Zune is better than iPod for some and getting better

Zuneipod2So we’re three weeks after the initial launch of Zune and it’s safe to say it isn’t yet an "iPod killer", but it’s not the flop that many are predicting. Matt Miller has used his Zune for three weeks and shares his observations as well as some of the hacks and mods that folks are already using to extend their Zune. Matt also provides a very compelling reason why the Zune dropped from second to fifth in sales during the last week.

I’d agree with most by saying the integrated WiFi is crippled at best: to this point, I haven’t even turned on my WiFi radio in the Zune simply because I haven’t seen any other Zunes in the wild and I get an extra hour of battery life. However, the fact that WiFi is there in a firmware upgradable device shows promise. Zune 1.0 might not yet be the raging success that Microsoft wanted. Then again, maybe they sold Zune 1.0 so you could later own Zune 2.0 in the same physical device.

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