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Old 09-13-2007, 05:31 PM
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Default It's the feel in your hands, Bukaroo

The one feature I most like in the Zune is it's feel in the hands.
I'm not one of these people that only like the smallest and the thinnest devices. Though small and thin can be good, an appropriate size for he job at hand (no pun intended) is much more important.
My Dash has taught me the pleasure of a rubberized grip device. Comfortable to hold, secure to use.
 
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Old 09-13-2007, 06:09 PM
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Hey Rocco...isn't 10 days significantly better than never?
But thats 10 days without my Zune! Plus you have to count in the weeks that it will take them to fix it and send it back, plus another 10 days for UPS to fudge around... I'm jonesing here!

And when you really think about it, i mean really think about it, isn't 10 days just a smidge away from never?

While I know I can't win since I write for our fabulous sister site, Smartphone Thoughts (<-- shameless plug), it would be nice to own since it is pink and that means the misses would stop stealing my Zune

I wish they would just announce Zune 2.0 already so I could know when it would be safe to buy her one and save mine. I just can't justify going out and getting a Zune 1.0 as everyone has hinted towards a holiday release and it is already September
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Old 09-13-2007, 06:16 PM
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awsome, my wife would love me if i gave her a pink zune! (not that she doesn't love me already... heh)
 
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Old 09-13-2007, 06:49 PM
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My most-used feature is one that few other players have, yet is rarely talked about. It's found within both the Zune software and on the Zune device. I'm speaking, of course, of the flag! A comparatively simple feature when assessed amongst pseudo-random, custom-eq's, scrollable menus, et al., but infinitely useful to me. I have hundreds of songs flagged in my inbox, and it's one less thing to relegate to the notes feature on my cell phone.

I would definitely think it'd be cool if they added a flag for the radio. Just think... You're listening to a brand-new song you've never heard before and want to download from the Marketplace when you get home--you just hit the center button and scroll down to "flag", and it'll couple the RDS data with the flag, so it shows up, "John Vanderslice - White Dove" (etc.) with a link to its Marketplace page (as is done with current flags). For stations that don't yet use RDS, it'll append the frequency/station name with the time, and allow you to manually look it up the web--most stations have some sort of feature like this.

But yeah, I love the flag!
 
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Old 09-13-2007, 07:06 PM
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Default Favorite Feature

My favorite feature is the big screen size as I use my for video most of the time.
 
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Old 09-13-2007, 08:21 PM
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I would have to say the screen. I want to get more into actually creating video files for it.
I was a computer animator in what now seems like another life. I used to carry a small TV/VCR combo to show my portfolio to meetings.
Now you can do it on something smaller than the size of a VHS (or Beta) tape...
 
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Old 09-13-2007, 10:17 PM
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The Twist interface. It was a bit of a revelation.
 
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Old 09-14-2007, 12:09 AM
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I love the customizable wallpapers, although that's not its best feature. The wifi is... Riiiiight...

At least one other person already mentioned it and that's the full collection randomization feature. Does the iPod not do this (I clearly don't know...)?
 
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Old 09-14-2007, 01:09 AM
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my girlfriend would love a pink zune.
she listens to audiobooks constantly...
 
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Old 09-14-2007, 06:41 AM
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I have had a number of small MP3 players of the years, I had a Diamond Rio w 32MB, a 512MB Creative MuVo TX, I also bought my son a 2GB Pic n' Roll because it was cheap.

The Zune though is the first one that I like. Easy synching, album art, playlists, big screen and still being portable. being able to store 30 GB (even though 80 or 120 GB would be better).

I hope Microsoft keeps developing for the 1.0 devices so we can better use the WiFi!

Lastly, I don't mind the newer iPod devices, I still can't stand iTunes. After all of these years it is still a beating to use.
 
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