks a little bit better.
- The improved Zune’s pad allows you to go through your collection by touch of your finger; you can also scroll up and down, left and right like the first generation of Zunes.
- You can customize the background picture of your Zune player with a picture from you picture collection on the device.
- You can share your music and pictures with other Zune users through the built in Wi-Fi; with the new Zune you can also sync your music through your house Wi-Fi connection. The only thing that you need to do is to setup your Zune with the home router for the first time, and after that the device will automatically connect to it whenever it’s connected to charge.
- Being able to listen to the FM-Radio, Microsoft gaves this option to its users to listen to the radio whenever they want to.
- The Zune plays a lot of different formated music, videos, and JPEG pictures, which is mostly what everyone needs now a days.
- The Zune’s software has gotten improved a lot and it includes podcast.
Cons:
- The battery life could be improved a little bit more. The current battery life is pretty decent but comparing it with iPod’s, it needs to be improved
- No Voice Recorder, No FM-Radio Recorder
- No support for Audible audio books
- No memory expansion slots (e.g. SD cards)
- Not being able to connect to the internet
- Sync music, pictures back to your computer through Wi-Fi