I must make when I take the dogs for a walk[1]

It's a good job there are plenty of quiet tracks around 
here with no people about, because tonight, as is my want, 
I had my Zen on LOUD, and DJ mode, and it played N.I.B., 
Smoke On The Water, then War Pigs, which would have 
presented any other passing strangers with the sight of a 
short-aresd, horizontally challenged, bearded & balding 55 
year old bloke bopping down the tracks, playing air guitar, 
air drums & air keyboards.

[1] Well, a demented mob-charge across the freshly 
harvested corn fields.

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In article , Rope  wrote:

> I must make when I take the dogs for a walk[1]
> 
> It's a good job there are plenty of quiet tracks around 
> here with no people about, because tonight, as is my want, 
> I had my Zen on LOUD, and DJ mode, and it played N.I.B., 
> Smoke On The Water, then War Pigs, which would have 
> presented any other passing strangers with the sight of a 
> short-aresd, horizontally challenged, bearded & balding 55 
> year old bloke bopping down the tracks, playing air guitar, 
> air drums & air keyboards.
> 
> [1] Well, a demented mob-charge across the freshly 
> harvested corn fields.

What's a 'Zen' ? 

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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:34 +0200, des  wrote:

>In article , Rope  wrote:
>
>> I must make when I take the dogs for a walk[1]
>> 
>> It's a good job there are plenty of quiet tracks around 
>> here with no people about, because tonight, as is my want, 
>> I had my Zen on LOUD, and DJ mode, and it played N.I.B., 
>> Smoke On The Water, then War Pigs, which would have 
>> presented any other passing strangers with the sight of a 
>> short-aresd, horizontally challenged, bearded & balding 55 
>> year old bloke bopping down the tracks, playing air guitar, 
>> air drums & air keyboards.
>> 
>> [1] Well, a demented mob-charge across the freshly 
>> harvested corn fields.
>
>What's a 'Zen' ? 

It's an iPod for poor people.
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In article ,
 BGN  wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:50:34 +0200, des  wrote:
> 
> >In article , Rope  wrote:
> >
> >> I must make when I take the dogs for a walk[1]
> >> 
> >> It's a good job there are plenty of quiet tracks around 
> >> here with no people about, because tonight, as is my want, 
> >> I had my Zen on LOUD, and DJ mode, and it played N.I.B., 
> >> Smoke On The Water, then War Pigs, which would have 
> >> presented any other passing strangers with the sight of a 
> >> short-aresd, horizontally challenged, bearded & balding 55 
> >> year old bloke bopping down the tracks, playing air guitar, 
> >> air drums & air keyboards.
> >> 
> >> [1] Well, a demented mob-charge across the freshly 
> >> harvested corn fields.
> >
> >What's a 'Zen' ? 
> 
> It's an iPod for poor people.

Ah.

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Bgn spoke:
> >What's a 'Zen' ? 
> 
> It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
>  marketing hype.

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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:38:04 +0100, Rope  wrote:

>> >What's a 'Zen' ? 
>> 
>> It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
>>  marketing hype. (poor people)

Honey, if you'd seen my wardrobe then you'd know I wasn't a slave to
fashion or marketing.
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Bgn spoke:
> >> >What's a 'Zen' ? 
> >> 
> >> It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
> >>  marketing hype. (poor people)
> 
> Honey, if you'd seen my wardrobe then you'd know I wasn't a slave to
> fashion or marketing.

MFI?

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Rope  wrote in uk.rec.motorcycles ..
> 
> Bgn spoke:
> > >What's a 'Zen' ? 
> > 
> > It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
> >  marketing hype.

Or audio quality, ease of use, reliability, battery life...

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Frag spoke:
> > > It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
> > >  marketing hype.
> 
> Or audio quality, 

Fine by me, via earphones or through the car stereo

> ease of use, 

Again, intuitive UI, no probes here.

> reliability, 

Ain't broke yet, despite hamfisted use and several drops on the 
floor.

> battery life...

over 2 weeks on a USB charge.

Plus a useable PC software, and no inclination whatsoever to 
use Itunes to download overpriced music.

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On Sep 1, 11:43 pm, Rope  wrote:
> Frag spoke:
>
> > > > It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and
> > > >  marketing hype.
>
> > Or audio quality,
>
> Fine by me, via earphones or through the car stereo

Zen have a very good reputation for sound quality though I've not
tried back to back tests with an iPod (life's too short, etc).

> > ease of use,
>
> Again, intuitive UI, no probes here.

To be honest, I don't find the Zen that intuitive. I had to resort to
the instructions to work out how to create playlists on the player
itself, but other than that it's OK.

> > reliability,
>
> Ain't broke yet, despite hamfisted use and several drops on the
> floor.

One lock-up in 5 months for me but they do seem prone to 'issues'.
Maybe I've been lucky or maybe later firmware releases solved some of
the problems.

> > battery life...
>
> over 2 weeks on a USB charge.

It's not so good if you're playing video but with the screen off a
charge seems to last as long as you could reasonably expect/need.

And on the subject of screens, it's bigger than the equivalent iPod.
You can quite comfortably watch a ripped DVD on the train, etc.

> Plus a useable PC software, and no inclination whatsoever to
> use Itunes to download overpriced music.

Check!

Oh, and it has a radio. And you can sync appointments and tasks with
outlook if you're so minded. And of course you get EQ adjustment too.
And an internal mic. And the Zen's cheaper by some margin.

Still, iPods do look nice.

Rope wrote:
[of Zen]
> Frag spoke:
> > > > It's an iPod for people who aren't slaves to fashion and 
> > > >  marketing hype.
> > 
> > Or audio quality, 
> 
> Fine by me, via earphones or through the car stereo
> 
> > ease of use, 
> 
> Again, intuitive UI, no probes here.
> 
> > reliability, 
> 
> Ain't broke yet, despite hamfisted use and several drops on the 
> floor.
> 
> > battery life...
> 
> over 2 weeks on a USB charge.
> 
> Plus a useable PC software, and no inclination whatsoever to 
> use Itunes to download overpriced music.

*dingly ding*

I like the Zen a lot.  Of course, I've never actually used an iPod in
anger, but I've always had an irrational dislike of Apple[1] and I'm
finding myself becoming more so as time goes on.

[1] It might just be "because every cunt's got one" but I don't know
for sure.

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And Rope wrote stuff like:
And GungaDan wrote stuff like:
>
> [of Zen]
> I love my Zen!
>
> > > Or audio quality, 
> > Fine by me, via earphones or through the car stereo
> > 
> > > ease of use, 
> > Again, intuitive UI, no probes here.
> > 
> > > reliability, 
> > Ain't broke yet, despite hamfisted use and several drops on the 
> > floor.
> > 
> > > battery life...
> > over 2 weeks on a USB charge.
> > 
> > Plus a useable PC software, and no inclination whatsoever to 
> > use Itunes to download overpriced music.
> 
> *dingly ding*
> 
> I like the Zen a lot.
<snip>

Yay! 3 fishies with one feeble piece of bait!

<grins and empties keep net>

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