I actually originally bought an iPod (I gasp now too).
I had an Urge.com account with tons of music and I wanted to take it with me on the go. I got went to Costco and saw the Zune. I actually laughed at it (I gasped again). I wasn't very media-player-smart and I knew the iPod was what I wanted (thanks to Apple's incesant marketing campaigns). It was very cool, sleek, and beautiful.
I went right home to find iPod didn't accept Urge. It didn't do much at all! The most frustrating part was when I took the iPod out of the box, it has this little sticker that reads, "Don't Steal Music" and I am happy to do so (I never go to sites like limewire) but they expect me to BUY every song to listen to on my iPod?
Me? The guy that has tons of CDs that I'll never listen to? I bought into the whole renting music model a long time ago and I wasn't gonna buy another track again. I promptly took that sh!t back!
I almost got the Sandisk Sansa 8Gb 'cause I knew it worked with Urge.com (another gasp!). But I saw the price on it ($169) and the Zune was $230 so I went with the more memory. I felt really weird about since one of my friends is a die-hard-mac fan. I knew I was going to the darkside in his mind.
I was called Bill Gate's b!tch....I was cursed to the depths of hell....but I couldn't be happier! I got home and found the Zune wouldn't accept Urge, but it did offer Zune Pass!! My problems solved!!!
That day, iPod died in my eyes. It wasn't the best thing, and I had the experience to prove it. I'm now trying to overcome the most frustrating thing about owning a Zune (no other Zunes to share with) by going on my own personal campaign to get more Zunes in people's hands or atleast their minds.... I'm always on Yahoo Answers talkin up the Zune...
Well that's it....Atleast I can say I got the original. Looks like Monday, they're gonna release the next generation zune...
GO ZUNE!!!
