BKaF – Brad Kovach and Friends

Microsoft’s Zune, the competitor to Apple’s iPod, is a total flop! Now, I’m not just being an iPod bigot, although I could be. I was excited that somebody was going to try giving Apple a challenge, but it falls incredibly flat!

I thought that the Zune would be incredibly compatible with all of Microsoft’s PlaysForSure technology… Which would be good, right? You’ve used all sorts of Microsoft stores to buy music to listen to… You’ll upload it to your iPod Zune and it will just work. ZUNE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, ITUNES OR ANY OTHER MUSIC SOFTWARE EXCEPT ZUNE MARKETPLACE. That’s right, if you use Windows Media Player (made by Microsoft) and the Zune (also made by Microsoft), they will not work together. And any music bought with Windows Media Player will have to be re-bought at the Zune Marketplace! No, you can’t convert it.
Zune has potential. It has cool hardware that allows it to wirelessly transfer music to other Zunes-but the music is bugged! It will quit playing on the guest’s Zune after 3 days, or 3 plays, whichever comes first!
The screen is big and bright, it plays video, and it has wireless communication capabilities, but don’t let that persuade you! This thing has potential, but the copy-protection, and lack of compatibility is nauseating. Don’t buy one Zune! (pun definitely intended)

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