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Microsoft's new Zune devices, announced Tuesday night and set to be available next month, will come with a new button that can be used either by clicking or by moving a finger across the touch-sensitive surface.
Drew Peterson of Microsoft's Zune team demonstrated the interface for me at a media briefing Tuesday afternoon. Here's the video.
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Posted by number.61 at 10/2/07 9:36 p.m.
Wow it took Microsoft a long time to finally add podcast support to the Zune. But pleased to finally see it.
Microsoft did a great job with the Zune - this comment coming from an avid iPod user, who has purchased each generation iPod to date. I've always loved the interface of the Zune, I'm sure it was the reason why Apple recently updated their interface design.
Big points for allowing first generation Zunes to get the upgraded interface and software advancements! That's huge, because Apple has yet to do that for older iPod firmware, which is annoying as I enjoy the new software features in the most recent iPods.
The wireless sync in the Zune would be huge. I've been waiting for that feature for a while so it's nice to see someone putting it in.
My biggest beef with the Zune is the buttons. I'm sorry but Microsoft just doesn't have the hardware design skills as Apple. They'll always will fall short in that area, but they are scoring big points with their software.