feel guilty

i quite like the styling of that

but why would the font on the menu be so big? even if it's a prototype build, it doesn't make sense that the font would be so large

and if it's a promotional, artists impression, you'd spend a few minutes in photoshop to fix that

and who has such text-orientated menus these days anyway? all main menus are large icons, small text, because that way people can see more options

if that is the main interface method, then you'd best hope there isn't any App Store equivalent as it'll take you all day to scroll through 30 apps, let alone the 80 apps i have on my iphone

No thanks. I already have a real one.

A: More "me too" photcopying action from Microsoft.

B: DRM'ed to shreds. the subscription service will make sure of that. "not ONE drm'ed track on my iPods"

C: You can bet its Windows only, just like the last Zunes. Show me the support for my Linux box and my Macs and try again. "My pod works on all three" I'm not being locked back into Windows by anyone. I actually USE my computers.

I'm just waiting to see if it locks out XP users to try and force updating, it would be pure Ballmer. Another third party made Microsoft also ran. And WinCE? You have got to be kidding!

RE: Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 27th May 2009 13:08 GMT

"I'm still amused that commenters on the Register still think that drag'n'drop file management / using your audio player as a mass storage device is something anyone really cares about. Most people just use a memory stick for file transfer, and evidently prefer the managed library approach (i.e. the further they can get away from a file system the better)."

See, the thing about the drag'n'dropsters is that they are so very... verbal about their OCD. They've spent months setting up their "individual" folder structures all night long, usually filling them with some obscure format like OGG that hardly any device can play in the first place and now they bitch and moan whenever they are forced to realize that 99,998% of people enjoy listening more than filing and therefore are fine with whatever iTunes does.

Then there is the other group that is not actually suffering from OCD but they are notorious pirates and 95% of their low bitrate MP3s has filenames like 198225541bzcz_u.mp3 and was never tagged properly meaning they are stuck on folder structures "under their control" for the bare ability to ever find "that track by CCR" again.

It's a harsh, harsh life out there.