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This is a comparison of portable media players.

General

Name	Manufacturer	Released	Size (h x w x d)	Weight (ounce)	Firmware version
iPod 5.5G	Apple Computer	September 2006	4.1 x 2.4 x 0.43 (30GB)	4.8	1.2
Zune	Microsoft	November 2006	4.4 x 2.4 x 0.6	5.6	1.1
Zen Vision: M	Creative	December 2005	5.27 x 2.9 x 0.86	9.73	1.01.02

Technical

Name	Connectivity			Input	Output
Name	FireWire	USB	Wi-Fi	Input	Audio out	Speaker	Display	Video out
iPod 5G	Yes (charging only)	Yes	No	Scroll wheel, 5 button	Headphone jack, USB	Clicker only	Color - 320x240	S-Video, Composite video
Zune	No	Yes	Yes	Directional pad, 4 buttons	Headphone jack	No	Color - 320x240	Composite video,
Zen Vision M	No	Yes	No	Directional pad, 6 buttons	Headphone jack	Yes	Color - 480X272	Composite video

Audio

Name	Apple Lossless	FLAC	AAC	MP3	RealAudio	Speex	Vorbis	WAV	AIFF	m4b (audible)	WMA
iPod 5G	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zune	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Zen Vision M	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Video

Name	H.264	WMV9	DivX	MPEG-4	Resolution	Battery Life
iPod 5G	Yes	No	No	Yes	320x240	3.5/6.5 hours (depends on capacity)
Zune	No	Yes	No	No	320x240	4 hours
Zen Vision W	No	Yes	4.x/5.x	Yes	480x272	4.5 hours

Online service

Name	iTunes	Zune Marketplace	Microsoft PlaysforSure
iPod 5G	Yes	No	No
Zune	No	Yes	No
Zen Vision W	No	No	Yes

Digital Rights Management

Name	FairPlay	Janus
iPod 5G	Yes	No
Zune	No	No
Zen Vision W	No	Yes

Notes and references

Apple Computer. "Apple - iPod - Technical Specifications".
"Microsoft - Zune - Technical Specifications". {{cite web}}: Text "Microsoft" ignored (help)
Creative. "Creative - Zen Vision W - Technical Specifications".
^ Zune software can read it. However, for synching with Zune player the file is converted to WMV9

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