What's Great About Zune 2 & Why I'm still waiting!

As many have said by now, the first Zune MP3 Player wasn't a world beater and certainly didn't break the guys at Apple into a cold sweat.

But the new Zune has some great features:

1) Wifi Syncing
We'd be stupid if we ignored this fantastic feature. Whenever the Zine is in it's doc and is within WiFi range it'll automatically sync with your music library. The Apple iPod Touch doesn't do this - come on guys!

2) Microsoft Gives You Something For Nothing
Not many companies do this, but Microsoft has. Owners of the first version of the Zune can get a free firmware upgrade to allow it have the same functionality as the new Zune. Now this is great in itself, but is fantastic customer service. They're beating Apple at their own game!

3) Social Networking
The first incarnation of the Zune had the strapline "Welcome to the social" and the second takes it to the next step. With the Zune Card you can show your post played tracks and allow others to play a sample of it. Simply awesome!

4) Windows Media Center Integration
I don't have much luck with recording progammes on my PC, but the new Zune integrates with Media Center to allow you to automatically record progammes and have them appear on your Zune.

5) Free audio / video podcasts
On the Zune Marketplace you can get free audio and video podcasts which is great too!

I'm so looking forward to the Zune launching in the UK!