source "The "digital entertainment handheld," dubbed unanimously as product "xYz" by said sources to emphasize its purpose of bridging the Xbox and Zune platforms" "The emphasis of the device is not the hardware but the software, services, and entertainment experience if offers while remaingly primarily "a portable game console and media player." It's said to link into Microsoft's Skybox computing services for mobiles and blur the lines between Xbox Live and the Zune and Sky Marketplaces. Even the Xbox 360's NXE interface will be making its way onto the new Microsoft handheld." "Buy a song, a movie or a TV show on your Xbox, play the content later on the handheld or the other way around. Play an Xbox Live Arcade game either on your Xbox or in this handheld" Id be lying if I said it wouldnt be cool to play XBLA on the go. Does this look like a true DS/PSP rival?
[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]Zune couldve been popular if they properly marketed itdarkmagician06
well its #2 behind the ipod which is no small feat.Yeah i guess, its a fantastic product, the Creative stuff is great too Too bad people cant think enough to realise they are paying way more for way less. And whats with MSs slowness in the EU market?
The ability to play my XBLA games on the go would be amazing. If the rumors about this device are true (including this one), I'll probably be getting a Zune HD on day one but, it sounds a little too good to be true. All these rumors could just be setting us up for a huge disappointment when MS actually reveals the Zune HD, should it differ from what has previously been reported.
Nevertheless, it does sound like an awesome idea and an even more awesome handheld. Here's hoping it lives up to everyone's lofty expectations.
[QUOTE="darkmagician06"][QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]Zune couldve been popular if they properly marketed itFirstDiscovery
well its #2 behind the ipod which is no small feat.Yeah i guess, its a fantastic product, the Creative stuff is great too Too bad people cant think enough to realise they are paying way more for way less. And whats with MSs slowness in the EU market? The EU isn't as important to MS as the US. Besides the UK, there's not much market.
You know, I haven't cared about handheld gaming for years, and it'll never be a staple for me, but... Something that I could use to play media, store all of my document files on, and play XBLA games on would be a unit I could really sink my teeth into.
[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"][QUOTE="darkmagician06"]well its #2 behind the ipod which is no small feat.-Snooze-
Yeah i guess, its a fantastic product, the Creative stuff is great too Too bad people cant think enough to realise they are paying way more for way less. And whats with MSs slowness in the EU market? The EU isn't as important to MS as the US. Besides the UK, there's not much market.Woah where did you get that from? Unless youre thinking of games, the EU market is for most cases every bit as big if not bigger than the US. Films, music, electronics, you name it. iPods are an international pandemic (yes pandemic, we need to stop lowering humanity's standards), even in Japan, MS have everything to play for.
I'm holding off on buying another iPod cause I wanna hear about this. If this thing allows me to play XBLA games on the go then I may just get this instead.
Sounds pretty cool. I'll have to wait until I see the games lineup though. I'm more interested in the games then the features, since I already have a PSP and a Ipod that do most of this already.
The Zune is great...But whenever I play games on it the battery life drains and quick. I get like an hour of game play with music playing before the batt dies. With how powerful the Zune handheld would have to be the battery life does not sound like it would be to great. I don't really care about a Zune handheld, I want a Zune cell phone.
[QUOTE="darkmagician06"][QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]Zune couldve been popular if they properly marketed itFirstDiscovery
well its #2 behind the ipod which is no small feat.Yeah i guess, its a fantastic product, the Creative stuff is great too Too bad people cant think enough to realise they are paying way more for way less. And whats with MSs slowness in the EU market?I'm a Cowon fan myself. By far the best bang for buck devices imo.
Being able to play your XBLA games sounds very cool feature, but it's gonna need a lot more than that, like proper controls, good display and like someone mentioned, battery life. Hope they aren't really planning to call it Zune HD tho.
Being able to play your XBLA games sounds very cool feature, but it's gonna need a lot more than that, like proper controls, good display and like someone mentioned, battery life. Hope they aren't really planning to call it Zune HD tho.mr_mozilla
The displays are already top notch, I doubt the screen will be degraded.
It looks like an Iphone rival at best. Doubt it will achieve being ny kind of rival.
HarlockJC
That is what I want...MS has until E3 to give me what I want or I buy an Iphone I know I will get flamed for this but I wish to GOD I never bought this POS iPhone. I think they have an app for me smashing it. It's problems are even more compounded by ATT....ugh. But I know I am in the minority on this....1 more year until I get a real phone again.
The Zune is great...But whenever I play games on it the battery life drains and quick. I get like an hour of game play with music playing before the batt dies. With how powerful the Zune handheld would have to be the battery life does not sound like it would be to great. I don't really care about a Zune handheld, I want a Zune cell phone.HarlockJC
Because GOD won't let MS use a different battery.... :roll:
[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]The Zune is great...But whenever I play games on it the battery life drains and quick. I get like an hour of game play with music playing before the batt dies. With how powerful the Zune handheld would have to be the battery life does not sound like it would be to great. I don't really care about a Zune handheld, I want a Zune cell phone.whatisazerg
Because GOD won't let MS use a different battery.... :roll:
I may be going out on the limb here, but I am betting that my 80 gig Zune already has the top of the line battery. They could make the batt bigger. But the 80 gig is already about half the size of the DS lite and that is without playing games.
[QUOTE="KingTuttle"] I know I will get flamed for this but I wish to GOD I never bought this POS iPhone. I think they have an app for me smashing it. It's problems are even more compounded by ATT....ugh. But I know I am in the minority on this....1 more year until I get a real phone again. I want the easier to use internet that the Iphone has with the same $15 month deal I get on my Zune. Plus I already have like 600 songs on my Zune.
[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="KingTuttle"] I know I will get flamed for this but I wish to GOD I never bought this POS iPhone. I think they have an app for me smashing it. It's problems are even more compounded by ATT....ugh. But I know I am in the minority on this....1 more year until I get a real phone again. I want the easier to use internet that the Iphone has with the same $15 month deal I get on my Zune. Plus I already have like 600 songs on my Zune. I love all the features of the iPhone EXCEPT the phone part haha. Oh and it locking up and acting crazy every other day. I will say the internet functionality is tight tho.
[QUOTE="kidcool189"]i assume zune's have online capabilities already right? (ive never owned one)VoodooHak
Yes, Zunes are already online capable.
There are lots of features on it that are ready to go once MS pulls the trigger on this cross-platform initiative:
Zune cards, like gamerscore cards in the Zune social
Achievement-like medals
I linked my Zune ID to my gamertag so I can manager my XBL and Zune friends from one place
I can already play games on my Zune
MS points appear in both the Zune and XBL marketplaces
So yeah, it'd be interesting to see how well they can pull it all off.
I didn't know the Zune could do all these things. My mom and sister have one but they don't use it to this extent. If this new Zune can pull of XBL integration well then I'll definately get this over the iPod Touch.
[QUOTE="kidcool189"]i assume zune's have online capabilities already right? (ive never owned one)waynehead895
Yes, Zunes are already online capable.
There are lots of features on it that are ready to go once MS pulls the trigger on this cross-platform initiative:
Zune cards, like gamerscore cards in the Zune social
Achievement-like medals
I linked my Zune ID to my gamertag so I can manager my XBL and Zune friends from one place
I can already play games on my Zune
MS points appear in both the Zune and XBL marketplaces
So yeah, it'd be interesting to see how well they can pull it all off.
I didn't know the Zune could do all these things. My mom and sister have one but they don't use it to this extent. If this new Zune can pull of XBL integration well then I'll definately get this over the iPod Touch.
If I can use the video service of XBLM and the Zune together, that would be enough for me.
[QUOTE="kidcool189"]i assume zune's have online capabilities already right? (ive never owned one)waynehead895
Yes, Zunes are already online capable.
There are lots of features on it that are ready to go once MS pulls the trigger on this cross-platform initiative:
Zune cards, like gamerscore cards in the Zune social
Achievement-like medals
I linked my Zune ID to my gamertag so I can manager my XBL and Zune friends from one place
I can already play games on my Zune
MS points appear in both the Zune and XBL marketplaces
So yeah, it'd be interesting to see how well they can pull it all off.
I didn't know the Zune could do all these things. My mom and sister have one but they don't use it to this extent. If this new Zune can pull of XBL integration well then I'll definately get this over the iPod Touch. Yep, that's why I have one. :D And I've been considering hopping over to the dark side once again (owned an iPod once...it broke and I've sworn off all things Apple since then) by getting an iPod touch but if the rumors on the Zune HD are to be believed, I'll just wait and get that instead.
meh console business is one thing, but handheld market i just dont see MS succeeding in a resonable time frame. Besides the PSP is probably the same approach MS would take in terms of development alot of power, but no games, and we all saw how that went. Now with Sony and Nintendo both having a commanding share of the market who will buy an MS based handheld? Im a big MS supporter, but heck even i wouldnt buy it. I dont like handhelds at all though.
There are lots of features on it that are ready to go once MS pulls the trigger on this cross-platform initiative:
Zune cards, like gamerscore cards in the Zune social
Achievement-like medals
I linked my Zune ID to my gamertag so I can manager my XBL and Zune friends from one place
I can already play games on my Zune
MS points appear in both the Zune and XBL marketplaces
So yeah, it'd be interesting to see how well they can pull it all off.
spinecaton
I didn't know the Zune could do all these things. My mom and sister have one but they don't use it to this extent. If this new Zune can pull of XBL integration well then I'll definately get this over the iPod Touch.
If I can use the video service of XBLM and the Zune together, that would be enough for me.
Yeah that's what I'm hoping for. Mostly fo XBLAr games but If I get music on Zune and able to play it on my 360 as Custom Soundtracks, vids on the 360 to Zune then I'm sold.
For the Zune owners: How well does it organize podcasts. This is pretty much the only thing that keeps me using the ipod. As muc has I hate, HATE Itunes, it's pretty damn easy to subscribe to my podcasts..And good alternatives? It would be nice if it were linux compatible also. I've been wanting to convert my bedroom PC to linux but Itunes no worky in linux.
There are lots of features on it that are ready to go once MS pulls the trigger on this cross-platform initiative:
Zune cards, like gamerscore cards in the Zune social
Achievement-like medals
I linked my Zune ID to my gamertag so I can manager my XBL and Zune friends from one place
I can already play games on my Zune
MS points appear in both the Zune and XBL marketplaces
So yeah, it'd be interesting to see how well they can pull it all off.
The_Game21x
I didn't know the Zune could do all these things. My mom and sister have one but they don't use it to this extent. If this new Zune can pull of XBL integration well then I'll definately get this over the iPod Touch. Yep, that's why I have one. :D And I've been considering hopping over to the dark side once again (owned an iPod once...it broke and I've sworn off all things Apple since then) by getting an iPod touch but if the rumors on the Zune HD are to be believed, I'll just wait and get that instead. Totally with you on that. Everyone I know who's had an iPod had one atleast break including myself but I hear the iTouch is pretty reliable. As far as Zune's I know of 4 people and so far so good. My sister uses hers to death and there is really no hick-ups.
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