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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    12/10/09

    In reply to Pac-Man Championship Edition on iPhone, Where Are You Zune?
    Does it need to be on Zune as well?
    Having a pac-man on a gaming system (even though the zune and iPhone aren't a gaming system) necessarily means "Win"?
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    Edited by SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! at 12/10/09 10:26 AM SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was starred SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    12/02/09

    In reply to Psst...Zune HD Now Available in Purple and Magenta
    I don't understand why no one mentions the fact that there's a red one that came out today too...
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    12/02/09

    In reply to Psst...Zune HD Now Available in Purple and Magenta
    Want! ^_^
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/02/09

    In reply to Psst...Zune HD Now Available in Purple and Magenta
    It'd be nice if Apple actually offered some similar variation in the iPod/iPhone. It's a stunning device from the front but the chrome back does nothing for me.
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    Image of Horusz Horusz
    12/02/09

    @Odin: The iPhone 3G/3GS has a black or white back cover. The iPod touch is the one with the shiny chrome backside.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    12/02/09

    @Horusz: His point still stands.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was starred Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    12/02/09

    @Horusz: Fair enough. Still applies to the iPod though.
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    12/02/09

    In reply to Psst...Zune HD Now Available in Purple and Magenta
    I have a 32GB, and I'd love to have a 64GB. Maybe next gen...
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    Image of :negated: :negated:
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    I don't want atomic, magenta, or purple, I just want the (project) pink one that makes phone calls too...
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    I want 64GB, not more colors. :(
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    Image of Preyfar Preyfar
    11/28/09

    @G.O.B.: Come on!: Yeah, seriously. That's the only thing preventing me from buying one.
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    Image of Antonio Barros Raquel Antonio Barros Raquel
    11/28/09

    @G.O.B.: Come on!: I agree, if they would release a 64GB version before Christmas then I wouldn't have to buy the iTouch.
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    G.O.B.: Come on! approved this comment Antonio Barros Raquel was starred Antonio Barros Raquel was unstarred
    Image of gstar gstar
    11/30/09

    @G.O.B.: Come on!: Yes, yes, yes.
     Reply
    G.O.B.: Come on! promoted this comment gstar was starred gstar was unstarred
    Image of VarneyCrazy VarneyCrazy
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    Please Microsoft, bring the Zune HD to Europe asap! My euro's are just waiting here ready to be send to your bankaccount in exchange for one of these players and the ZunePass subscription plan.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment VarneyCrazy was starred VarneyCrazy was unstarred
    Image of Tyler Sebastian Tyler Sebastian
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    Dear Microsoft,

    Screw the colors; port this thing to Canada. You know, the US' friendly, igloo dwelling, neighbours to the North. :)

    Love,
    Kan A Da.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Edited by Tyler Sebastian at 11/28/09 1:31 PM Tyler Sebastian was starred Tyler Sebastian was unstarred
    Image of thedoraz thedoraz
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    can i order one from the states and have it shipped to canada?
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    Image of Pawky Pawky
    11/28/09

    @thedoraz: Yes, but, I am pretty sure you can't use the Zune PC software.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Pawky was starred Pawky was unstarred
    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/28/09

    @Pawky: You can use the software, you just can't use the Zune pass.
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    Image of Pawky Pawky
    11/28/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Say, if you live above minnesota gimme a lot of money and I'll deliver it :p
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    Image of dsh dsh
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    For everyone on the fence: The ZuneHD is the best PMP on the market.

    It is much better than the iPod Touch.

    It is not as good as the iPhone because it is not a phone.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment dsh was starred dsh was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/28/09

    @dsh: The ZHD is some seriously nice hardware. I'll give it that, but what exactly qualifies it as the best? I could think of a couple possible cons off of the top of my head.

    -single platform
    -lacks support for a mic (thus no possibility of VOIP for this model)

    These two things may be very minor, however I've yet to see the considerable advantages, other than that there seems to be growing favor for the desktop software, and that the ZHD has a beautiful display. Overall, I would not trade in my iPod touch for a Zune HD. My touch does a great deal more than the HD can.
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    Image of diabolusunknownTheSecond diabolusunknownTheSecond
    11/28/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: If you just factor the media playback component of the HD, it still hands the iPod Touch its ass, especially when comparing the sound quality, which I find to be seriously lacking in the iPod Touch. The Zune sound quality is so much more full and rich, whereas the iPod Touch sound quality is empty and hollow. I have a classic for my car and when using it with my headphones, it sounds like shit. The Touch, from what Ive heard on my UE EB's, sounds slightly worse.

    But I agree. The Zune HD is missing everything else that the Touch can do, and that kind of kills it. But for those who wish to have the best experience playing their stored media, nothing touches it in terms of delivered quality, be it visual or aural.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment diabolusunknownTheSecond was starred diabolusunknownTheSecond was unstarred
    Image of quayzar quayzar
    11/28/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: If you only want to listen to music and watch Video on a PMP the Zune is better. If you do more and need it to attach to more the iPod Touch is the better choice. It's all about what you need it to do.

    The Zune is finally showing Microsoft can do something right when it wants to.

    P. S. To Xbox fans, the Xbox 360 was extremely buggy and Xbox lost the company millions so it doesn't count. It was not done right and was another example of throwing money where they didn't need to. That said I like the Xbox 360 now but if they didn't have more money than God when it came out they would be out of the business now.
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    Image of PunditGuy PunditGuy
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    I can has 802.11n?
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    Image of jellotime91 jellotime91
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    3 colours that look almost the same and only girls would want to use (and no girl wants or even knows what a Zune HD is).

    And newsflash Gizmodo, that "Magenta" is cobalt and the first one is definitely Magenta. Either Microsoft named them wrong on purpose or they are colourblind.
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    Image of CustomFirmware CustomFirmware
    11/28/09

    @jellotime91:

    First of all, way to be sexist. I'm pretty fond of the purple myself. I thought everyone was passed the blue = boy, pink = girl philosophy. You'd be surprised how many guys/girls like the opposite 'sex' color.

    Second, none of those are cobalt. You must be colorblind and Microsoft has named these correctly.

    Lastly, I personally know a few girls who want a Zune HD.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment CustomFirmware was starred CustomFirmware was unstarred
    Image of quayzar quayzar
    11/28/09

    @jellotime91: You might want to check you computer's colour sync.
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    Image of jellotime91 jellotime91
    11/28/09

    @CustomFirmware: You'd be surprised how few men would walk around with a pink or purple mp3 player regardless of how awesome it is.
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    Image of gumwrapper gumwrapper
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    First of all, The red one with all the frreaky styley design shit on it is cool as he double toothpicks.

    Secondly... I really want to know if anyone has tried the ZunePass Music Subscription Service. I am thinking about it and it sounds like a No-Brainer...

    Thirdly... I played with it and until the Zune HD gets apps, the iPod touch is nicer but the ZunePass can swing me, maybe.

    Can you draw on the iPod Touch?

    Please &Thank you
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    Edited by gumwrapper at 11/28/09 10:08 AM gumwrapper was starred gumwrapper was unstarred
    Image of jellotime91 jellotime91
    11/28/09

    @gumwrapper: The bad (read:HORRIBLE, NIGHTMARISH) thing about the ZunePass is that you never actually own any of your music, and you'd have to keep paying $15 a month for the rest of your life to continue listening to your music. If you ever want to switch, you're totally fucked.

    Yes you can draw on the iPod touch.. There are like 3,000 doodling apps of varying complexity..
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    Image of DirtyDogg DirtyDogg
    11/28/09

    @jellotime91: Actually you are horribly wrong about ZunePass. for $15 a month you get 10 songs to keep for the rest of your life in mp3 format(read no DRM) plus for that month you can stream or download any song in the entire catalog.

    FYI: If you don't know what the hell you are talking about please try not to post a response to a persons legitimate question.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment DirtyDogg was starred DirtyDogg was unstarred
    Image of John Ellis John Ellis
    11/28/09

    @gumwrapper: I use the ZunePass and for me it is everything I want from a service. Download the software and use the trial of Zune Pass available to you, this will allow you to see what the service offers better than any opinion can, the service is really built around the idea of music collection (e.g. smartDJ) and has come along a lot in the last few iterations. Just keep in mind the "Keep 10" thing they do, it adds a lot of value.

    For me it's near perfect, for you it may be pointless, only you can tell.
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    Image of jellotime91 jellotime91
    11/28/09

    @DirtyDogg: You know I didn't know that, but 10 songs for $15 is bullshit to me. In many cases you can get 12 songs for $7.99 on iTunes.
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    Image of camneil01 camneil01
    11/28/09

    @jellotime91: But you can't stream songs from iTunes.
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    Image of Xjep Xjep
    11/28/09

    @jellotime91: yea but most of the time they are apart of one collection(album) whereas with the 10 songs you can get almost any songs.
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    11/28/09

    @Xjep: To be honest though any 10 songs on itunes is usually $10 and on Amazon it can be even cheaper.

    Note that I typed usually.
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    Image of BobotheTeddy BobotheTeddy
    11/28/09

    In reply to New Zune HD Colors Coming December 1
    Ok. I can see a "coming soon" on Pink.

    But Magenta has a "not yet" on my screen.

    Typo? …or should i re-calibrate the color-settings on my notebook?
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    Chris Jacob promoted this comment BobotheTeddy was starred BobotheTeddy was unstarred
    Image of Chris Jacob Chris Jacob
    11/28/09

    @BobotheTeddy: You're right, I meant to say purple. I'm assuming the purple is the bluish-grey one, and the magenta is the light pink one. But that's a guess.
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    Edited by Chris Jacob at 11/28/09 11:25 AM Chris Jacob was starred Chris Jacob was unstarred
    Image of BobotheTeddy BobotheTeddy
    11/28/09

    @Chris Jacob: Actually pink is the light magenta. But it´s hard to tell on those Zune´s
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