Re:Shhhhhh! Everyone be quiet! (Score 1)

Who would rather have a standalone device that interfaces with Itunes over simply hooking up their mobile phone?

I would much prefer simply hooking up my mobile phone to my TV. What I wouldn't want is to have to only view video recorded in whatever new Windows Media Player codec or format they attach to the hardware (I cite the Zune only supporting wmv/m4v formats for this prediction).

Your "quit the auto-hating on Microsoft" point is valid. and as much as everyone here bitched about Vista, it is a very elegant OS (except for the disappointing lack of driver support). This 'research,' however, still screams of the likelihood that the ultimate Microsoft product will be very inefficient, if not lacking in almost every standard product design consideration.