ZUNE HD
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- janne760
but still...
- moth0
it makes more sense when you see it... but it's still a shit interface;
- moth0
i actually like the look of that - interface aside.
- ukit0
Is the bevel that contrasty in real life?
- dbloc0
- fakeuberdesigner
- The phone looks more like a calculator.Brainiac
- the buttons look too shitty. simple ps beveluberdesigner
- it's MSdbloc
- monospaced0
Does it still squirt?
- kult0
I own a Zune, and it blows away every iPod I've ever owned. I love the fucking thing.
That said: Screws are weird, but at least has a functional reason. The icons are retarded and serve no purpose. The original Zune UI was very type-driven and really lovely. If you check the UI video on Gizmodo, navigating around is still a joy -- I just think they need to step backwards to the less-is-more style from before.
(Maybe there's an option to turn off icons?)
- tried one since the click wheel was done away with?rusty_ace
- eating_tv0
even the concepts are crap and misaligned
- fiesta0
Looks pretty pointy and retro, an improvement on the last one but that menu shot is embarrassingly bad, almost looks like the fonts/positioning fucked up when it was sent to marketing and they didn't notice.
- andreasm0
I agree on the interface, but I actually think the product looks nice. It's a product doomed to fail because of MS context. Really lacks some groundbreaking ideas in the UI though, WTF is it so difficult for them to come up with something decent?
- kult0
Ignoring the childlike MS-haters..
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,…
This device looks fucking killer. I loved my original Zune more than my iPod, and this thing looks like it just destroys.
- jesus fuck, the marketplace still doesn't fitt onto the screen.digdre
- fiesta0
Although they are fucking moronic to be hyping it so close to an iPhone refresh, should have waited to see what Apple had in store first.
- moth0
If they really wanted to challenge the ipod they should have open sourced the lot.
- zarkonite0
fiesta:
Zune has games, checkout the marketplace... it's the same as the XBOX marketplace.
MS also has more HD movies for sell, they've been making backdoor deals with the studios for a while now since Apple was so hell bent on pissing off their supplier by forcing them to lower their price.
As for the one product comment, the portable entertainment device market is very small and growing very fast. MS is basically looking at that and trying to grab a piece of the pie, not converting ipod users. Think of it this way, Apple is sitting at a little under 4% of the installed base of computers. According to your logic they should just give up? Or are you just being a fanatic??
- dbloc0
- there's a Mac in the background :)Brainiac
- hahah, there is!baseline_shift
- Probably trying to figure out how to rip the digital user interfaceroundabout