If you find some other way to get apps, like an Android phone,then you may find that the zuneHD actually is really nice for media. I have had mine for well over a year and have not had any problems. Download the Zune software to your pc and use it for a few weeks. If you do get a ZuneHD having the software runnning on your pc before you connect it by usb is a requirement. This is NOT a bad thing as the two seamlessly work well together with no bugs that I have come across.
There are some important apps that the zuneHD does have: Facebook and Twitter, and various other apps including an awesome racing game called Audiosurf Tilt.
All zuneHD's have wifi and an internet browser that works if you have a decent router like a D-link.
Best feature of all:ZuneHDs can play WMA lossless if you rip CDs that way on your pc