better alternatives for whom exactly. I’m comfortable with the iPhone/touch way of doing things an quite frankly a phone or pmp isn’t that important to me that I want to try anything different. The best alternative is the one that works for you

MGS stands for My Gaping Shit-pipe

Dude, I can do the same thing you’re doing! I have a 24″ Imac, Alienware gaming laptop and every single Ipod that came to be, even the black and white first edition. And in the summers, I spend time overseas in my yacht sipping Piña colada when I’m not chilling in my multiple mansions located around the world. See how pretentious I can be??

Not really, no. If anyone does do that, they’re idiotic kids who still think having an Ipod/Iphone is “in” or “special” Yeah… it isn’t anymore, sorry. when everyone and their mothers, fathers, grandparents and ancestors started using the Iphone, you were no longer deemed cool or a rich kid or anything along those lines.. you’re just one of the many people who stick to the norm, despite there being better alternatives.

1. Personally I don’t love the form, but that’s only based on pictures, so I’d have to see it in person.

2. WTF is with the word “Marketplace” not fitting on the screen? That is just piss poor graphics. It doesn’t miss by enough to make it look like a concious design decision…instead it just looks like a mistake. MSFT’s design department still has such a long way to go, IMHO.

How many apps were available at iPhones launch?

acually via a $90 dock….

it does have HD output to a TV via an HDMI cable.

The zune HD does NOT have an HD screen. It has HD radio.

Easy to see how you would be misguided. It’s a scornfully tricky advertising coupe.

Apple put on 3.8% in todays trading. Microsoft, again went no where.

No no, just integrate the Xbox live accounts into the phones,

Example. you’re signed into your account while on the phone and you can see your live friends playing Xbox, from your cel phone and even chat with them.

Purchasing a game from the Microsoft Marketplace like peggle, will grant you achievement points towards your gamerscore FROM your cel phone.

Things like that.

At this time the processors needed to run Xbox360 software are too power hunger for mobile use. It will be many years before it could happen and by then the Xbox360 will be deader than the original Xbox is now. Same goes for the PS3 as well.

I’m hardly a fanboy, the moment an Xbox/Zune phone comes out i’m switching.

But let’s not church it up, this thing is just an MP3 player, Period.

The UI looks good, good direction, that’s probably the only competition the iPhone needs to take out of this thing… create a better UI.

Other then that, like i said, integrate Xbox Live into a phone, keep this ZUNE UI, and the player etc etc.. and i’m sold. I’ll buy one.

North America only, it is a big world outside of the US. The required software will not run on a Mac, Linux or even WinXP64. There is the Zune Pass, but I would much rather have Internet radio and Pandora. The Zune does not do these. Some of the hardware is nice, but overall the new touch hardware is better. The number one failing is the lack of apps.

I would like to have good competition for the touch but it looks like it will have to come the Android camp, maybe the Zii or Archos5 will be the competition.

you should be excited for competition, it’ll make your beloved apple try harder, even though i’m sure they’re perfect in your eyes.

You Fail! What a fanboy!

Fail