zune vs ipod few interesting notes

Zune vs iPod, a few interesting notes

Here's a few comments on the whole Zune hysteria that may have been

overlooked.

Firstly, due to the vertical orientation of the Zune promotional

photos some people think that Zune has a wide-screen aspect ratio

which is not true. Both iPod and Zune use 4x3 letterbox. iPod's screen

is half an inch shorter diagonally, here's Zune's display shown on top

of iPod for comparison:

When it comes to Zune's physical size, it is pretty much the same

width as iPod, but a bit longer. This image accurately shows their

relative sizes:

Some people assumed that Zune has a higher resolution screen which is

untrue; both devices use QVGA (320x240). Something I thought was

deceptive about the press photos of Zune is the image below. The

device screen in the photo must have been composited digitally, after

the shot was taken, as the apparent screen resolution in the photo

exceeds that of 320x240. This is probably one of the reasons people

think Zune has a high-res screen. After adjusting for 320x240

resolution the press photo in question (on the left) looks quite a bit

duller (click for the full-size image):

Now, we just need to know Zune's MSRP!

UPDATE: MSRP was announced at $250 and a few unfortunate annoyances