Geek.com reviews the Zune HD

Joel over at Geek.com has gotten ahold of the new Zune HD. It is it the new media player from Microsoft that is supposed to compete with the Ipod Touch more then before.

If you can take a step back from all this, and look at the Zune HD simply as a device that plays music, podcasts, videos, radio, and (potentially) games, it is undeniably solid. The hardware is great, the UI is quick and easy, and music sounds excellent. It plays back video quite well on a display that is a pleasure to use. The battery life even seems to be in keeping with the proposed numbers (further testing is required on this point). So once you take it out on the street and start listening to your music, a lot of the problems with the device fade away. In this respect Microsoft did a fine job and delivered an iPod touch competitor. Once you factor in everything else, things aren’t quite so simple, but the Zune HD remains one of the most capable portable media players on the market.

Check out the full review over at Geek.com.

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