There’s a been heaps of buzz here in Seattle about the Zune (I go by at least two billboards on my daily commute). I just watched a little vblog post by Robert Scoble and came away with the following thoughts.
- I like the larger screen size. Being able to customize the background is cool.
- Full album art is alright. Doesn’t excite me.
- Photos and video will be much better on this device than on an iPod. The shifting screen/landscape mode is ok. I’ve used the feature on my iPaq fairly often.
- I would like to see a touch screen.
- I don’t know if I the Zune to Zune thing is something I want. I hope I have the ability to turn off the sharing feature. I can see some clown inventing a virus that propagates with this. I do see that this could be a nice feature. I’m glad that the file must be “accepted.”
- Hmm…photo sharing…that’s more along the lines of something that I might use.
- Parental Controls: sounds good.
- I would love a car stereo with Zune built in connection via wi-fi.
- What about 3rd party stuff and hacks?
- Getting a camera on this device will be critical.
- Some cameras have wi-fi; can pictures be transfered via this connection?
- Dig the headphones – these little magnetic things should help with keeping cords untangled.
