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Comments on: 5 reasons my Zune is dead to me

The five reasons the Microsoft Zune has failed me

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by LowlyExile April 21, 2008 6:13 PM PDT: Sorry you had a bad experience. I have a 30GB and love it and the Zune Software. I too exported a large volume of music from iTunes but did not experince the challenges you did. Selective sync works well too. If you really need to get rid of you 80GB Zune please send me an email and I'll give it a loving home.; Like this Reply to this comment

by hurple April 23, 2008 7:51 AM PDT

Oh my! It's sad when someone gives up on a great product just because they don't know how to use it correctly. All your complaints are easily rectified, because not one of them stems from problems with the product, just from problems with the user.

5. The software and music categorization

This is not a problem with the software, or the device, it's your music library. I ripped and tagged all my CDs and have no problem with how they've been categorized in my Zune. The device has absolutely no problems discerning album, artist nor any other tag.

4. The headphones

Some people prefer the cloth wires. They're more robust and stronger than the plastic "toy" wires that most headphones have.

3. The player interface

Oh geez, if you load a full 80 gig of albums on the Zune, and list every song under every album title in every artist menu, do you know how horrible and cluttered, and hard to navigate, that would get if you had, say, every Bob Dylan album loaded. Ugh. Give me the deeper menu system of the Zune anyday.

2. The wireless is worthless

Hmmmmmm, seeing as how your much vaunted ipod doesn't even have wireless, it looks like doing anything wireless would be a plus and not a minus.

1. The erasing of my server-stored music

This is the easiest complaint to work around of them all. Just plug your Zune into a PC while the Zune software is NOT running. Without the software to sync the device, it won't sync. Simple. And, all it would have taken is a simple click of the "X" in the upper right corner. Or, even better spend $15 to get a wall or cigarette ligher charger and you don't have to plug into a PC at all.

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by itsallgames April 5, 2009 7:57 AM PDT: thank you for this easy explanation, fixing his problems.

along with your answer for erasing server-stored music, you can link the computer to the ONE laptop, and it will NEVER autosync when it is a guest (not linked to a computer it is plugged into).; Like this


by ossavir April 24, 2008 4:18 AM PDT: I may be one of the extremely rare people who found the Zune's user interface to be more intuitive for finding and playing music than the iPod. Before I bought I Zune, I had never played with an iPod very much, but admittedly, I was fairly impressed with the interface and design. When I got a Zune last November, I was very impressed with how intuitive the interface was for finding music. When I tried out a friend's iPod a few months later, I was frustrated to have to navigate backwards to change the way I navigated, as opposed to Zune's "twist" menu which removes a step. To be quite frank, I love my Zune and to Microsoft's delilght, have fully bought into the Zune brand.

Lastly, I suppose each person has his or her own preference of personal media player, but let's be honest: Thinking that the entangling of headphone cords is a reason to call a device "dead" is almost as bad as using the phrase "at first blush" twice in the same article. Almost.; Like this Reply to this comment


by A_Str8 April 24, 2008 6:31 AM PDT: The Zune does have impressive battery life, but it's not endless. From what I'm reading here, you set up the Zune once, barely used it for months, and now you're surprised and angry because you are not familiar with the device and software. The Zune is far from a perfect device, but no amount of creativity or ingenuity from device makers is going to make things easy on people who will not take even the most minimal amount of time to learn how to use the device.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Scottman April 24, 2008 9:50 PM PDT: Wow... a Molly Rant in text form, and it sounds just like you!; Like this Reply to this comment


by ted1508 April 29, 2008 1:54 PM PDT: wow f-in looser sorry but it seems like you put a great deal of effort in to writing this lengthly 'reveiw' on the zune, im not even going to bother to say how you are wrong but its intresting how you obviously spent more time complaining about it here then geting to know the device...
what can i say? wow...; Like this Reply to this comment


by Matchoo79 May 6, 2008 12:47 PM PDT: Of course the Microsoft fanboys will get their panties in a twist when people point out the obvious fact that the Zune is really just trash...

The Zune has decent looks, but that's about it.; Like this Reply to this comment


by dudemanshoehead August 28, 2008 10:06 AM PDT: You are a stupid woman. Thus, you fail at doing simple things and can only comprehend things u are used to, no matter how trashy it is (iPod + iTunes.) A vast majority of people that have used the software and device had virtually no major problems and the minority who did had them because they were too stupid to think before doing like you.; Like this Reply to this comment


by alexisloveswarped April 10, 2009 9:09 AM PDT: Can I just say there are a lot of good things about the Zune. For a device that isn't that old, and it's already the top competitor against iPODS there must be something good about the device. And exactly how long did it take for iPODS to get as big as they are now? Exactly. I like the iTOUCH, but in any other case the Zune is much better. I've played with iPODs many times, and I still can't seem to work them. Zune's are easy to work, and yea I had to do the same thing, go online and research how to work it. But, that took a whole five minutes out of my life. Your number one reason, it's a stupid mistake, on YOUR part. I have my Zune to where it syncs all my music, but only the songs/pics/videos that I want it to.

It sounds like you have a personal problem.

Oh, and I must mention these devices are VERY durable. I don't think the iPODS could be
thrown across rooms, dozens of times and make it through.; Like this Reply to this comment

by duamjames April 23, 2009 7:56 PM PDT

I hate it for the same reasons and they know ttheir product sucks thats why they have no support. I am telling everyone who ask me that this sucks and welcome back IPOD

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by easycheese420 May 23, 2009 11:51 AM PDT: You can do far more on the Zune than you could dream of doing on the simple, basic operating system the iPod uses. The iPod is a joke and you're being played by Apple.

If don't understand how to use your Zune you are either:
A.) Too stupid to walk and breath at the same time.
B.) Not worthy of living in todays modern world
C.) Both

If you think the iPod is superior to the Zune you:
A.) Are a simpleton
B.) Are a mindless trend follower
C.) Don't really know a piece of technology from a horses ass
D.) Should be round up and put on an island inhabited by rabid tigers
E.) All of the above plus more things that say you're stupid and ignorant and ill-equiped to be living in the world today

(The answers are C and E.); Like this

by UnoNoOo May 4, 2009 10:05 AM PDT

Its 1 yr later & not much has changed. While your complaints may not warrant everyone abstaining from the zune, they are completely correct in general, as they are indicative of the zune's failures at real world usability and lack of polish & attention to detail. I have both an ipod classic & a 120gb zune, & find the ipod only tolerable, because apple has intentionally crippled the video out capabilities, & intentionally made certain features user unfriendly. The zune on the other hand, is intolerable, because it only allows for the narrowest of use (ie try using it to read ebooks, converted to images, & you'll find that pictures can't be transferred to the zune hardware in alpha/numerical order, even though they can be sorted that way in the zune software). Finally, you've also shown why the ipod & zune need to include some actual comprehensive "how to" info (like a manual, video etc.) on the device, because trial & error is a bs method to figure out how all the different features work.

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by easycheese420 May 23, 2009 11:39 AM PDT: It's 1 year later and apparently people are just as stupid, ignorant and inept as ever before. To anyone who just can't figure out why the Zune seems so much worse than the iPod, it's because you're too stupid to figure out how to use it. Why do you think thousands of people have NO problems with it? Because they aren't completely unprepared to own an actual capable piece of technology. You know why Apple SEEMS so much better? BECAUSE THEY DUMB IT DOWN FOR ******* PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!! God you people suck. Stop trashing things that you don't understand. Ha, and I wondered why they had a Zune For Dummies book. Hahaha you guys are retarded.; Like this


by Mkraus49 November 20, 2009 9:19 AM PST: Wow. either your a fu***** schizo or your just lying to bash a product because you love its competitor. Seriously? What the hell are you riding a damn bus for if you have a video-series and all that other crap described in your bio? really? and women wonder why we think they're retarded! its because of dumbasses like you! Did you just decide to go look for random complaints made by other ********* and put them as your own? really? You shouldn't even be writing reviews, instead you should be drowing yourself so you don't end up having kin and be the end of the world.; Like this Reply to this comment

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