Actually, we don’t swoon for Zune. At least not yet. At least not exactly. You see, we are waiting to hear from Redmond. Waiting for that nice package. The FedEx guy has yet to arrive here at the GloNo office. But we’re sure that he will. With the Zune. That’s right, with Microsoft’s “experience.” This is not just a digital music player. This is an experience. Sure, it comes in three colors. Black, brown and white. We’re not picky. We’ll take any or all. And yes, there is a three-inch screen that will allow us to truly customize the experience that we have with the Zune. When it comes.
Actually, we’re sort of hoping that they send one of each color because that will allow us to, as our friends at Microsoft explain, “spontaneously share full-length sample tracks of select songs, homemade recordings, playlists, or pictures with friends.” We’re friends. We should share. We’re a bit mystified about the adjective “select” in front of songs. Sort of sounds like there are just certain songs that can be shared, doesn’t it? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be that we at Team GloNo would share with one another, and then with our friends, and they with them, and before you know it, Kevin Bacon would have all of the songs on his Zune, which would probably overwhelm the 30 GB capacity. Of course, given that you can only listen to any given tune for three times during a three day period, Kevin’s probably OK and would be able to share his latest homemade recording with Michael. Yeah.
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