How To Determine If You Should Buy A Zune Hd

Early this fall, both Microsoft and Apple released upgrades to their headlining media players. Apple introduced the new iPod Nano 5th Generation and their 32 GB and 64 GB models of the Apple iPod Touch 3rd Generation. Microsoft, on the other hand, released the 32 GB Zune HD MP3 player, which I have found to be a very close contender to its Apple competition. So much so that I think in many respects, it outshines the Apple products. But it does have a few small drawbacks, like any portable device. So I'm going to help you decide whether you should buy a Zune instead of an Apple i-product.

1. Touch screen sensitivity: The Apple iPod Touch definitely owns most of the market share on media player buyers wanting that beautiful touch-screen interface. However, not everyone is simply enamored with the iTouch interface like Apple leads on. In fact, Zune HD users contend that the Zune OLED screen is not only more vibrant, it's also more navigator-friendly, in addition to being more sensitive to your commands.

2. Software compatibility: I don't know about you, but it really fries my gizzard when I plug an iPod Nano or an iPod Touch into the computer and it automatically pulls up iTunes, even when you tell it not to. And until the iTunes software finally finishes "backing up the iPod," "syncing the iPod," and finally telling me I don't have "privileges" to edit any data on the iPod, I can't use my computer. In the meantime, several minutes have passed and my PC is now a slug.

But with the Zune HD on the other hand, the software is more compatible with a Windows PC (which is not surprising), and it shockingly runs like a charm, not sucking up the processor in the meantime. So for convenience and compatibility, the Zune HD wins hands-down.

3. Music and Movies: The music listening and movie watching experience is pretty much the same from the iPod and the Zune. However, when it comes to navigating to your songs and movies, Zune HD definitely increases user-friendliness. Instead of the iPod, which gives you only so many icons when navigating through songs and that's it, the Zune HD integrates its Microsoft folder style and lets you create shortcuts to your favorite albums, recent playlists, and more with Quickplay technology. Definitely beats sifting through everything trying to find your stuff, doesn't it?

By: Cameron Connery

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You can learn more about the Zune HD at entertainmentelectronics.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-microsoft-zune-hd-better-features.html, which will also help you determine if you should buy a Zune or an iPod item for your personal needs and wants.