Zune vs. 2004 iPod 4G
November 15th, 2006
Maybe Microsoft’s Zune is late to the game. Maybe the Zune needs help catching up with the iPod. But, is it really necessary for this morning’s Today Show to place the new Zune (released today) next to Apple’s 4th Generation 2 bit grayscale 160×128 LCD iPod?? This 4th Generation, pre-Color Photo iPod, was running the show way before the Zune release. In fact, it was released more than more than 2 years ago in July 2004.
It seems the newer 5th Generation 2.5 inch color screen iPod would have provided a much more accurate visual comparison for Today Show viewers. Also interesting is that they chose to use the iPod Mini (released in January 2004!) later in the segment, rather than the new “thinner than a number two pencil” iPod Nano.
I was puzzled why a ‘credible’ morning news program would visually mislead customers - then at the end of the segment Matt Lauer reminded us viewers that MSNBC and the Today Show owned at least partly by Microsoft…and it all made sense.
Those that have read other blog posts on this site may or may not have realized that I prefer Apple, but this kind of reporting is just poor form. Every viewer can’t be expected to geek out and notice things like this and they may just come away deciding to buy their daughter a Zune just because “it looks newer”.
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