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In a bid to one-up Apple, Microsoft said it will engrave designs by contemporary artists on the back of its Zune media players free of charge starting Tuesday, when the new line goes on sale.
Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off its second-generation Zune digital media players late Tuesday, showing three models that bring the software maker's offerings more in line with Apple's market-leading iPod.
Microsoft Corp. slashed $50 from the price of its Zune digital media player Wednesday, just before Apple Inc. announced an iPhone price cut and additions to its market-leading iPod line.
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it expects to sell 1 million of its new Zune music players through the first half of 2007. That figure would pale in comparison to Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod, but Microsoft contends it would be a good start.
Few have accused Microsoft of being first to the market. But plenty have learned the hard way that the company can be very good at sneaking up from behind.
Microsoft and Universal Music Group say they have struck a licensing deal for the software company's new Zune portable music player and digital music store that calls for the recording company to get paid a cut of the sales of the device.
Microsoft Corp.'s Zune music player looks a lot like an iPod, acts a lot like an iPod and will cost about the same as an iPod. The software giant said Thursday that it will charge $249.99 for the device, signaling that it isn't planning to spark a major price war to gain market share.
I love my Zune, whose name is Tarquin (after the last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud), an 80 gig that i received for Christmas, but i do have some grievances,
"The Zune is great, but early on there seems to be little help in getting your video files to play on your zune for free. I haven't seen many zunecast yet, and the zune software as far as we can tell has no way of subscribing to videocast's or netcast's.
================= "He won't permit music downloaded from competing stores to play on the iPod." =================
Best free DVD to Zune Video Converter review help you rip DVD movie and convert YouTube, limewire, Veoh, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4 video to Microsoft Zune 2 and Zune 80GB player.
Microsoft has reached a turning point in its music strategy: admitting it has a problem.
Microsoft isn't known for hip marketing, but a surprisingly creative ad campaign that uses animation and indie tunes to promote the Zune is generating a buzz online.
Three Outkast albums are on my Zune. Their music is among the best ever in my opinion. Try the older Aquemini, which does not rank as high as two other albums which are numbers 4 and 14 all-time on Metacritic, only one of only three people/groups with two albums in the top 20.
There are times when newest is not bestest, when in fact we're better off using old products. It shouldn't be like this, but sometimes it just happens. Here are 6 products or services that have gone from good to bad.
Best free DVD Ripper and video converter guide help you rip copy-protect DVD movie and convert free limewire YouTube video to 30GB Zune and PSP.
Paul Thurrott made two interesting observations in this week's episode of Windows Weekly, which got me thinking.
Consumer gift list poll by the Wall Street Journal; 31.000+ votes and counting, and the iPhone (now adjusted to read "iPhone or iPod") is leading with a mindblowing 71% of all votes.
Microsoft's Zune portable media player is currently Amazon.com's top-selling digital music device, usurping Apple's iPod for the highest rank in the "Electronics" category.
Overall, we still don't think the Zune line beats the iPods and iTunes. However, one of the Zunes, the full-size Zune 80, could give the iPod some competition, especially among new digital-player buyers who aren't invested in the iTunes ecosystem.
The 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft Corp. launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world's largest software maker.
This seems a bit too much like the initial plan for MSN. This new network would be the switchboard through which all entertainment content and communication flows.
Even for those who didn't wait in line for days to buy one, there's no doubt that by now, the tide of hype associated with Apple's iPhone has washed up on your shores.
The first reviews of the Zune 2 are now in and a large number of people will compare its scores against those of the newest Apple iPods.
So the new Zune software and firmware is (kinda) live, and things are nice. Well some things. The software can be found by using the update in the current software, and going to
I agree with pretty much everything Gruber has to say, except the footnote: A Nintendo mobile phone might kick some iPhone ass. ↩ Anyone who has ever tried to navigate through the "Virtual Console Store" on the Wii would beg to differ.
Article about how to transfer videos and songs from zune to zune 2 with easy steps.
Microsoft CEO squirts a brown iPod killer. Sales are in the toilet.
I saw a post on the homepage of MSN today for the top design disasters of the tech world. Guess what made the list? Our friend the brown Zune.
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