Re: Zune HD or iPod?

Thanks for the responses.  I do use the radio.  There really isn't much
point in buying an expensive device, these should be cheap commodities at
this point.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Guyott, Marc <[email protected]>wrote:

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>  Hi Mike,
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> I do not think the iPod has a radio.  Though I am not sure you used the
> radio on your Zune, you just mentioned that you listened to the radio a bit.
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> Marc
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> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:14 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [OT] Zune HD or iPod?
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> My Zune was fantastic, but it is now broken.  My brother's broke as well.
>  We owned them for 2 or 3 years I think, so I'm disappointed in that aspect.
>  I'll admit I was quite rough with mine and it bounced off a few rocks and
> tasted a bit of salt water in its day.  But is the iPod more reliable?
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> I mostly listen to podcasts and the radio.  Everything I like always seems
> to be free, so I never have a need to buy or subscribe to music or
> literature or anything else.  So I'm focusing on reliability.
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> Being able to jump ahead 30 seconds and speed up playback is also
> important, we all know that certain .NET podcasts can be a long hard slog at
> normal speed.  (Not the ones made by people on this list!)
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> Thanks,
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> Mike
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