Microsoft's Zune Selling out?

[HappySqurriel]

souixan said:

HappySqurriel said:

The iPod came to market at the right time, with a focus on the right features, and had a level of integration with the PC and Usability that was unmatched; over the past several years Apple has moved away from delivering as focused of a feature set, and has changed/improved upon the useability of the device.

The Zune has failed to get much notice because Microsoft hasn't produced as useable of a product as the first generation iPods, and their focus has been on adding features people don't care about.

 

I disagree with this, actually there's MP3 players with better file support better sound output and better battery life. The reason people don't buy them is they aren't iPods.. it's kinda the same theory I have as to why the Wii may very well win despite price and power. The iPods specs are not very impressive, it's more expensive, has lower battery life and sub par sound decibles compared to many other MP3 player devices. So it's more money and less effective yet still sells. I'm not saying it's a bad thing just saying that a good marketing campaign and interesting product with the right usability by the majority can lead even a technically inferior product to victory.

I never came close to claiming that the iPod had the best of any features ...

The iPod focused on the features everyone wanted which was (mainly) a large capacity medium, simple/straight-forward  user interface, small form factor, and strong integration with people's PC. If you look at the competition for the early iPods they were mostly MP3 players with 128MB of memory (possible to be expanded to 1GB if you could afford the memory card), those that were hard-drive based often had clunky user interfaces and were typically more expensive and larger because they included video playback.