How To Know For Sure If You Should Buy A Zune Or An Apple Ipod Touch

Are you sick of waiting for your iPod Touch 8 GB to respond to your commands? Well, it's time to upgrade to a newer model. But this time, you might not want to purchase an Apple product. While Apple was upgrading its iTouch, Microsoft was perfecting the Zune HD, which for the first time in the history of Zune is now a viable contender to its Apple competition.

With sleek graphics and a very user-friendly interface, it's not hard to see why the Zune HD 32 GB will likely outshine the Apple iPod Touch 32 GB this year. But should you buy a Zune HD instead of an Apple iPod Touch? Check out these cool features and decide for yourself.

1. The touch screen: Apple prides itself on having the best touch screen functionality, but with all due respect, the Zune HD does a better job. With 480 x 272 widescreen dimensions, a bright-as-day OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen, and crisp, clear graphics, the Zune HD brings home the goods in terms of display, which is everything when it comes to choosing just the right media player.

2. The software compatibility issue: One big thing that I hate about the Apple iPod Touch is the way you're chained to using iTunes every time you want to update the darn thing. Not only does the software turn my PC into a slug (no, I don't own a Mac), but it takes forever to sync, backup, and update.

But with the Zune HD, the software works much better with a PC (no surprise, seeing as it's made by Microsoft), and it doesn't turn itself into a processor hog. This one issue alone is sometimes enough to make me ditch the idea of an iPod altogether.

3. Navigating to your music and movies: I'm not real fond of the iTouch's method of navigating to your music. Everything is dumped in one big pile, which doesn't thrill me, and it takes forever to sift and sort through the lists to find the song I want to play.

But you might want to buy a Zune HD if you like the option of putting shortcuts on your media player. With Quickplay technology, the Zune lets you decide which playlists and media you want to get to quickly, without sorting through tons of lists.

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.