Zune HD vs. iPod Touch

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Microsoft.

[Rumpy]

360 supports it.

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rly? I must not be paying enough attention.

[Drewbacca]

I used to run with my old deck-of-cards-sized 20GB iPod. It stopped playing all of once during. I imagine it's not good for the hard drives long term but I had no problems.

Big boy iPods are not meant to be jostled about. The hard drives, with moving parts, can get damaged. Not sure if the warranty covers it (it could, I don't know). iPod nano was originally launched to be the "running" iPod of sorts because of the flash memory (which has no moving parts and cannot be erased or damaged through jostling). The more recent iPod's don't seem to have the instability issues the original ones did, though. But still flash memory beats hard drive if you're solely using it for running and intense movements.

If you're weight lifting and doing slower motions (less violent) then the original would be fine, too. But if you put your iPod in you pocket while you run the nano is the way to go.

[Gymkata]

Also a nice suprise, it downloads information about artists and pictures to make it like a mini Zune Marketplace on the go. I like to read the little articles and such when I am bored and have nothing much to do.

To access tap the name above the album art when its playing. It will go to the information from there and you can set the pics as your background if you want.

[Shin Johnpv]

I've had my Zune for like 2 weeks now and still loving it.

[Rumpy]

No bookmarks still bugs me. But the battery life is so good, I just leave it on all day. Bootleg workaround to be sure. I think the "real" games are due next month.

[Shin Johnpv]

I hope they get some of the style apps we see on the iTouch/Phone. Yeah I also pretty much leave mine on all day.

[RoleTroll]

Can the Zune do the Pandora or Sirius apps? Being able to play those while exercising (or whatever) and not being limited to your own MP3s is huge.

I love my Verizon EnV, but I'm switching to a Blackberry Tour for those apps. (The Sirius app for Blackberry costs per month and doesn't do Howard Stern, unlike Apple's app. But at least there's O&A and music.) Once I picked up an iPhone and played around with it, I knew I needed a smartphone. They're just too cool.

[Rumpy]

Can the Zune do the Pandora or Sirius apps? .

No, not yet anyway. The app store is as bare as you can get right now, no word on what's coming.

Zune pass would give you all the music you could want at least.