4 handheld systems this year.

We already have the DSi and PSP. And Apple is really pushing iphone/ipod as their handheld console with some serious titles coming.

But there is a fourth one that I don't think anyone has really considered. The rumored Zune HD. Anyone else see this as Microsoft's first venture into the handheld realm? It's not entirely certain this will be just a media player.

the zune hd looks sick, but i hate how microsoft just rips everything straight off of apple and other companies.

i'd love that, ZuneHD looks awesome, plz come out soon

its rumored to be able to play XBLA games, and if it has more original games than the current Zune XNA scene can crank out it will be awesome

looks good, my only need is it has a touch screen that clicks like the Black Berry Storm. feels better

the original zune can play games. i would know. i own one and am able to play games on it. the zune HD is rumored to have graphics on the level of the xbox 1. it could be true if they are using Nvidia's Tegra chip. it would be embarrassing on sony's behalf to have a portable game console get outdone graphically by an mp3 player.

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the original zune can play games. i would know. i own one and am able to play games on it. the zune HD is rumored to have graphics on the level of the xbox 1. it could be true if they are using Nvidia's Tegra chip. it would be embarrassing on sony's behalf to have a portable game console get outdone graphically by an mp3 player.

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cowgriller

hum...do you know around how much its gonna cost ?

but i hate how microsoft just rips everything straight off of apple and other companies.

SilverChimera

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

the original zune can play games. i would know. i own one and am able to play games on it. the zune HD is rumored to have graphics on the level of the xbox 1. it could be true if they are using Nvidia's Tegra chip. it would be embarrassing on sony's behalf to have a portable game console get outdone graphically by an mp3 player.

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Ipik_Fenris

hum...do you know around how much its gonna cost ?

HOPEFULLY $250 but tbh, i wouldn't be surprised if it goes on sale for between $300 and $400 like the ipod touch. this has a 3.6" multitouch OLED screen. that right there should hint at a high price but i'm hoping, as you probably are, that the price is $250. i'll pick this up in heart-beat to replace my zune 30 if it's $250.

I want a zune hd so much lol. Cannot wait to find out more details. I want it as a media player, any thing else is a bonus. I'll stick to my ds for my handheld gaming needs.

the zune hd looks sick, but i hate how microsoft just rips everything straight off of apple and other companies.

SilverChimera

apple is also guilty off ripping off competitors. they ripped off the look of the iphone from LG, as well as the touch screen phone concept and they ripped off the name iphone from cisco systems. they actually got sued for that but settled out of court. apple also ripped off video playback and photo playback from creative and diamond and others. hell, steve jobs even went on record saying they will never make an ipod that will make videos. like another poster said, business is business. actually it's more like baseball, stealing is ok as long as you don't get caught.

Zune HD? Ipod? IPhone? Does anyone really consider those things to be handheld gaming consoles? I got an Iphone and seriously you couldn't pay me sit down and play some of those games, it's nothing more than glorified flash games that you can play for free on any laptop. Zune HD, Ipod, Iphone, they will never become real handheld gaming consoles, for one reason, they aren't designed for games. There isn't even a proper, control pad. pimperjones

the same could be said for the psp's mp3 player and web broswer.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Zune HD? Ipod? IPhone? Does anyone really consider those things to be handheld gaming consoles? I got an Iphone and seriously you couldn't pay me sit down and play some of those games, it's nothing more than glorified flash games that you can play for free on any laptop. Zune HD, Ipod, Iphone, they will never become real handheld gaming consoles, for one reason, they aren't designed for games. There isn't even a proper, control pad. cowgriller

the same could be said for the psp's mp3 player and web broswer.

Tell me a game for the Zune HD that is something besides card/board games.

You can't.

Tell me a game for the Zune HD that is something besides card/board games.

You can't.

-MaskedMan-

Just because something can display decent graphics does not make them handheld consoles. It takes a lot more than that to create an actual game console. Zune is media player Ipod is a music player Iphone is a phone Just cause my phone can take photos doesn't mean I'm gonna start leaving behind my real camera on trips. pimperjones

actually that's the point of having a camera, games, and mp3 player in a phone. this way all you need to carry is one gadget that can do everything. this is pretty much how things will be done from now on. just look at the phone and gps accessories for the psp. as technology get's better, cheaper and smaller, more types of gadgets can be built into one because it's easier for the person to carry one item instead of several items that are only able to do one job. hell, phone are now coming out with 8MP cameras with Carl Zeiss lens'. nokia's n82 has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera and the upcoming LG Renoir has an 8MP camera with video recording and playback including playback of divx files.

Tell me a game for the Zune HD that is something besides card/board games.

You can't.

-MaskedMan-

ok. top 5 zune games link

and aside from checkers, sudoku, and texas hold 'em, i have space battle and hexic on my zune.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Just because something can display decent graphics does not make them handheld consoles. It takes a lot more than that to create an actual game console. Zune is media player Ipod is a music player Iphone is a phone Just cause my phone can take photos doesn't mean I'm gonna start leaving behind my real camera on trips. cowgriller

actually that's the point of having a camera, games, and mp3 player in a phone. this way all you need to carry is one gadget that can do everything. this is pretty much how things will be done from now on. just look at the phone and gps accessories for the psp. as technology get's better, cheaper and smaller, more types of gadgets can be built into one because it's easier for the person to carry one item instead of several items that are only able to do one job. hell, phone are now coming out with 8MP cameras with Carl Zeiss lens'. nokia's n82 has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera and the upcoming LG Renoir has an 8MP camera with video recording and playback including playback of divx files.

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[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Just because something can display decent graphics does not make them handheld consoles. It takes a lot more than that to create an actual game console. Zune is media player Ipod is a music player Iphone is a phone Just cause my phone can take photos doesn't mean I'm gonna start leaving behind my real camera on trips. pimperjones

actually that's the point of having a camera, games, and mp3 player in a phone. this way all you need to carry is one gadget that can do everything. this is pretty much how things will be done from now on. just look at the phone and gps accessories for the psp. as technology get's better, cheaper and smaller, more types of gadgets can be built into one because it's easier for the person to carry one item instead of several items that are only able to do one job. hell, phone are now coming out with 8MP cameras with Carl Zeiss lens'. nokia's n82 has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera and the upcoming LG Renoir has an 8MP camera with video recording and playback including playback of divx files.

ahahaahahhha :lol: !!

[QUOTE="-MaskedMan-"]

Tell me a game for the Zune HD that is something besides card/board games.

You can't.

pimperjones

bad point. ZuneHD presumably would have different Apps store-esque games

Zune 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 30GB, 80GB, 120GB plays all the XNA games (like Tetris, tower defense games, a Pokemon being made for it, RPGs, ETC) along with the ones MS distributes like Checkers, Space Battle, Hexic, etc.

so to say the ZuneHD can't show you a serious game is flawed, coz you've never seen a game for the rumored ZuneHD, ZuneHD games would play different coz of the touch screen

and i love playing Katamari, Field Runners, Rolando and Real Soccer on my bro's iPod Touch

Additionally i hear Hero of Sparta, SimCity, iDracula are really good. IGN has a separate App store games review section i believe some of them are really cool (field runners is cool!!!!!!!)

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Just because something can display decent graphics does not make them handheld consoles. It takes a lot more than that to create an actual game console. Zune is media player Ipod is a music player Iphone is a phone Just cause my phone can take photos doesn't mean I'm gonna start leaving behind my real camera on trips. pimperjones

actually that's the point of having a camera, games, and mp3 player in a phone. this way all you need to carry is one gadget that can do everything. this is pretty much how things will be done from now on. just look at the phone and gps accessories for the psp. as technology get's better, cheaper and smaller, more types of gadgets can be built into one because it's easier for the person to carry one item instead of several items that are only able to do one job. hell, phone are now coming out with 8MP cameras with Carl Zeiss lens'. nokia's n82 has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera and the upcoming LG Renoir has an 8MP camera with video recording and playback including playback of divx files.

this isn't able excellence in one field or all at once. it's about convience. true, you'll never see a professional photographer conducting business with a camera phone, but the higher qualty parts in the camera phone allow for th user to take better wuality pictures on the go. like i said, as the tech gets cheaper, the overall product gets better. btw, the LHC has problems staying operational, let alone making someone tea (or coffee. i prefer coffee).

[QUOTE="pimperjones"][QUOTE="-MaskedMan-"]

Tell me a game for the Zune HD that is something besides card/board games.

You can't.

darth-pyschosis

bad point. ZuneHD presumably would have different Apps store-esque games

Zune 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 30GB, 80GB, 120GB plays all the XNA games (like Tetris, tower defense games, a Pokemon being made for it, RPGs, ETC) along with the ones MS distributes like Checkers, Space Battle, Hexic, etc.

so to say the ZuneHD can't show you a serious game is flawed, coz you've never seen a game for the rumored ZuneHD, ZuneHD games would play different coz of the touch screen

and i love playing Katamari, Field Runners, Rolando and Real Soccer on my bro's iPod Touch

Additionally i hear Hero of Sparta, SimCity, iDracula are really good. IGN has a separate App store games review section i believe some of them are really cool (field runners is cool!!!!!!!)

you also forgot that ms is allowing anyone to make games for the zune. it uses the same xna tools found on the xbox 360 for the arcade games.

Thus we come to same conclusion, certain devices will always excel at certain tasks and thus be known for that particular task. I'm sure ZuneHD, Ipod, Iphone can run some decent games, but for the purpose of gaming, I will always prefer a device created specifically for the task at hand. But I'd love to see the Hadron Coffee Machine possibly 100 years from now. That would be a blast, literally. pimperjones

perhaps some day when the tech mature enough it could handle all tasks beautifully but specialized equipment will always be necessary for best results. the hadron coffee maker would be the perfect espresso machine. one drop and your wired for days.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]Just because something can display decent graphics does not make them handheld consoles. It takes a lot more than that to create an actual game console. Zune is media player Ipod is a music player Iphone is a phone Just cause my phone can take photos doesn't mean I'm gonna start leaving behind my real camera on trips. cowgriller

actually that's the point of having a camera, games, and mp3 player in a phone. this way all you need to carry is one gadget that can do everything. this is pretty much how things will be done from now on. just look at the phone and gps accessories for the psp. as technology get's better, cheaper and smaller, more types of gadgets can be built into one because it's easier for the person to carry one item instead of several items that are only able to do one job. hell, phone are now coming out with 8MP cameras with Carl Zeiss lens'. nokia's n82 has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera and the upcoming LG Renoir has an 8MP camera with video recording and playback including playback of divx files.

Quoted for the truth. This is spot on.

i never thought about that. it could happen. i think that microsoft will release it. a lot of those are rip offs of each other. everyone rips each other off. one person has an idea the next person changes it a little bit. iam2green