Comments on: Arsehole http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole Better than Slashdot Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:40:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Olly http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6686 Olly Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:34:06 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6686 The outrageously awful Connect and SonicStage didn't stop the Walkman flying out of the shops... /not bitter. The outrageously awful Connect and SonicStage didn’t stop the Walkman flying out of the shops…

/not bitter.

]]> By: Andy http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6681 Andy Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:46:01 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6681 I wonder how much any of this crapness will actually effect sales? What are the comics that regular people read saying about it? I wonder how much any of this crapness will actually effect sales? What are the comics that regular people read saying about it?

]]> By: Shaun http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6679 Shaun Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:20:20 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6679 Hmmm 1.0 strikes... <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/installing-the-zune-sucked/" rel="nofollow">Installing the Zune sucked</a> Hmmm 1.0 strikes…

Installing the Zune sucked

]]> By: Shaun http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6665 Shaun Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:17:33 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6665 MS seem to have forgotten all the other stuff the iPod does too in version 1. "The Zune 1.0 player is pretty barren, too. It doesn’t have a single standard iPod amenity: no games, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, password-protected volume limiter, equalizer, calendar, address book or notes module." from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09pogue.html?ex=1320728400&en=09a2b6e6ca30bd50&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss" rel="nofollow">NYTimes review</a> Kind of weird for Apple to be the feature bloat poster boy. MS seem to have forgotten all the other stuff the iPod does too in version 1.

“The Zune 1.0 player is pretty barren, too. It doesn’t have a single standard iPod amenity: no games, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, password-protected volume limiter, equalizer, calendar, address book or notes module.”

from NYTimes review

Kind of weird for Apple to be the feature bloat poster boy.

]]> By: Olly http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6642 Olly Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:25:25 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6642 Oh, and it's a 3 day / 3 play rule on wifi-shared tracks (whichever comes first). Playing just a few seconds of the track counts as one play, and you can't share the same track with the same zune more than once. It counts for all music - not just DRMd stuff. Speaking of which, it still doesn't play MS' own PlaysForSure stuff. Oh, and the Wifi can only connect to other zunes - you can't copy music to it by wifi for instance. It doesn't work as an external hard drive either. Thing is, all MS stuff is like this with Version 1. Give them a few revisions and they'll get it very right indeed. Then give them a few more and it'll start to get big, bloated and slow ;o) Oh, and it’s a 3 day / 3 play rule on wifi-shared tracks (whichever comes first). Playing just a few seconds of the track counts as one play, and you can’t share the same track with the same zune more than once. It counts for all music - not just DRMd stuff. Speaking of which, it still doesn’t play MS’ own PlaysForSure stuff.

Oh, and the Wifi can only connect to other zunes - you can’t copy music to it by wifi for instance. It doesn’t work as an external hard drive either.

Thing is, all MS stuff is like this with Version 1. Give them a few revisions and they’ll get it very right indeed. Then give them a few more and it’ll start to get big, bloated and slow ;o)

]]> By: Olly http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6641 Olly Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:19:28 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6641 It's proper silly. If I buy a Zune, I've already given Universal some money. Does that mean I can steal one of their albums with a clear conscience? It’s proper silly. If I buy a Zune, I’ve already given Universal some money. Does that mean I can steal one of their albums with a clear conscience?

]]> By: matt http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6633 matt Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:18:53 +0000 http://www.hexten.net/2006/11/13/arsehole#comment-6633 The Zune's appears to be almost entirely (use|point)less, you can't DL podcasts to it, no music from other sources, no downloading via wifi, stupid 6(?) play / 6(?) day rule on shared tracks, maybe it'll be better in a year's time when MS realise they've got to think about the product a little more than they obviously have and just get a grip on reality and the way in which people WANT to use these deviced and not dictate how they think people SHOULD be using them. Unfortunalty I can see a lot of people buying a Zune as a gift or whatever and then finding out that they've been mugged. Shame really, Apple could have done with some proper competition. The Zune’s appears to be almost entirely (use|point)less, you can’t DL podcasts to it, no music from other sources, no downloading via wifi, stupid 6(?) play / 6(?) day rule on shared tracks, maybe it’ll be better in a year’s time when MS realise they’ve got to think about the product a little more than they obviously have and just get a grip on reality and the way in which people WANT to use these deviced and not dictate how they think people SHOULD be using them.

Unfortunalty I can see a lot of people buying a Zune as a gift or whatever and then finding out that they’ve been mugged.

Shame really, Apple could have done with some proper competition.

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