Seattlest: iPod Saves Mushroom Picker From Certain Death. Zune Nowhere To Be Found.

Will D

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:22:40 -0800

How do you compete with that? How do you compete with a lost mushroom picker shining a big, glowing Apple into the sky like he's expecting either Batman, Bono or Steve Jobs himself to swoop down from the skies and point him to the access road, a patch of mushrooms and a bunch of free iTunes downloads? That right there is some funny writing.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:56:36 -0800

So I guess they really are not trying as hard as they could to sell the Zune. If Microsoft was really trying to sell a sexy digital consumer product like the iPod they might want to stop thinking like well Microsoft. My Xbox 360 is much more Mac freindly than a Zune would be.

paul

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:30:21 -0800

So why can Apple make a cross platform music player but Microsoft can't? They can, but they don't want to. Next question?

COMTE

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:23:34 -0800

Feh, none of these new-fangled gizmos can lay a hand on my Zire 71: not only can I listen to cross-platform music, AND attract low-flying aircraft with the brightly backlit screen, but I can balance my checkbook, read a novel, and check my email, among other things - can an Ipod or Zune do all that?

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:47:54 -0800

So why can Apple make a cross platform music player but Microsoft can't? That is my question. I love digital music and I should be Microsoft's target audiance but I am down with OSX and can't use a Zune because of it.

Harvey

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:26:08 -0800

If only he had the Zune's big, bright, 3" screen, he might have been rescued sooner. :) Harvey Editor, Zunerama

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:36:24 -0800

My question is what kind of person goes off mushroom picking alone in the woods and what do they listen to on their iPod? I mean what is propper mushroom hunting music? Hootie, Phish, The Dead? Oh yeah and Zune still hates Mac OSX.

Dan

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:33:18 -0800

Yeah, that's cool and I do that too. I navigate my way to bed with a cell phone backlight. My point is he didn't have DS or a zune or a psp or whatever with him while he was lost in the woods, or, at least, that's not what the article says. He had an ipod. Kind of a weird item to have while mushroom picking, and I can't even imagine listening to headphones while I was hiking, but whatever. It's that essential. You even take it mushroom picking.

Matt

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:48:59 -0800

These days most eletronics has fancy bright lights. I've used the blue glow of my cell phone to flag down my wife while in a crowd in the dark. I'm sure Zune is backlit as well.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:36:19 -0800

Actually here in Kitsap County we are prone to power outages due to windstorms and gremlins. I used my iPod and DS Lite to get around our house until we could get a fire and candles going. Also have went down underneath the house and flipped circut breakers by using my DS Lite as a light source.