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"Rushed and hyped"
1.0 starson by sherryelaine3Pros: It is MSFT
Cons: Such a bad product
Summary: Battery life is way shorter than MSFT said and way shorter than iPod.
Using Points to buy music
• The smallest amount of Microsoft Points available for purchase is $5.00 or 400 points.
• Each Microsoft Point is worth 1.25-cents. So if I want to buy one song, I have to pay MSFT $5 first.. what a ripoff.
Its music stores only have no videos, no podcasts (rushed, software is not ready to take podcast), movies
The real video display is actually worse than any other competitors (probably software issue?)
Click wheel is "faked", it is really few buttons.
All the songs you purchased from MSFT's other music services CANNOT move to Zune (rushed... not ready)
Many of the songs cannot be shared (who can you share for the next 12 months?, no one has a Zune)
Wireless cannot used to download or access the hot spots (rushed.. not ready); so wireless is really used to drain battery life for the next 12 months?
Bigger and heavier.
MSFT never gets anything right in release 1. MSFT knows how to talk it up in release 1. If MSFT cannot get its MediaPlayer right after years of trying, why anyone will think it will get the new software right in release 1??
Based on NYT and WSJ reviews, its music story is not even in the same class as iTune or MSFT old service.
MSFT software is always bigger, heavier. Do forget the ALT-Ctrl-Del, I am sure it will crash more than other music player
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It's amazing the number of people that comment on a product after using for only 5 minutes or assuming it's going to be bad. If you assume it's going to be bad then why buy it? I think it's because our return policies have become to Laxed.
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“Its music stores only have no videos,”<br>“it is really few buttons.”<br>“Wireless cannot used to download”<br>“why anyone will think it will get the new software right in release 1??”<br>“its music story is not even in the same class as iTune or MSFT old service.”<br>“Do forget the ALT-Ctrl-Del, I am sure it will crash more than other music player”<br><br>Thanks for not taking too long with my fries when I was coming through the drive through.
Report this postis anyone else tired of overly critical reviews done by people too ignorant to actually test-drive the product before they bash it? seriously, what good does that accomplish?
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