ShoppingDeadly Match! Zune Vs Ipod Touch.
With the intoduction of the new ipod Touch Apple has matched Zune features or exceeded them, everybody wants wifi in the ipods to share music, photos and socialise, now it even has more uses for the incorporated wifi, you can browse the internet like the iphone, you can buy music online and socialise when visit any Starbuck store. Want more? It features the same touchscreen of the iphone, has 16 gigabyte and you know what? It is hackers ready, because it same the same components as its older brother all the hacks available for the iphone are immediately ready for the ipod touch.
Feature
Zune
Picture
Storage
Capacity (songs)
Capacity (pictures)
Capacity (video)
Controls
Screen size/type
Screen resolution
Screen aspect ratio
Landscape display mode
Portrait display mode
Personalized wallpaper
Audio player
Video player
Picture viewer
Games player
Audio formats
Video formats
FM tuner
Height/Width
Depth
Weight
Wireless
Wireless/social features (audio)
Wireless/social features (pictures)
Wireless/social features (video)
Connectivity
Wireless
Battery
Battery life
Video: 4 hours. Pictures: 4 hours.
Battery charge time
Colors
PC / Mac
Online download service
Downloads available
Price per song / album
Subscription service
Subscription cost
Client software
System requirements - OS
Windows XP Tablet PC SP2, or Windows XP Media Center 2005
with Rollup Update 2 and Oct. 2006 Rollup Update.
System requirements - Processor
Internet Ready
Youtube Video
Agenda
Contacts
System requirements - Other
64MB of Video RAM
Over the aire Music Download
Starbuck Ready
Price
What you get in the box
Feature
iPod Touch
Picture
Storage
Capacity (songs)
3,500 songs (16GB model)
Capacity (pictures)
20,000 songs (16GB model)
Capacity (video)
20 hours of video (16GB model)
Controls
Screen size/type
Screen resolution
at 163 pixels per inch
Screen aspect ratio
Landscape display mode
Portrait display mode
Personalized wallpaper
Audio player
Video player
Picture viewer
Games player
Audio formats
AIFF, WAV
Video formats
FM tuner
Height/Width
Depth
Weight
5.5 ounces (80GB)
Wireless
Wireless/social features (audio)
Wireless/social features (pictures)
Wireless/social features (video)
Connectivity
Battery
Battery life
Battery charge time
Colors
PC / Mac
Online download service
Downloads available
Price per song / album
Subscription service
Subscription cost
Client software
System requirements - OS
Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 or later
System requirements - Processor
Internet Ready
Youtube Video
Agenda
Contacts
System requirements - Other
video RAM not specified
Over the aire Music Download
Starbuck Ready
Price
$399 (16GB)
What you get in the box
Dock adapter for use with Universal Dock, case.
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9 Comments, Comment or Ping
Leadeath
but its only 16 gb. just not enough…
Sep 6th, 2007
vitaboy
Yo fool. That’s what the 160 GB iPod classic is for.
But if you go with the Touch, you get to watch YouTube videos, surf web sites, and buy any one of 6 million tunes over a wifi network with but a single touch.
What can the Zune’s wifi do, btw?
Sep 6th, 2007
James
The zune has no chance at all, it hasn’t even released in Astralia yet and it has already been completly knocked down by the new iPod Touch. The Zune has no chance of chipping into the iPod market for obvious reasons.
Sep 10th, 2007
michael
the zune is holding down the #1 spot for me. i am in the military and deploying to various places the zune is durable and long lasting on the battery. i have taken my zune all over so far and as for my friends that have the ipod they rather have the zune instead. in addition, in high temperatures areas the zune wins hand down, my friend’s ipod locked up a lot in the heat. on the other hand, since it took ipod 2 generations to go wifi and the zune only 1. the next zune will no doubt win again, especially if they come out with an usb cable to connect zune to zune to share movies.
Sep 14th, 2007
DUNGALO
DUNGALO
the zune is still the best for me because its so durable and long lasting battery life. you are just waisting your money if you but the i- touch mp3 layer. a while ago i try to have an touch screen device but it never last long, because it’s only takes about 3 months and its locked up.no doubt, but imagine what happen to the i- phone, suddenly they drop their prices because nobody wants to buy for it. still the best of the best for me is the zune. IPOD SUCKS MADE IN TAIWAN INSIDE ask me why because i try to break my ipod nano b4.
Sep 14th, 2007
tw
michael first of all the zune came out long after the ipod. if it had come out before than it wouldnt have wifi either, with that out of the way i have to say the ipod touch wins hands down. its not something you can debate, the ipod touch has wifi‚ an internet browser, touch screen, built in music store, coverflow, superior picture quality, a scratch free front, youtube, itunes support which means 6 million downloadable songs not to mention videos, its thinner, ipods are durable, and no SANE person can argue the fact that the ipod touch LOOKS FAR BETTER THAN A ZUNE. the only downside is it is only 16gb, BUT its a flash drive and can be upgraded.
Sep 16th, 2007
mindpower
Michael: iPod touch has 8 hours more battery life than the Zune. And as it now uses flash memory it will be far more robust than the Zune since there are no moving parts (ie hard-disk) to break.
Dungalo: What has Taiwan got to do with anything? There are good and bad quality manufacturers of goods in every country. Making an assumption that everything that comes out of one country is bad is plain stupid.
Sep 17th, 2007
Joe
TW…I think you have this backwards. You cannot upgrade the flash memory in the iPod Touch. It is soldered on the board. Heck, even the battery is soldered on. Apple no longer uses a plug to connect the battery, making it much more difficult to change the battery….but I guess most folks won’t do that anyway.
In regards to the Zune, it is a snap (pretty much) to upgrade the HD to an 80GB. I did it in about 1 hour as I am very slow and methodical..
Which looks better. Neither or both. I like the Zune’s basic brick-like-no-nonsense style. I especially like the heavy duty rubberized material that makes the Zune so very difficult to scratch up. Even the screen is hard to scratch.
The iPod Touch is well built and has a very sleek look to it. It is very sweet, but remember this iPod had an extra year to be developed.
The ONE thing that was a deal breaker for me in regards to the iPod Touch (and I have test three of them….to the chagrin of my local Best Buy) is that the Touch produces an extremely high amount of HISS.
I tested the iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Photo and the Zune. All but the Touch were dead silent with the volume maxed out and nothing playing. The Touched hissed like a snake. I tested all four units with the Apple buds, Zune buds, and a pair of Senheiser buds. ALL produced the HISS with the Touch.
I will wait for the next generation of iPod Touch or at least until the problem has been eliminated by a firmware update.
Sep 17th, 2007
Lucy
After the hiss comment, I went and checked it on my touch. Very very minor hiss. This was only noticed at max volume. However, wasn’t a problem with most songs at max volume. You should also note that it’s an awful health decision to max out on most occassions.
You want sleek design then the touch is a definite choice. Durability – zune. The zune doesnt make use of the wifi effectively enough for me to buy it. Ugly bugger too. Typing from touch now…
Oct 3rd, 2007
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