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In typical Apple loving, Uncle Walt fashion, Walt Mossberg reviews the Zune 2. I can’t blame his views, some are right and some are guided by allegiance. We, Zune Supporters, are the same way though.

Anyhow, Walt spends countless paragraphs telling about the Zune followed buy a, “But Apple has done….”. I have been waiting on this review, I knew it would make for some good reading. I love reading his non-Apple reviews. :)

Count this, 4 paragraphs basicly reviewing Apple’s Wonderful line of players. I have an iPhone, its a good 8GB Player, but Itunes is horrible.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, Apple hasn’t been standing still, either. It now has its own large-screen, wireless model, the iPod Touch, with a radical “multi-touch” interface like the iPhone’s. The screen on the Touch is larger than the one on the bigger Zunes and is much sharper. Its Wi-Fi allows you to browse the Web, watch YouTube videos and even buy music without a PC – none of which is possible on a Zune – though the Touch is $50 more and holds much less content than the new full-size Zune.

Microsoft’s new Zunes are directly aimed at the iPod Classic, Apple’s full-size, high-capacity model, and the iPod nano, its compact version. But, here again, Apple has been on the move. The 80-gigabyte Classic, which costs the same as the 80-gigabyte Zune, is slimmer than the Zune and has a flashy new interface, if a smaller screen. And the eight-gigabyte nano, which costs the same as the eight-gigabyte Zune, now plays videos and is much smaller – yet has a larger screen. Neither of these iPods includes Wi-Fi.

In addition, Apple has spiffed up its iTunes software, adding various features, including the addictive Cover Flow, which allows you to flip through all your albums with just a flick of the mouse. Cover Flow also shows up on the nano, the Classic and the Touch. Even the new Zune PC software has no interface as compelling.

And Apple still trounces Microsoft in the selection of media it sells. The iTunes store offers more than six million songs, about double what the Zune Marketplace offers, and dwarfs Microsoft’s selection of Podcasts and music videos, as well. Plus, Zune Marketplace still doesn’t sell any TV shows, movies or audiobooks, while iTunes does.

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