My Zune, It's The Shizzle

I finally have an MP3 player! Microsoft Zune! That's right! I've have one! I was lucky enough to receive one as a birthday gift, from my lovely girlfriend. After a couple of months of use, I can safely say that this thing is fucking awesome.

I'm no expert on electronic devices such as the"ipods" or the newfangled "DVD machines" that the kids are using these days. So I'm sure I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what this little machine is capable of. I'm also a man (a real man) and I didn't look at the instructions... at all. Here is a little bit of what I DO know, and a little bit of what I stole from the Internet.

• 80GB of storage space

That's a lot. My personal computer at home has 80GB of space(given, it's 5 years old, therefore 4 years 6 months obsolete). According to the website, that's enough space for 20,000 songs, 25,000 pictures or 250 hours of video. I don't have that much of any of that... unless you count my porn collection, in which case I'll need another Zune.

• 3.2" color screen

I don't know if that's huge or not, but it's big enough for me(big enough to watch that porn I mentioned earlier). The definition is great, and it looks beautiful.

• Touch pad, Slick user interface

The touch pad is really cool. That's all I can say, makes scrolling fun and I can do it all day long. The menu is really awesome too, the sorting and display of the items on the Zune make using it very easy and approachable.

• Premium Headphones

So, that's what Microsoft calls them. All I know, they are fucking sweet and very comfortable to wear. I've never used headphones like these, and I'm in love with them.

• Zune Marketplace

This is a pro and a con. You can use your Microsoft points for games and songs! Your Windows Live ID can be tied to this (means you can message your buddies from XBL from the Zune site). There is a huge library of available items, and TONS of podcasts for download. However, all the music is DRM. That's right, it only works on the Zune.

There are a lot of other features in the specifications list, but they don't interest me too much. I will list them though, for those of you that were wondering.

• Wireless Sync- using special magical powers, you can link up with your computer wirelessly... providing you have all the specific equipment.
  
• Wireless Zune-to-Zune Sharing- You can send songs and podcasts to other Zunes. Songs have a 3 play limit for the borrowing Zune, but if you label them "podcasts" you can keep them FOREVER!!!!
  
• Built-in FM Tuner- I guess if you have this badass MP3 and media player, you'll want to be hitting up the radio waves... I guess. It's nice to have though, and apparently the ipod doesn't offer it. So, booyah!

There is probably some other stuff, but I'm too lazy to look and I really don't care. Now, back to the interesting stuff.

Some other cool things that probably only matter to me: It's available in black, it only weighs 4 ounces, and I can hook it up to my Xbox360 and play music/videos. It costs about $250 for the big dog 80GB, but that's in line with the rest of the market. There are tons of add ons you can buy, and none of them are cheap. I do suggest some kind of case to protect the rather large face (about $20-$30 from BestBuy). Microsoft sells some official Zune accessories, all which are high quality and high price, CHA-CHING! Then again, you did just drop $250 on an MP3 player, so if you are complaining about a $30 case you need to wake up and smell the coffee.

So that's about it. I'm sure there are other features and all that jazz, but I'm a simple guy... a simple guy with tons of (newly portable)porn! Yeah! High five!