18 Aug, 2006
Geek Love, Microsoft, Rumors
Gizmodo got some inside details on Zune today. Zune is Microsoft’s answer to the iPod. Unfortuantely if this is their answer? They were asking the wrong question.
First off, that scroll wheel you see? That’s not a wheel. It’s just four buttons
arranged in a wheel formation. That kinda sucks if you’re used to the scroll wheel, but it seems their engineers weren’t too fond of it, or Microsoft didn’t want to be accused of copying the iPod’s wheel. Either way, it’s just four buttons.But like the wheel, the scrolling speeds up the longer you hold down the button.
Exclusive Microsoft Zune Details - Gizmodo
technorati tags:zune, microsoft, ipod, mp3
Inevitable Winter said
am August 18 2006 @ 11:00 am
I played with a new LG cellphone / music player yesterday. Instead of “clicky” buttons, places on the dials were touch sensative. It would be sad to see microsoft fall behind the quality of an LG phone. The phone was the nicest hybrid I’ve seen, but it did damn fine for even a stand alone music player.