Microsoft Zune 8GB User Reviews November 13th, 2007 | by Jason Tomczak
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Average user rating from 8 users |
fabulouse
by dave on Aug 11th, 2008 at 4:18 PM:
I got one imported to the UK because I like to be a little different.
I was blown away when it arrived as it simple stunning and far superior to both the ipods i owned.
I'm getting 2 more for my daughters now.
well done Microsoft.
The good, the bad and the ugly
by Mike on May 5th, 2008 at 2:21 PM:
I love the device itself. It has many features not found on the ipod, such as fm radio, and wireless capabilities. Navigation is simple and easy to use.
The problem lies with the software. It is a nightmare to download and get it to work. When I installed it took me several hours, and Its still screwing up. I am not the only one, There is a help forum on the zune webpage and there are many many people who have similar problems. I would recomend this product to anyone who has already downloaded the software and can make sure it will work.
Couldn't be Happier
by Josh on Mar 31st, 2008 at 4:04 PM:
I liked the first generation but it had some obvious flaws, the biggest being that it was a little too bulky. They have slimmed down the 80G and the 4/8G is about as small as I would ever want my player to be. The scroll pad is a big upgrade and I it is more logical than going in a circle to scroll up or down as in the IPod. There are a lot of small improvements that just help to improve the experience. The new hardware is friendlier to the eyes. Also like the customizable backgrounds that the IPods don't have. The wireless function would be a lot better if they could somehow do away with the 3 play rule (unfortunately I don't think copyright laws would allow that). It's still an interesting feature to play with. As far as shortcomings, I don't really see any when compared to its competition. For features that stand out, I would say the wireless feature is the most obvious. The possibilities are endless and I'm sure will be improved upon and emulated in future generations. Overall, I haven't had a problem with it since I got it six months ago and I'm so happy with it that I got the 80G which I love even more. Definitely recommend it to everyone!
Tested by my teens...
by RJ on Mar 28th, 2008 at 12:36 AM:
My 3 teenage kids have ipods. When I bought myself the Zune they laughed at me at first, telling me how unhip it was. After playing with it they discovered they liked it more then theirs and the two older ones bought Zunes when their iPods died. However the 13 year old won't as all his friends have the iPod and he doesn't want to be the "outsider".
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Good Device, Clunky Software
by Zune on Jul 21st, 2009 at 10:28 AM:
Zune software is clunky, and very hard to use to organize songs as your collection passes a few hundred songs. Playlists are hard to setup, and you cannot change how the songs are displayed or organized (date added, alphabetical, it varies depending on the screen you are on :( ). By far the worst thing about the software is 'monitored' folders and automated album art and metadata finding. Make sure to turn both off, and only add a few of your existing MP3's to test before giving it your whole collection. The automated metadata/art function is so annoying, it will continuously search the internet and update your files w/o telling you, and will keep trying, even if it cannot find the info, which means it will never stop grinding your HDD and internet connection until you stop it. Also, just allowing it to access my My Music folder caused it to damage the metadata of my entire music collection, it took off the album art and total track data from 1 of every 10 tracks, hundreds were damaged in under a minute. Backup your iPod mp3's, and/or keep them separate from the ones the Zune software can access, trust me on this :(