Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
10:56 - Zune XP
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347707,00.asp
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I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks "HD" looks like a particularly weird smiley. Like a guy with 80s glasses.
Or maybe I'm just used to thinking of "XP" as an emoticon.
So the Zune Vista 8.5 HD 2010 is going to have ... a touchscreen! And web browsing! And... well, not an app store. But a link to the Xbox!
And apparently what makes it "HD" is that... it has an HD Radio receiver. HD Radio, that hot new technology that's taking the world by storm! Or, more appropriately, attempting to ride the wave of HDTV by coopting its branding and making people think there's a similar revolution in radio happening. Because TV and radio are still inseparable, like in the 50s!
The Zune HD is the first portable device to even consider including an HD Radio receiver. And everyone collectively thinks, well, maybe there's a good reason for that...
But hey—you gotta differentiate yourself somehow, right? It's not like you can, y'know, wrap yourself in the shreds of your dignity and withdraw from the market like Dell and so many others have done.
Via Mark.
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