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The ipods have long ruled the market due to their style aspect, though there are a variety of music players available. But the Zune HD seems to be the new talk of the town and capable of beating the ipod. It has many interesting and attractive aspects like the ipod and definitely appeals to the anti-apple community with utmost ease, as they are very much comparable in terms of most of the features.

The Zune is a high end video mp3 player that comes with a very responsive touch screen. The overall look of the device is very modern and lucid. It is sleek in design and satisfactory in size. There are well organized buttons on the device and the screen is truly breath taking with deep and bright colors. The OLED is perfect in broad daylight too. The screen is attractive even when it is in the now playing mode. The sound quality too is very good and there are 30 levels of volume to choose from. It also has the ability to play HD radio and there is an option to these songs to download or purchase them later. The Zune marketplace is where most of the online activity can be done and when a song is downloaded, the artists’ pictures and bio is also downloaded.

The Zune software 4.0 is considered to be very user friendly and far better compared to the latest version of itunes. Zune pass is an attractive service that lets the user keep ten songs per month and also download unlimited other content for just $15 per month. There is also an option to either rent or buy a full movie on the device. The browser works fine with a wireless network connection and there are a few applications on the device like weather, calculator, games etc and there are more on the way making it a prospective hit. These applications can entertain the user in case there is nothing to hear or do. The songs on the player can be played using quick play instead of using the conventional method of navigation. There is also an accelerometer on the device that is very responsive and useful.

The browser of Zune does not support flash or silver light content to be played on the device making it disappointing to users who would like to watch videos online. The headphones that come with the player are not up to the mark and that makes it almost mandatory for the user to buy a better pair in order to make maximum use of the unit. The device comes with absolutely no documentation and the user has to download the Zune software before the device is connected to the computer. The device also does not include any external speaker and the additional accessories available in the market are fairly expensive. Though the number of applications would increase in the future, the present customer is not satisfied with them.

To conclude, a great player with an awesome OLED and sound quality. The basics are done fairly well and it is up to the user to decide what matters most.

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