Umm... there isn't a 60gb version.

DRM-inflicted WiFi and lack of styling make this a very mediocre effort on MS's part. The only positives that I can see are a 3 in. screen and a rather nice OS/GUI... I think we'll be waiting for the Zune 2 before they get their act together and produce a decent competitor... as it stands now I am un-impressed...

Trying to make money off of a galaxy of expensive add-on accessories sounds familiar, eh? Welcome to Evil Empire II.....

Heck who knows.. sell it through Wal-Mart and perhaps it's take off.. but somehow I doubt it...

Its basically the iPod. Only slightly (very slightly) larger in size, with...

1) a bigger screen

2) a better user interface (if you have used a Toshiba S30 you know what I am talking about!)

3) WiFi connectivity

4) Cheaper accessories (yeah its true... so stop griping about it lol)

5) a better musice service $.99/song OR $15/month "all you can eat" subscription service

6) it plays all the songs I ripped into .aac that I can't play on either of my broken iPods (each which barely lasted a year lol...), so I don't have to re-rip my CDs...

On top of all these features, I would expect the sound quality to be better than the (average at best) iPod sound quality...

Don't get me wrong, for the last couple years I have thoroughly enjoyed my iPod, but I was thinking about buying a Toshiba S30 cuz I was tired of buying new iPods every year (but what do i know, maybe the S30 or S60 only lasts a year too, but its worth trying something new!), but with the Zune coming out I decided to wait. I am tired of waiting and it sucks that I have to wait another month and a half... but whatever, I got Sirius in my car anyways... that'll hold me over til then. lol

It will be worth looking at....but it seems to be a almost pure iPod copy....including a fake "click wheel." With a closed system locked into the Zune music site the parallels are more than obvious. Battery reports are not good but we need to wait for an actual unit in our hands. I would suspect that "beaming" songs to another Zune will cut into battery life a great deal. From what I've read...it is not exactly WiFi connectivity as it only beams to another Zune.

I'm surprised to hear that it reads .acc. That is kinda neat. Surprised that Apple did not block that option.

I suspect however that the Zune will capture most of it's marked share from other non-ipod products. Most iPod users that I know are locked into iTunes and don't seem to mind.

"I'm surprised to hear that it reads .acc. That is kinda neat. Surprised that Apple did not block that option."

I think you mean .aac, and Apple can't block that option because Apple doesn't own a patent to .aac technology. Licensing the .aac format is free.

It might be better than iPod, but it aint better than creatives zen vision m.

AHHHH SHIITTT!!!! i cant wait to get my zune in the mail tomorrow!

My Zen Vison M Just broke... if i cant get it fixed... im looking here...

only setback i can think of is it does not accept .avi files... which most of my movies are

Zune is shit!
Zune 2 is gonna be amazing!
Can't wait until it comes out,
I wonder if you can trade in your
old Zune toward the new one.