2old2play is rocking a detailed report on the Zune, the little mp3 player that is being touted as the iPod killer. And it doesn't look so hot. Biggest issue I see so far is the button setup.

That Wheel Thing: Not so cool. Turns out that there's no touch-sensitive scrolling feature here - it's shaped like a wheel, but it's really just buttons. Zune has a menu button on the left of the circle, scroll buttons within the circle, and a play/pause button to the right of the circle. There's also a hold switch just like Apple's on the unit's top, near the headphone port. You press up and down on the "Wheel" to scroll up and down through menus.

Scrollwheel's pretty much de rigeur for handheld music players, I think. I've been reading articles about the thumb-twiddling action and satisfying clicking noises being highly addictive. Frankly, if this thing isn't A) incredibly amazing or B) insanely cheap, it's not gonna make a dent in Apple. Eliza Gauger

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Don't blame hipster Xbox creator J "James" Allard for turning pale and pudgy. He's been squirreled away, giving his heart and soul to Microsoft's "secret" iPod killer. Subsistence means a steady diet of Jolt cola and Combos cheddar cheese crackers, and the opportunities to emerge from his work hovel have been few. Here is J in a rare moment, enjoying the fresh air, wearing a sweater hoody and looking like Uncle Fester. The other smiley person? Why that's former G4 television host Laura Foy. Brian Ashcraft

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