Notes from the Bloggers

I never expected that the word "sucks" could actually appear more in blogs. Microsoft, you've still got it!

Zune Sucks

Microsoft and its label cohorts have decided that you're a thief and will pay a fine in advance. No, you don't get a trial. Just shut up and pay.
http://stevepoland.net/blog/2006/11/zune-sucks.html

Zune Sucks

Same title again. Expect to be seeing lots of it. "[Microsoft] thought about their own business and how the Zune might help their business, not how the Zune would help people."
http://sterno74.livejournal.com/176703.html

It’s Official – Zune Sucks. Anyone Want to Bet on Vista?

Same title with a few more words. Opening line: "How can a company have so much money and yet still crank out crap?" (Just so there are no surprises later for the reader.)
http://www.iprong.com/article.php?id=2206

Stay away from zune. it sucks

Noticing a theme? A SanDisk Sansa user wants to like the Zune, but concludes "stay away. Stay far, far away."
http://stevensmac.com/blog/?p=130

Zune Sucks: Top 10 Reasons

"The Zune Sucks...It Sucks, It Sucks, It Sucks!" Ohh-kay, feeling better now, blogger? (And surprisingly, it's not even a pro-iPod article. Competition is a good thing, when it's actually competition.)
http://www.smorgasbord.net/zune-sucks-top-10-reasons

Microsoft To Give A Cut Of Every Zune Sold To The Recording Industry -- Though It's Not Clear Why

"About the only reason Microsoft would do this was because the recording industry just wasn't getting behind Zune and Microsoft was starting to get desperate." Don't fret for Microsoft, though; they found someone to foot the expense. You.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061108/235014.shtml

Microsoft iPod Killer to Be Killed by Microsoft

"... it will all Zune be over for Microsoft." Another look at how Microsoft is branding YOU a thief and making you pay for it.
http://svenontech.com/2006/11/27/microsoft-ipod-killer-to-be-killed-by-m...

Real.Zune.Now.

Ambiguous title. Unambiguous "thumbs down" content. (Best moment: comment poster describes people in Zune ads as "trailer park-ish".)
http://www.fascinationplace.org/2006/11/13/real-zune-now/

Zune Under Fire - Zune Team’s Bunker Mentality

A look at Zune Insider's plea for the laughter to stop. "I wonder if anyone in the Zune team will step up the plate and take responsibility? Or will they simply retreat into their bunker, and try to put a positive spin on poor sales, poor reviews, and a poor product that doesn’t deliver to customer expectations?"
http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/11/26/zune-under-fire-zune-teams-bunke...

I just saw a Zune, and guess what? Its a piece of s***.

Poor writing throughout, but what the heck; "[Microsoft] has made bad design a virtue" is as true as any other summary out there.
http://www.davidgalbraith.org/archives/001204.html

Initial Zune Sales Pretty Much Suck

It says sales suck, not Zune sucks. See, people are warming up to ol' Brownie! You heard it here first.
http://gracefulflavor.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/initial-zune-sales-weak-2/