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iPod Vs. Zune: Music and Video Download Sites

There are many folks that hate both Apple and
Microsoft portable media products. AppleThere are advantages that Zune has over iPod.
makes iPod and Microsoft makes Zune.Approximately 60 hours more video can be
Fortunately for the consumer, there are otherstored in the 30GB version. Zune has a
good portable media players out there now butlarger screen size and is capable of portrait
do not have the same visibility as Apple andmode display. Zune has wallpaper, FM radio,
Microsoft products. Discussion about thesewireless connectivity, and faster battery
other portable media players like SanDisk'scharge. Zune Plays WMA audio formats and WMV
Sansa series and Creative's Zen seriesvideo formats. It has one more standard case
devices are beyond the scope of this article.color:  brown!
This article is about basic iPod and Zune
similarities and differences. In addition,There are advantages that iPod has over Zune.
sources for purchasing music online for iPodiPod plays games, is compatible with the
and  Zune  will  be  briefly  discussed.Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV audio
formats. It plays H.264, M4V, MP4, MOV,
The iPod is a portable media players designedMPEG-4 video formats. It is slightly smaller
and marketed by Apple and released to theand lighter than Zune. The iPod software
public in 2001. Currently, as a digitalworks on PC and Mac. Zune only works with
audio player, the iPod is the best-sellingPCs.
music player in history. Zune is Microsoft's
digital audio player, released in 2006,The primary websites for music downloads are
directly competing with Apple's iPod. EachiTunes Store for iPod and Zune Marketplace
of these portable media players deliver whatfor Zune. Both sites offer music downloads
it was intended to do which is to play musicof 0.99 cents per song. With Zune
or audio, display images, and play video.Marketplace, you can buy a monthly
Each  has  their  pros  and  cons.subscription for $14.99 a month for unlimited
downloads as long as you have a subscription.
There are many Zune and IPod similarities and
I will list major ones. They each have theBut there are other online music stores out
same starting price of around $249, diskthere so you are not limited to Apple and
storage, picture capacity, screen resolution,Microsoft. Do an online search for "online
and aspect ratio. They play audio, pictures,music stores" and determine what works for
and video. They have USB connection (toyou.
another device, typically a computer),
battery,  and  similar  battery  life.The stores that I recommend are offered here
and  have  one  time  fees:
Both devices support MP3, MP4, M4A, M4B (for
audio), and MOV (for video) file formats. TheFor iPod music and video downloads, click on
Zune favors Windows Media Audio (WMA) while
iPod has its protected AAC format. When itFor Zune music and video downloads, click on
comes to exchanging files, you will need
software tools to convert your iTunes files
to MP3 or convert Zune WMA files to MP3. BothHave fun with what ever portable media player
systems support JPGs (for still images) andyou choose!
MPGs  (for  video).



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