Microsoft Zune takes on the igizmo’s
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Microsoft are soon to unveil Zune, their widely anticipated competitor to the ipod/iriver and to the rest of the portable music player industry. It has been receiving a lot of press of late, not all of good however.
It has been confirmed that it forces MP3’s transferred to another Microsoft Zune to a maximum of only 3 plays, thus violating the Creative Commons license. It is possible that Microsoft could get around this with a firmware update at a later date, however at launch they do appear to be breaking the law to be blunt.
On top of that, although they continue to hype the Microsoft Zune up for its wireless filesharing capabilities, this particular benefit is also one of its more worrying flaws. As everyone knows, every successful platform becomes a major target for virus’s. The Microsoft Zune for a large number of potential buyers is a disaster waiting to happen.