[quote name='joe2187']Ive got a zune, actually this is my second zune. My first zune didnt break ( in fact it was practically industructible, got dropped off a balcony once landing on the concrete and came out with a scratch on the side and nothing else...was a pretty ugly scratch though) my first zune was stolen along with my car so meh, just bought a new one last month for $149 total (Thank good for Woot.com) though if you go to amazon right now the got the White model for $169, you can search around for some good prices an discounts. right now they only come in 30 gig models, but you can get specially made ones or hard drives for 60, 80, and 100 gig models albeit at a much heftier price.
I love the damn thing, cant go a day without it. The Zune software can be a bit glitchy, but it aint something you cant work out with patience takes a while but now it works fine. The marketplace is great whereas Itunes charges 99 Cents a song Zune marketplace charges you 47 bucks for three months...in those 3 months...ive downloaded close to 350 whole albums!!. Recently ive heard rumors that you can DRM strip those songs and keep em permanantly after the 3 months are up, but i dont know shit about it. Only problem with the zune is the Video, you can put video on it but its kind of tricky and ive never bothered with it anyway just music, the photos are nice and the and the built in FM Tuner gets very good reception (also dont use much, but hey its a nice addition) The Wi-fi function...Well ive never used it, and probably never will, but hopefully the rumor about downloading music on the fly with Wi-fi may be true, who knows someday. the battery life is average well exceptional since the damn thing doesnt have a freaking off button, just a lock switch.
Software wise, recently ive heard that some updates should be coming soon, some firmware and hopefully a marketplace update, but the last update took care of the little glitching function which makes it pause between songs and sometimes stop. A lot of people have come up with Mods and hacks and junk, and supposedly a mod to get rid of the glitches within the zune software but ive never touched em but some of them sound pretty cool. Also if you buy the starter kits you get the AV cables and junk that connect the device directly to your TV. WARNING - DO NOT BUY THE CAR RADIO ADAPTER KIT ITS $80 AND ITS A PIECE OF SHIT!
Oh yeah, and as a plus it plugs directly into your xbox 360, so you can watch your movies, listen to music, and download photos from your zune into the 360 hardrive and vice versa..[/QUOTE]
IDK about Zune, but with iTunes I just make audio CDs of the albums I buy off the music store. From there, I put the audio CD back into my drive, and rip the songs into mp3s. From there, I can do as I please.