Last week, Tattooed Zune Boy decided he was annoyed with Microsoft's apparent lack of Zune updates and information, and said he was going to cover up his three Zune tattoos. He said he would still be purchasing Zunes but that he was gonna go out and look at the alternatives. Soon after, in a post on the Zune Scene forums entitled "Bought my new PMP today....", mszunefan announced what he ended up buying:

And low and behold it's a black iPod Classic 80gb. When I was in Best Buy I looked around at the other players, the sold no creatives in the store, the only choices with iPods, Zunes, Insignas, Samsung and Sony. So when looking at which had everything available in store (I despise UPS) I went with the iPod. I more than likely will regret this decision but I will let you all know down the road. I do like the weight and feel of the device thus far.

I may still not be able to wrap my head around how someone can get a tattoo based on their love for a product, let alone three, and then decide to get rid of them, but I find it even more ironic the Zune has just lost arguably its most loyal fan to Apple. Just like when you choose a Mac over a Windows-based computer, when you buy a Zune, aren't you buying it because you prefer to the iPod? The Zune does offer a few features that the iPod line does not, but this latest cry for attention from mszunefan only further shows how much more work Microsoft has to do. There still hasn't been any news (not even a rumor) about the third generation Zune nor on expansion beyond the US and Canada.