The Zune Kicks the I in the Pod

The Zune is pretty damn good.

Who knew?

I have a first generation Ipod Nano which is, after almost 4 years, dying a slow painful death. It will be time in the next few months to buy a new music player for my listening enjoyment.

Naturally I find the thought of an Ipod Touch exhilarating. They are sleek and sexy, and do things when you shake them. It is for these superficial reasons that I have been thinking about getting another Ipod.

In a conversation with my friend Mick (who is also my sister's boyfriend) I realized that I knew nothing about the MP3 player market. There are alot of different players out there, but the Ipods main "competition" (I say this lightly. The Ipod really doesn't have any competition) is Microsoft's Zune.

The Zune? That's a joke right?

Actually, the Zune isn't a joke at all. In fact, it is arguably better than the Ipod.

The facts are that the Zune is stronger, safer, sturdier, and just plain different.

And it ain't bad to be different.