And then she just totally whips it out
Poor Zune. Anyone who’s read this blog knows I’m of the Apple persuasion, but I can’t help but feel a little sorry for Micro$oft’s Zune music player (despite it’s hideous ‘brick’ aesthetics). During Andrew Ross Sorkin’s review on CNN, the O’Brienseses kept asking some questions that seemed a little too iPod-fanboyish to be coming from their teleprompter mouths. It almost seemed like they were coached on how to diss the Zune.
Male O’Brien asked, despite other wi-fi capabilities, if the Zune can download songs from a network server – a common gripe mentioned on the internet (does he surf Digg??). Sorkin did mention the sharing ability but didn’t say Microsoft could easily add network downloads in the future. Sometimes reviewers point out that some features could be added later on. But here, no such optimism.
And then iSoledad O’iBrien said, “It can send email, right? No?” WTF? Of course not, what music player does? Where did she get that question? It was almost like she wanted to ask a question to elicit a “no, it can’t” response. There were a lot of “oh, it can’t?” “oh, it doesn’t?” “oh, it does?” responses. But then, Sol.Diddy, with a shit-eating grin, has the temerity to pull out a competing product (her(?) iPod shuffle) and hold it up to the camera and clip it to her jacket. That’s like being invited to a barbecue and then while you’re there, you whip out a better barbecue (I don’t know anything about barbecues). But it’s just rude.
I know this is just a gadget, and a light review segment, but dang, that Zune had a hamburger’s chance in Soledad’s field of vision, and it seemed like they were bias from the git-go.
