ZOMG New Zunes

BarlowBrad writes "From PC World: "Microsoft announced a new slate of Wi-Fi-equipped Zune players today, including $150 4GB and $200 8GB flash-based players, and a $250 80GB model that's slimmer than the original Zune. All of the new models feature touch-sensitive controls and wireless syncing with your PC, a much-demanded feature that Microsoft will also make available on the original 30GB Zune when the new models debut in mid November." Wireless. More space than a Nomad. But draw your own conclusions."

But...

[cayenne8]

...can I hack it into a working phone, and then connect it to AT&T....?

Draw your own conclusions...

[Stormwatch]

Wireless. More space than a Nomad. But draw your own conclusions.

Lame.

Refresh my memory...

[mattgreen]

Do we hate this irrationally still? I don't read the newsletter much, but I want to feel like I fit in.

Thanks!

what about the DRM "feature"?

[MoFoQ]

what about the DRM "feature" that essentially made the original zune so...pointless and unwanted by many?

How dare they

[fermion]

How dare they introduce a better product so soon after the original was released. What about the dozens of early adopters that spent good money on the first generation Zune. I hope MS will give some sort of trade in to compensate those that were conned into buying the original, inferior, zune. It has not even been a year!

Frankly I think we are lucky that they did not change the DRM and force everyone to buy new tracks for the new player.

Re:Still gimped "Squirt"...

[moderatorrater]

I go with the old frat-house adage that any squirt is a good squirt.

Interface

[llthomps]

http://www.zunescene.com/zune2pics/zc1-380.jpg [zunescene.com]

With only seven options on the main menu, you think they could've fit it on to a single screen (settings is below the fold). This is the sort of crap that makes me not take Microsoft seriously. To quote SNL - "Who's the marketing genius who came up with that one?"

Zune. No grapes, no nuts. What's the deal?

Re:But...

[flyingsquid]

Did any one else have a ZOMG Ponies flashback for a second?

You know, the way stuff is going, Microsoft might have better luck selling ponies than selling Zunes.

Re:Microsostrich

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't see how this product could ever compete with the iPod Touch... I got my Touch a little more than a week ago (it was my first apple mp3 player) and it's so awesome, if it had a dick I'd suck it.

Re:But...

[Hal_Porter]

What is the world coming to when Slashdot articles have "zomg" in the title. Idiocracy was a prophecy.

Being an idiot is cool if you're doing it ironically.

Re: Who buys Zunes any way?

[Anonymous Coward]

Like anyone smart enough to read /. is going to buy a Zune? Come on!

Re:But...

[mashade]

Must.. resist.. joke about "squirting"..

Re:Still gimped "Squirt"...

[glittalogik]

Oh man, if only stuff that got squirted at you in frat houses cleared up after 3 plays instead of 6 weeks of antibiotics.

Re:Draw your own conclusions...

[ScrewMaster]

... most ipod users apparently don't use the apple store much, so it shouldn't represent a problem for most people.

Does that mean iPods truly are, after all is said and done, little more than repositories for stolen music like the RIAA says?