So Over the past few months a big source of information about the Zune HD has been Volvoshine (Ryan Rea). But the question comes to hand on just how accurate he actually was. I Will decided if it was True or not and then check out the chart at the bottom…
1. Zune Touch To Hit Sometime This Summer
Rumor: The Zune Touch as we new it at the time would be coming out this summer sometime
Truth: The Zune HD will be coming out this Summer (September 15th), Fall starts on the 23rd
True Or False: True
2. NetFlix Coming To Zune
Rumor: The Netflix service would somehow be integrated into the Zune Experience
Truth: We don’t actually know if this one is true or not yet
True Or False: So Far False
3. Zune HD To have a 3.6” screen
Rumor: The Screen on the Zune HD was to be the size of the current Hard Drive Zunes plus 2%. Which somehow added up to 3.6”
Truth: The Screen is actually 3.3”
True Or False: False
4. Zune HD To Get 5 Times The Battery Life of Current iPod Touch
Rumor: The Zune HD was to get 180 Hours of Audio and 30 Hours of Video
Truth: The Battery life is rated for 33 Hours of Audio and 8.5 Hours of Video
True Or False: False
5. Games on The Zune HD “will be a new chapter in mobile gaming for Microsoft”
Rumor: The Zune HD was to be a new thing for mobile gaming at Microsoft
Truth: We haven’t heard much yet
True Or False: So Far False
6. Zune HD to Have a Fully Featured Browser
Rumor: The Zune HD would have a fully featured browser
Truth: There is no flash support, so that isn’t fully featured.
True Or False: False
7. Improved Battery Life
Rumor: Improved Battery Life from previous Zunes
Truth: It’s improved
True Or False: True
8. Multi-Touch
Rumor: Multi-Touch Screen
Truth: It has it
True Or False: True
9. Movies in the Marketplace
Rumor: Movies would be in the marketplace for sale
Truth: They will be
True Or False: True
10. HD Content for Sale
Rumor: HD video content available to buy from the marketplace
Truth: It will be
True Or False: True
11. Device Capacities
Rumor: 16GB and 32GB capacities available at launch
Truth: They will be
True Or False: True
12. Device to ship early September
Rumor: The Device would be shipping and in stores sometime in early September
Truth: September, Yes. Early, Sort of.
True Or False: Half True
13. Rumored 16GB Price
Rumor: the16GB would be somewhere in the range of $249 -$280
Truth: The 16GB is $219.99
True Or False: False
14. Nvidia Tegra Processor Inside
Rumor: The Nvidia Tegra processor would be the power inside the Zune HD
Truth: The Zune HD is powered by the Nvidia Tegra processor indeed
True Or False: True
The End Result:
August 29th, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Personally, the truths are the assumptions and shoe ins. What did he predict that was huge? In fact every huge thing was wrong.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Jon,
What are the “huge” things? I’d say the Tegra processor is the biggest thing, as it ramps up the abilities tenfold. He nailed that one.
You people are too fricking picky. Go find a hobby, other than ripping people on the internet.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:51 PM
his missed netflix screen size battery life are you serious? I know ryan rea from forums, this is big stuff and if you deny it you’re crazy. He missed the browser as well…. those are huge in my books.