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I've used URGE for over a year now, and have always enjoyed the way the Windows Media Player software allows you to discover music, and search efficiently. A fair amount of time, however, I find the catalog is lacking some of even the most basic music (more so than other services), and that Rhapsody tends to have what Urge does not, especially in the esoteric genres that I enjoy so much.
Conversely, WMP and Zune have a much better layout, which feels more intuitive, less cluttered, and more useful. The word wheel is one feature that I'm starting to miss, even after just one day of using Rhapsody full time. It is too difficult to find a specific song within an artist's page if you don't know what album it comes from, especially from prolific artists.
But at this point, it seems that the Windows Media group is coming to a crossroads: support the "never worked, never will" WMP/P4S, or bet on the new horse, Zune. With URGE out of the picture, I think the choice should be fairly obvious. I just hope they hurry up with it. We're nearing the 1 year anniversary of Zune (and subsequently the holiday season), and the only real firmware update we got was at launch. As Jason said, we don't have much of the functionality that the also-ran P4S players have, and the new URGE/Rhapsody/V-Cast deal should throw in over-the-air downloading and other integrated goodies. I want in.
And P.S., Williamc: There's been no updates to Rhapsody either... Weird.
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