Zune MP3 Player - Can it Win Over the iPod Crowd?
- Ricardo Medina
Microsoft’s Zune is a multimedia player that is as complete as possible. Zune has the capability of housing photos, video and music. Zune also has built in Wi-Fi for Zune to Zune file sharing and a built in FM tuner. It currently has one of the biggest screens (3 inches) for media players below $250. It’s currently available in 4 different colors and more are already in production. Zune allows you to change the background of the media player so that it can always stay visually appealing to you. In conjunction with the Zune software, you’ll be able to add music, photos and video that you already have on your computer. Microsoft just released a limited edition Halo 3 Zune with pre-loaded Halo trailers, soundtracks, Red VS Blue web episodes and photos.
Verdict:
For $250 dollars, this is a media player you will want to keep an eye on. Having Built in wi-fi leaves doors open for future wireless headphones and wireless PC to Zune file transfers. Buy one while it’s still flying under the radar.
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Capacity:
30GB
Stores up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 100 hours of video.
Colors:
Brown
Black
White
Limited Edition: Pink
Limited Edition: Halo 3
Size and Weight:
4.4 in. x 2.4 in. x 0.6 in. (h x w x d)
Weight: 5.6 ounces
Battery:
Music, up to 14 hours (wireless off), up to 13 hours (wireless on); pictures, up to 4 hours; video, up to 4 hours
Charge Time:
3 hours; 2 hours to 90%
FM Radio:
Built in
Presets: 30
Display:
Size: 3.0 inches
Orientation:
Vertical and Horizontal
Resolution:
320 x 240 pixels
Audio:
Windows Media® Audio Standard (.wma): Up to 320 Kbps, CBR and VBR, up to 48-kHz sample rate
MP3 (.mp3): Up to 320 Kbps, CBR and VBR, up to 48-kHz sample rate
AAC (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov): Up to 320 Kbps, Low Complexity (LC), up to 48-kHz sample rate
Pictures:
JPEG (.jpg): All resolutions (desktop software will automatically convert to 640x480 at sync time)
Video:
Windows Media Video (.wmv):
Main Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 1.5 Mbps peak video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., with Windows Media Audio up to 192 Kbps, 44.1 kHz, stereo audio; Simple Profile, CBR, up to 736 Kbps video bitrate, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec.
Video Output:
Yes (composite-video)
EQ Presets:
Acoustic, classical, electronic, hip-hop, jazz, pop and rock.
Wireless:
Connectivity: 802.11 b/g
Range: Up to 30 feet
Share select tracks, playlists and pictures - Zune to Zune. [3]
Language:
English
Included Accessories:
Earphones
USB Cable
Sleeve
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Article written by Ricardo Medina. |
