Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-16 Thread Anders Holmberg
] To: PC audio discussion list. pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:13 AM Subject: Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune Ok, call me a cynic, but why in hell would I want to buy a portable device I can't transfer my collection to? From how i understand this, maybe I've

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-16 Thread Bruce Toews
Skarstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:13 AM Subject: Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune Ok, call me a cynic, but why in hell would I want to buy a portable device I can't transfer my collection to? From how i

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-15 Thread Steve Matzura
The whole thing is ridiculous. How many different-standard media players do we need in one marketplace? This is what nearly killed compact discs when they first came out lo these almost 25 years ago--two competing formats, one of whom had the good sense to just go away. The problem we all have

Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-14 Thread Steve Pattison
This article is taken from the Beta News home page at www.betanews.com. -Steve. Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune By Nate Mook, BetaNews September 14, 2006, 12:32 PM As expected, Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off its Zune portable media player, set to be available in time for the

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-14 Thread Chris Skarstad
Ok, call me a cynic, but why in hell would I want to buy a portable device I can't transfer my collection to? From how i understand this, maybe I've got it wrong, the article didn't mention anything about supporting standard mp3s, or even Ogg Vorbis, and I've got a lot of stuff in those

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-14 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hi, Chris nailed my concerns here. I'm not ever going to touch windows media. If the thing doesn't support OGG and line in recording, it's a waste. Give me an Iriver with Rockbox any day, not to mention all these features will be inaccessible, because the thing most likely won't run any

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-14 Thread Sarah
Officially Unveils Zune This article is taken from the Beta News home page at www.betanews.com. -Steve. Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune By Nate Mook, BetaNews September 14, 2006, 12:32 PM As expected, Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off its Zune portable media player, set

Re: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune

2006-09-14 Thread John Moore
? probably not. I hate to be so negative but I win't be convinced until I see it for myself. - Original Message - From: Steve Pattison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Article: Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune