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IGN: Microsoft Zune HD Impressions

When the Zune was first introduced in 2006 as Microsoft's alternative to the iPod. The Zune was met with mixed critical reception and slow sales, but despite challenges facing the device, Microsoft continued to evolve the series with a number of design tweaks and hardware variations. Despite the wide offering of Zune products, Microsoft's portable market share continued to be overshadowed by the iPod. Now, nearly three years since the first Zune was introduced, Microsoft has given the portable a comprehensive makeover, adding support for high-definition video, an OLED display, and an array of sexy new features for users to enjoy.

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LukaX235357d ago

Sorry, wasn't impressed when I tried it @ GDGT in NYC yesterday...

kalebgray925357d ago

fail... i rather have an first generation than this

Eiffel5357d ago

What were you expecting exactly anyway? Care to share?

Sexius Maximus5357d ago

Most store displays don't have the most recent firmware downloaded, and that makes a HUGE difference. For what my meager opinion is worth (not much on this site with so many fanboys) I paid $290 for the 32 gig Zune HD, and I would have paid a lot more if I had to. It is slick, fast, clear and easy to use. Hands down the best mp3/video player I've come across. But then again, to each their own. When it comes to giving an opinion, you just can't argue right or wrong...it's personal preference.

Dareaver15357d ago

Can't wait to try out the OLED screen, that has got to be pretty sweet. Not a big fan of Apple and it's cult, this is it for me.

TheAntiFanboy5355d ago

Love it to death. I'd throw my iPod Touch away in an instant if the AppStore didn't exist; the iPod feels too minimalist in comparison.

What I want to see? Support for H.264 in MKV containers and a 5-band custom EQ. Do that for me Microsoft and I will officially renounce any attachment I have to any iPod ANYTHING, and so will a nice hefty chunk of the market that'd love to watch anime on the go.

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Biggunz5357d ago

48% failure rate and climbing.

Eiffel5357d ago

Sadly no real person wants to use their PSP as a MP3 player.

droid and bot5357d ago

"Sadly no real person wants to use their PSP as a MP3 player."

i do

D4RkNIKON5357d ago

I used to use my psp for music in my car but a few weeks ago I bought an iPod touch. Let me just put it this way, my psp is now for gaming only.

dirthurts5357d ago

Really liked it.
Mostly I dug the OLED (big videophile here). Very nice :)
But the effects where slick, and it did have a nice feel to it.
However, I won't buy this or the Ipod (which is also nice) as I simply have no use for it...
If I'm on the go I have more to do than listen to my player.

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Invincible: Guarding the Globe Review - Hardcore Droid

Ubisoft’s Invincible: Guarding the Globe does little to differentiate itself from other mediocre gacha games.

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Star Wars Hunters Gets Official Global Release Date on Mobile

Developer Zynga has confirmed that Star Wars Hunters will launch globally for Android and iOS devices on June 4, 2024.

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Sony Developing PlayStation Mobile Platform

Sony's bold step into the mobile gaming world as they developing a new PlayStation Mobile Platform for free-to-play games.

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gold_drake11d ago

if they make their mobile games playable on ps5 and their maybe new handheld, that would be huge. cause i aint playing any free games on my phone, cause mobile games suck. haha.

Retro198610d ago

I like mobile games, but the problem for me is that «free games» usually has alot of p2w or other microtransaction connected to them. LoL, Hearthstone, civ, fm etc is great on iPad 😊 Would love to see rise of kingdoms etc Get rid of p2w formula.

Guitardr859d ago

Does anyone remember PS MInis from the PS3 era? I feel like most of those were mobile games that were ported...No reason they couldn't do that again I suppose. :)

gold_drake9d ago

yeeeess i had some of them haha

P_Bomb9d ago

Ha, I remember those! They didn’t have trophies so I’ve lost track of most of them, but I remember Hysteria Project and Angry Birds.

piher9d ago

I feel like people don't understand what mobile gaming is anymore.

It's not the button phone cheap Tetris clones or movie licensed stuff anymore.

Mobile gaming is huge games like Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, Amazon and Bandai/Namco's Blue Protocol games with budgets that rival and even exceed AAA, but even things like CoD and other big western games have mobile versions.

All the games listed also have PC and console versions.

Sony already owns several big mobile games most famously Fate/Grand Order.

gold_drake9d ago

i feel like you are overblowing what other ppl have said ha.

most mobiles are still very much your gatcha style of gaming.

the games u listed, absolutely, but that wasnt even my comment. mobile games, if they are not on anything else, sucks. so to have them on a handheld with buttons or on a console to, would be a win for me

Philaroni10d ago

I'm going to say this and ether A: I'm crazy or B: I'm crazy, but do any of you remember when Sony years back had the Xperia Play. Touched one never got it myself. If Sony is looking for a handheld (Look at Apple with the games it can run on there own devices) I wonder if maybe, just maybe they try to make a play for the Phone space again. Just my 2 cents, well with inflations I guess my 2 dimes.

Kurisu10d ago

Make an Xperia Play 2 that actually has functionality with the PS5 and I might bite! Loved the Xperia Play, showing off Crash Bandicoot on it was great but that's the only game I had for it.

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