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09/15/09
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09/15/09
It came from another dimension his dad is a Cerberus and his mom a Goat ohh yeah hometown Narnia.
Check the microsoft page?
09/15/09
Plus, if I ask here I can hope for both an answer and an opinion from a former kotakuite.
09/16/09
09/15/09
Just got mine from Amazon, and it's syncing now, but the thing is damn nice. Never had a Zune before (I'm a convert from iPod.), but this thing is just damn nice to look at whilst it syncs 3000 files...
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Oh God. What a terrible idea. My virtual wallet would be constantly empty if that happened. Spend $2.50 to get an extra 100-200 Gamerscore? Yes, please!
09/15/09
lol
09/15/09
Guilty.
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09/15/09
@potatojenkins:
Lawls. I play games for fun. Pure and simple. I also love getting achievements. I do happen to love the short, relatively inexpensive games that the iPhone has to offer like Field Runners and Plants VS Zombies. So if MS started offering games like that with achievement points, that would be more incentive for me to buy them. I don't play games just for the points. But I do try to get all the achievements I can out of the games I like. Yes, my cancer is spreading!
09/16/09
09/15/09
Why? I DON'T KNOW!!!!
09/15/09
Actually, if you just go to the online store you can pick between black, platinum, green, red and blue - along with some fancy engraving artwork and free inscriptions. Not bad, actually. The only extra cost is $5 for shipping.
09/15/09
09/15/09
You're right. I just checked and it's every color I mentioned except black. Apparently they're taking another cue from Apple, and this is allowing others to know how awesome you are just buy looking at your laptop color. That's why most Mac's are white, but Mac Pros are silver. Elitism FTW!
09/15/09
On a side note, the blue 32gb is smex. Me want. 'Til I remember Zune needs a program like iTunes... *sigh* At least it does Unicode now.
09/15/09
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Yeah, but you see more MacBooks than any other type of Apple product, save for maybe the iPhone. You better believe that was Apple's intention when they made that decision. :)
09/15/09
Right, but they didn't used to be. Microsoft failed to learn from their mistake.
09/15/09
The Zune software is pretty gravy. I prefer it to iTunes, except I have an 30 GB iPod Video, so I don't use it. If (when) I get this I'm really looking forward to being able to use the Zune software with it.
09/15/09
There's a notice at the top of the page at Zune Originals that "soon" all colors will be available for every model. Just not yet.
09/15/09
Thank you for posting that. I am now very comfortable.
09/15/09
Seeing my friends iPhone however piqued my interest, and I was tempted to look into it, despite my hate for Apple.
Seeing this, with the possibility of indie games being added, really makes it tempting.. going to have to look at this new Zune thing and see if it's for me...
09/15/09
Without a phone, it has no place in my pocket.
The iPhone literally has everything I need in one device (and lots of stuff I don't even need).
I'd never carry a Zune *and* a phone at the same time. Not enough pockets, and no desire to wear cargo pants.
09/15/09
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@PheonixAzure: I'm not dismissing the device, just saying personally that I have no room for it in my daily life.
I don't *want* two devices to carry around. I want one, and the iPhone covers my needs very nicely.
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I don't carry backpacks, etc around, so I need one device that fits in my one empty front pocket.
I don't/can't want two devices in that pocket, just one.
I need stuff to not break when I sit down, so the back two pockets are out.
I need to carry my keys, and I won't put a phone in the same pocket as those...
capice?
@IndustrialJones: ty for backing me up... potatojenkins, take note ;)
09/15/09
I've never personally, in 18 months, run my iPhone out of power.
I have a charger that I set it on every night, and one for the car I'm on the road.
Granted, though, I do not listen to music religously, so I'm not burning battery 8 hours a day with the tunes rocking.
09/16/09
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09/15/09
Wow, that must really suck for you, dropping that much money on a product you don't even like.
...wait? Surely you must have bought the product if you are able to judge it as so. Surely you wouldn't be making judgment calls, would you?
09/15/09
If a device works really well, and you're in the same market as that device, you imitate it and innovate upon it.
That's all that Microsoft has done.
They took the idea of the Ipod Touch, made a nice, sleeker design, added an OLED screen, HD radio, and HD video out, and put it on store shelves.
There's nothing wrong with that.
09/15/09
Companies copy each other, it's what they do and it is generally good for the customer because it leads to competition.
Get over yourself.
09/15/09
09/15/09
Quick! To the sparsely decorated cavern!
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Too elitist to let others enjoy their music?
They suck, so they don't deserve a fat paycheck?
This somehow "cheapens" their music because it is now "mainstream" and "corporate"?
09/15/09
I don't see how either is correct....
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Zing! Well played.
09/15/09
Apple may have the momentum right now, but I'm forecasting an explosion in apps that become available for this.
There are TONS of indie projects out there that will be able to jump on this relatively easily.
09/15/09
I do hope they get something that rivals or surpasses the appstore going, because it's essential on such a device to have users be as little time and effort away from a purchase as possible.
09/15/09
Apple really has the market corner but they need competition, everyone needs someone to keep them on their toes.
09/15/09
It is not that I think XNA or Visual Studio is the greatest (so haters go somewhere else), but it's install base and daily usage by programmers is ENORMOUS.
There are tons and tons and tons of people that use these same tools on a daily basis to do their work, their hobby development, or both.
A lot of the people that do iPhone development were not Mac programmers before. Apple did a great job convincing lots of them to try it out and make the switch, but MS doesn't even have to do that. They just have you install a kit that fits right into the environment that you're already using. That is a huge leg up.
Should be interesting to see how it pans out.
03/24/09