As thousands of people purchased iPODs and to an inferior extent Microsoft Zunes for mobile video viewing, they've become accustom to having their content downloaded, as opposed to actually awaiting it to be delivered or driving to get it themselves. The 5th generation of the iPOD and the release of the Zune within the last quarter of 2006 have proved incredibly successful. The release of the video capable iPOD helped apple sell 14 million units in the 4th quarter of 2005 alone. The Zune has experienced somewhat slower sales, despite a bigger, brighter full-color screen and WiFi networking capability, two features that will have helped Microsoft close the gap with Apple.

The is a miracle of electronics engineering. Released by Sony, people soon realised so it had a larger attraction to it than simply being a portable games device. Gamers have been in a position to customize it for their very own needs -- it can enjoy games, be an emulator, a PDA -- you may also run the Linux os about it! But, perhaps best of all, you can get video downloads and play movies on it.

The is really a dedicated machine for playing video, it seems to have been a consideration by the programmers because the machine's inception on the drawing board. Sporting the biggest screen for a mobile yet, it even includes a widescreen 16:9 ratio in order to obtain sp video downloads and view them as these were originally designed to be seen. But where can one obtain these video downloads for use on the handheld device? I could explain to you that there are numerous different places on the web that will cater for movie buffs.

Firstly, Google Video allows direct download of its movies to format. Simply, ensure that the handheld has the latest firmware updates then whilst on a movie page, simply elect to download to.Then develop a folder in your memory stick called "video" and move the video downloads to the folder, et voila -- Google Video watchable on your

YouTube videos can be watched on the , however this does require more technical ability and use of special applications which is often difficult to configure. Personally, I don't recommend it if you don't are confident with such things. Newsgroups could be a somewhat good source of videos with many movies released all set to go in format. Again though, these it may be difficult to navigate newsgroups in order to obtain video downloads video downloader.

Lastly, there are numerous membership download services that specialize in offering not just video downloads, but also game downloads, as well as other items such as wallpapers and applications. These membership download services save all of the fuss of downloading from a number of different sites and converting to format -- everything on these download services is prepared especially for the.

Lots of why the Zune has failed to sell on a par with the iPOD are due to Microsoft's marketing technique for the player. As an example, although the Zune comes in many colors, Microsoft has failed to adequately communicate this fact to the buying public. Another reason for the Zune's slow sales has related to Microsoft's propensity to spell it out the Zune with marketingspeak, as opposed to clearly explaining to consumers why they need one. Here's Microsoft speaing frankly about the Zune: "It's actually not just a device. It's an entrant into the new connected entertainment market for creating new shared and social experiences based around content" Huh???