History of Apple IPod: IPod Vs. Zune

Posted: Oct 03, 2009 |Comments: 0 | Views: 591 |

The advent of the MP3 player has since replaced the bulky technology of the Discman, leading to a battle of our technology for the best on the market. That battle is known as Apple versus Microsoft. The history of Apple iPod includes the Apple versus Microsoft battle is as old as apples versus oranges. No one can pinpoint how the fight started but it does lend a helping hand to the consumer, producing much improved products all the time.

If you were to venture into an Apple store, the colorful products will coax you into making a purchase. It isn't difficult to choose a style, have that product engraved and now you've got a personal piece of the Apple pie. Now venture into a Microsoft store. There is a major difference. The customers are ushered to the MP3 players while words like gig and transferable will cause you to ask a ton of questions.

Anyone that watches music videos on TV or is an electronic geek understands that the advertising is targeted towards them. The advertising for these products also targets consumers with big wallets who aren't willing to open those wallets. As the holiday season rolls around the advertising takes a huge leap and is more prominent than any other time of the year. Both Apple and Microsoft offer their MP3 players in extremely small sizes to stuff into stockings including the very small iPod Shuffle available at http://www.ipod--shuffle.com


The history of Apple iPod began on October 23, 2001. Zune was introduced on November 14, 2006; five years after iPod took the world by storm. Many think that Zune has an advantage since they sat back and watched how iPod took over but do they really? I have both types of players, which means I can battle with myself regarding which one I want to use based on what I want to do that day.

Owning an iPod requires you to download iTunes; it's free and pretty painless. Quite often a sales clerk will suggest that you purchase a Zune if you do not own an iMac. I've found that with a PC I can still use my iPod without any problems. iTunes offers a ton of music to download and add to your IPod and most people spend more time on iTunes than using their IPod anyway.

Zune gives you the option of using your Windows Media player to sync songs to your device, which is fast and easy. Deciding which songs you want to listen to takes the most amount of time. Zune also has a feature where you can transfer songs between other Zune models. This feature is not yet available on iPod but could be coming soon during the history of the Apple iPod.

The real question comes down to how you want to listen to your music; do you want to listen to it on an iPod or a Zune? That is how the history of Apple iPod has developed. It doesn't really matter which brand you have, no one will look at you differently. As with every product, people have their preference for what they own, which causes them to boast about their particular product.

More than likely a sales clerk will feel perfectly comfortable letting the customer make the argument for which product is the best. Let's say you walk into an Apple store. In that store you will only see an iPod for sale, never a Zune. But, if you visit any other electronic store, you'll see both brands displayed. This leaves one question to be answered; who is the better of the two? We should let the consumer decide this one.

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