It was an honest evaluation at the time it was written, when both
products were the best of their respective companies and the
market hasn't evolved to where it is today. Not so much today.
More importantly, where have you gone that you have been able to
test these things on a Zune? At absolutely every store I've been to,
the Zune is awkwardly embedded in a fixed metal frame, or is behind
a glass display, while the iPods are usually on a tether so you can
actually pick them up and use them. An unkind person might say
that MS's sales department doesn't want you to be able to make
a good comparison with other players.
By the way, I only have a shuffle myself, since my 2nd gen ipod
died a year ago. I and keep my music library on my desktop and
mirrored on my laptop, and find that the shuffle is all I need when
I am not near one of those. If capacity is an issue, the touch does
come in a 32 Gb model.
And let be apologize in advance for being pedantic (I can't help
myself sometimes), but it's "cachet".
That's a two year old review comparing the now "Classic" iPod
with essentially the same Zune of today.
Oranges to oranges: comparing comparable models is an honest
evaluation.
From what I've seen online and from playing with Zune demos, the
Zune is
actually better for the more scratch-resistant design, wi-fi, larger
screen
and radio. I bought a refurbed 80 GB iPod classic as it was
significantly
less expensive than either the 120 GB Zune or iPod and I don't need
120 GB.
However, I do need more than 16 GB and I don't need the caché pump
tax of
the Touch or iPhone.
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