Os novos players da Microsoft foram lançados. Comparando lado a lado você mesmo poderá tirar suas próprias conclusões, no entanto o Zune se superou na qualidade e no acabamento dos novos fones de ouvido que vem com ele. Além disso os fãs da MS já dizem por aí que um Zune phone deve chegar ao mercado ainda esse mês ou no próximo.

O novo Zune de 80GB entra em guerra com o iPod dos mesmos 80, no entanto o modelo com memória flash, com uma tela de 1.8′ poelgadas também tem wi-fi, mas será que esse wi-fi vai servir par algo em uma tela tão pequena? Além disso a tela do Zune normal se encaixa certinho entre a tela do iPod Classic e a do iPod Touch. A Microsoft está começando a amadurecer o produto.

Feature	Zune 80GB	iPod classic 80GB	iPod touch 8GB
Price	$249.99	$249.00	$299.00
Size (inches)	4.3 x 2.4 x 0.51	4.1 x 2.4 x 0.41	4.3 x 2.4 x 0.31
Weight (ounces)	4.5	4.9	4.2
Display (inches)	3.2	2.5	3.5
Display Type	LCD	LCD (LED backlight)	Touch-sensitive LCD
Resolution	320 x 240 (expected)	320 x 240	480 x 320
Navigation	Zune Pad	Click Wheel	Multi-touch
WiFi	Yes (802.11b/g expected)	No	802.11b/g
Wireless Sync	Yes	No	No
Wireless Share	Yes	No	No
Wireless Store	No	No	Yes
Battery	TBD	30 hours music / 5 hours video	22 hours music / 5 hours video
Battery Charge Time	TBD	4-hours / 2-hours to 80%	3-hours / 1.5-hours to 80%
Audio Support	WMA, DRM’d WMA, WMA Lossless, MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC (expected)	AAC, protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple lossless, WAV, and AIFF	AAC, protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple lossless, WAV, and AIFF
Video Support	WMV, H.264, MPEG-4	H.264, MPEG-4	H.264, MPEG-4
FM Tuner	Yes	No	No
Headphones	“Premium” earbuds	Apple earbuds	Apple earbuds
PC / Mac compatible	Yes / No	Yes / Yes	Yes / Yes
Client Software	Zune Software	iTunes	iTunes
Colors	Black	Silver, Black	Black

Agora frente a frente os iPods nano contra os Zune co memória flash:

Feature	Zune 4 / 8GB	iPod nano 4 / 8GB
Price	$149.99 / $199.99	$149.00 / $199.00
Size (inches)	1.6 x 3.6 x 0.33	2.8 x 2.1 x 0.26
Weight (ounces)	TBD	1.74
Display (inches)	1.8	2.0
Display Type	LCD	LCD (LED backlight)
Resolution	TBD	320 x 240
Navigation	Zune Pad	Click Wheel
WiFi	Yes (802.11b/g expected)	No
Wireless Sync	Yes	No
Wireless Share	Yes	No
Wireless Store	No	No
Battery	TBD	24 hours music / 5 hours video
Battery Charge Time	TBD	3-hours / 1.5-hours to 80%
Audio Support	WMA, DRM’d WMA, WMA Lossless, MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC (expected)	AAC, protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple lossless, WAV, and AIFF
Video Support	WMV, H.264, MPEG-4	H.264, MPEG-4
FM Tuner	Yes	No
Headphones	Microsoft earbuds	Apple earbuds
PC / Mac compatible	Yes / No	Yes / Yes
Client Software	Zune Software	iTunes
Colors	Pink, Green, Black, Red	Silver, Black, Blue, Green, (PRODUCT) RED

Tabela via Engadget