Comments on: Could the Zune HD be on its way soon?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:49:50 +0000

I like my 8gb zune and it has been very reliable. I really don’t really care wether it is a “stylish” ipod or a zune, as long as it plays my music and videos.

My only problem with zune is that the marketplace doesn’t have any movies.

By: lol

lol — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:13:12 +0000

Wrong. Xbox, Xbox 360.

Windows.

By: roach

roach — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:49:38 +0000

4Dthinker, I don’t leave home without my Zune 120. Heavy and not portable and yet…

iPod classic: 4.1×2.4×0.41 4.9ounces
itouch: 4.3×2.4×0.33 4.05 ounces
Zune 120: 4.3×2.4×0.5 4.5 ounces

Big difference there, I guess you’d need a pickup truck to haul around a Zune.

By: HardEight

HardEight — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:18:29 +0000

@ Uncle Bernie

What’s more lame? Someone who makes dumb comments, or someone who makes comments so obviously to start a flame war that only 2 people only bothered to even call you out on it?

FAIL. Guess what, only your mother thinks your funny and its because she’s the only one who knows who you’re real dad is.

By: Brenden

Brenden — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:41:44 +0000

Also, they need to make it have alot of storage. Ipod touch’s 32gigs don’t cut it. I have a 80GB zune that is FULL, WE NEED AT LEAST 100GB’s. Yea i know it will be very unlikely to have alot of storage but i can hope, cant i?

By: Brenden

Brenden — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:31:13 +0000

I would definitly get one. I have had 4 ipods, (nano, video, classic, touch) all which i hate. I have an 80gb zune that i currently have had for around 8 months. I LOVE IT. So much better than an ipod. Screw you Steve Jobs

By: 4DThinker

4DThinker — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:03:29 +0000

A new Zune doesn’t have to have a 1280×720 screen to support HD output from it’s dock. It just has to support downsizing that content to fit it’s screen when played onboard. It’s more likely it’ll have a 480 x 272 or 800 x 480 screen. To store that HD content it would need 64gb flash or a smaller 120gb hard drive than the current model has. I’ll take either.

You don’t see the 120 or 80 Zunes out in the wild because they are bricks .. heavy .. not portable. They went cheap with a 1.8″ screen on the smaller Zunes even though the nano has had a 2″ screen for the last two generations.

I’ll bet this HD zune has an AMOLED screen, 3.3″ or 4.3″, 32gb and 64gb models available, WiFi/browser, plays flash games, and even some Xbox games (adapted to a touchscreen interface). I’ll bet it’s thinner than the 120 too.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:45:32 +0000

1 on the iTunes support comments. However we all know thy will never happen. If microsoft would pick a side (audio enthusiast/media hub…*iPod Touch*) they could really grab some more market share. But as long as they keep developing and producing a player with no original features or anything exciting with features that every other player have, Microsoft will never have any success with the Zune. And with their comments on not putting any more money above and beyond into the Zune development, any hope of anything truly unique is nothing but a dream.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: gadgetchic

gadgetchic — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:48:15 +0000

unless i can use itunes with the zune, i would probably never switch

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:16:04 +0000

lol cocoa puffs.

By: Argenys

Argenys — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:33:57 +0000

You my friend are wrong. All I can do is pray for you. I suppose you think that someone else is more qualified to lead us out of this depression?

By: donkeyr

donkeyr — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:09:58 +0000

And people wonder why Apple users have a reputation for being douchbags? look below.

“Publish the names of those people so stupid they would buy this thing.”

“Hey bill! Will you help me setup my Zune? No wait! I’ve got an iPod like the rest of the world! (holds by head while Gates thrashes in vain)

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Huntsville United States”

“MS is not an innovator. They purchase tech and market the heck out of it. They do not create ANYTHING original. They never have and never will.”

Dont buy it if you dont want to. But dont deny us adults a free choice because you cant handle it.

By: DJV

DJV — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:57:37 +0000

Perspective, I dislike Apple because they lock down their products. You can’t purchase their operating system and put it on your own hardware without violating the licensing agreement.

The funny thing is that by trying to control all aspects of their hardware and software to become a monopoly they allowed MS to control the computing world.

By the way, I am eating coco puffs in your mom’s basement after attending a party in her mouth where everyone was cumming.

By: Uncle Bernie Madeoff

Uncle Bernie Madeoff — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:29:01 +0000

Boy Genius should rename themselves as Boy Morons or Boy Doofus.

Publish the names of those people so stupid they would buy this thing.
They also feel Obama is helping the country.

Microsoft: change you believe in?

By: Perspective

Perspective — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:13:58 +0000

How does anyone “dislike” a company? I understand not liking a product or a service, but dislike a company? Who has time for that? Oh yeah, guys that spend all day posting on message boards while they chew cocoa puffs in their mom’s basement.

As for me, I don’t care for most MS products (the 360 being the exception), but I don’t “dislike” the company itself, probably because I don’t live in my mom’s basement while working for VZW.

By: champ85

champ85 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:12:10 +0000

Hey bill! Will you help me setup my Zune? No wait! I’ve got an iPod like the rest of the world! (holds by head while Gates thrashes in vain)

–Carter Pewterschmidt – Family Guy

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Huntsville United States

By: Young Veyron

Young Veyron — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:24:48 +0000

I would love to see this device because I am a huge Zune fan and/or an application for Windows Mobile.

By: maurice

maurice — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:10:39 +0000

I adore my Zune 8 so yes, would definitly be interested. Just VERY anoyed that nothing has been said about marketplace for us up here in Canada!!! Not even a blip!

By: DJV

DJV — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:00:21 +0000

The Zune never was a contender. Apple, who I dislike, is so far ahead in this game that MS does not have a chance. MS is not an innovator. They purchase tech and market the heck out of it. They do not create ANYTHING original. They never have and never will.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Hey BGR, don’t think I can’t see the Engadget logo right on the bottom-left of the Zune HD. Sneaky…

By: Yums

Yums — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:51:37 +0000

That really does look pretty hot.

Hopefully this Zune HD is the first step in all the sweet new Zune services that are supposedly coming. I really want to use the Zune pass on any WinMo device.

By: TRV$

TRV$ — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:44:07 +0000

I’d pick one of these up. As others have stated above, if MS added phone capability, as well as aggressively targeting the iPhone as their main competitor, (instead of tip-toeing around it like the elephant in the room that it is) then we would definitely see some competition. It would really be no different than their “I’m a PC/I’m a Mac” feud that’s currently being waged. C’mon MS, give me SOMETHING to believe in. I’ll have to credit Bret Michaels and POISON for that line.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:40:38 +0000

I hope so. And even if it’s not an HD one. If it can be one improved over the Zune 120GB, that’d be fine. Then, have a November-December release date. PERFECT!!

By: backbeat

backbeat — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:03:25 +0000

Just what the low-brow, secondary (gray) market needs. Dumbphone support.

Competition, where appropriate, is certainly welcome to keep all parties honest and fair to consumers.

By: The Mike

The Mike — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:00:15 +0000

Might as well make it a Window Mobile 7 cell phone! Come on MS… you know you want to.

I for one won’t be buying any MP3 players while I have a phone that’ll do both.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:00:05 +0000

I just want to see the Zune Mobile platform hit more the WinMo, be accessible to dumbphones

By: matthias

matthias — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:49:41 +0000

the ipod touch is so far down the road that i have no problem saying too little too late microsoft.

the best thing they could probably to is add mac support this time. for those of us who would care for it.

By: Hmmmm.

Hmmmm. — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:48:13 +0000

bring it on! It won’t hurt anything.

By: John

John — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:47:56 +0000

There is absolutely NO way this will have a display approaching 720p. Do you have any idea how expensive a 1280×720 LCD panel that small would cost? You’d be able to afford a cheap windows PC for that kind of money.

It’ll be VGA or WVGA, but nothing more than that.

By: Reinhard

Reinhard — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:45:55 +0000

I would most definitely by another Zune or more… Have an 120GB device since Xmas and love it – hardly use the iPod anymore. The software is much more elegant than iTunes but lacks a couple of features when you copy audiobooks from your CD library. Hopefully I can buy the next Zune from a regular store or site in Europe!