GEN3RIC Jul 1, 2009

Hardware: The second-gen hardware is mostly identical to the third-gen, with the most notable difference being an additional color and the exterior is smooth and glossy while the second-gen hardware was matte and ever-so-slightly textured. Luckily, Microsoft's Zune team has been...

dunderwood Jul 16, 2009

I have the 4Gig Ipod Nano and got the 8Gig blue Zune as a gift. It was a great break from Ipod/Itunes. Menu system is nice with a large font and no more spinning the finger round and round to go through menus and adjust volume. Podcast management is 100% better on this device with icons,...

ChrisA Oct 31, 2009

Using this device in the gym I needed to find a case to prevent it getting smashed in my pocket, that turned out to be difficult. The lack of case choices is a downside to the device. Amazon did have small padded leather case that worked for my purposes. The controls are fairly simple to use,...

JoeNet Jul 21, 2009

I got this for running and mountain bike riding and it is great. The main feature I wanted was the touch/click pad. It allows you to adjust the volume while running or biking. This is some thing I had a hard time doing on the Ipod. But I am using it for much more than that. The radio is...

mraldo Nov 7, 2009

I have had this device for over a year, and I use it daily for watching podcasts, listening to music and the radio. The touchpad is a lot like the iPod's, but I like how you don't do a circular motion but an up and down or left to right motion, which makes things easier to use, but...

corwinamber Mar 30, 2010

I actually received the 8 GB Zune as a prize from gdgt. It is a nice, small compact device. The Zune software for the desktop comes with a solid integrated media player which works very will. The marketplace is strong with many options for music and podcasts. The included games are easy to play....

Meto May 15, 2011

The Zune 8GB model was a convenient and usable mp3 player. The majority of my use is sampling free tracks from the Zune Marketplace (which was itself very easy to use and fun) and subscribing to podcasts for daily listening. The interface consisted of a menu button, a play button, a hold...

commanderjao May 8, 2012

Bought this Device on eBay (the red one) for around $70-80 AUS. Thus far it has been well worth those dollars. Before continuing I would like to point out that I'am a first time MP3 owner so whilt I have used iPods and the like i have never owned one. I bought it because I had become...

karmascenic Nov 14, 2010

Build quality is awesome, very well made. sounds great and has podcast subscriptions. only drawback is as you can play audio books there is no recognition for them so it does not remember where you are. Other wise it is definitely my choice over an ipod which I also have.

Gikero Mar 31, 2010

After 3-4 different MP3 players and realizing I didn't like iPods (iTunes Windows Software to be exact) I looked at the Zune line. Since then, I haven't found anything else that I've enjoyed so much. The software is great in my opinion. Interface on both the Zune device and PC...