[QUOTE=LaughingGravy;1342536]"...If I was a paying customer for the Ipod, I'd be furious, but I won this at a trade show, so I deal with it." [QUOTE]
Hey, LG!
There's your problem...your iPod is "B-stock!" Items "schleped" from one trade-show to another, banged and tossed around, sat on and LORD KNOWS WHAT ELSE! The retailer can't sell it to a customer, or it was sent back to the factory floor for a "repair," then re-boxed for trade-show purposes. Sometimes, you get what you pay for! In this case, you're getting a good 98% and a slightly irritating 2%...Not bad for "Free"!!!
If you were to go out a buy a brand new iPod (A-stock), I'd bet that would be your 2% solution!
As for the Zune...if it has MicroSoft as it's parent - inbreeding begets (Insert favorite animal/vegtable/mineral/World-Dominating-Despot here...).
Let the "patches" begin!