Upgrading Your Mobile Media Player for Apple iPod Classic and Microsoft Zune PDF Guide
Executive Summary We have evaluated the 120 GB versions of the Apple iPod Classic and the Microsoft Zune to determine which company makes the better MP3 player. For the most part these MP3 players share many similarities and have few variations. The major differences between these units includes the orientation on the Zune display is set horizontally for videos and pictures which provides a bigger screen, while the Classic is vertical. The Zune offers wireless internet capabilities, FM radio capabilities and will synchronize wirelessly to your PC, while the Classic is devoid of these features.
Upon careful evaluation of the 120 GB models of these MP3 players, our recommendation is the Microsoft Zune. The Zune has more options than the Classic, which is a major factor when purchasing these electronic gadgets.
Introduction In today’s tech-savvy society, everyone from elementary school students to grandparents are buying, downloading, and listening to music on portable media devices. Portable music devices have been popular since the introduction of the portable radio. As audio technology has advanced, so has the way we record music, resulting in a higher quality, easier to produce digital format. The appliances used to play this new digital music have evolved from hand-held cassette tape players to compact disc players, to purely digital storage and play-back devices.
With the integration of computers and the internet into our everyday lives, it seems that more and more people are downloading and storing their music collection on their computer’s hard drive.
Many factors have led up to this including the increased amount time we spend sitting in front of our computers, the growing number of entertainment systems that are able accept audio/video feed from our computers, and the phenomena of peer-to-peer file sharing. Peer-to-peer file sharing allows people to digitally share their music with others using inexpensive online programs. Record companies have also capitalized on online media distribution, selling music over the internet for users to download instead of purchase from a record store. The film and television industries were not far behind, as they have also started offering downloadable versions of their programs via the internet.
With ever expanding digital libraries on home computers, the demand for bigger and better portable media devices continues to grow. MP3 audio players first made this possible by compressing the music, so you could fit a large number of songs on a small solid state memory device. Now the public is in search of higher capacity, and more capably media players to take advantage of the ever growing forms of media developed for hand-held machines. To meet the needs of individuals looking to grow with technology and upgrade to the leading mobile media devices on the market, we have researched two best selling and technologically advanced options.
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September 5, 2009 | Posted in Audio Video, iPod, Zune Manual
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