I myself own a 30 gig video zune. I got it last christmas from my parents. I love my zune. The screen is big and bright, the interface is easy to use and it has been sturdy and reliable. I throw it in my purse and carry it everywhere with me. The Zune also has the social option where you can share songs with other people and they get a few temporary listens to see if they like it, which of course is only handy if you know others with a zune. I do so it's nice when they say hay have you heard....and then can let me listen. I also like the ease with which it interfaces with my xbox360 so that i don't have to put my music on there i can just stream it in from my Zune. The zune marketplace does not have the selection of itunes however you can still buy from itunes. apple is slowly doing away with the propritry stuff on their songs and even those that they haven't you can get on your zune with only a little finagling. (easiest way is to simply burn a CD and rip it into the Zune software though there are other ways as well) The buttons are slightly recessed so they're not easily accidently pressed. It can be a little hard to find cases and the like for it but often when you do you can get a really good deal on them. For example I got my case on clearance at kmart for 6 bucks. it's solid plastic that surrounds everything, even covers the keys with a thin plastic that you can still use the buttons through. They battery life is good and there is a button lock that I use all the time. I can't really contrast it with an Ipod though, I've never had one just this but maybe someone else can talk about a different modle ipod and help you out.

Ki edit: reading talons post reminded me to mention the zune also picks up radio signals. The zune also does the same alphabization of songs, tracks, genres whichever category you are in under music but again you can create a playlist and put your music in whatever order you want. Now i looked at my sister's I Pod nano and even down to that size there is a keylock on the top as well so it looks like it's just the shuffle that lacks that option as far as I can tell.

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Edited 1 time by Ki Firecloud Jul 14 08 7:42 PM.