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Microsoft Zune Review
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. It's normally to Microsoft what Ann Coulter is to the Republicans. But look at the change Zune has wrought in the stalwart MS defender:
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Microsoft's best friend mauls the Zune
Submitted by bszlachta on Wed, 2006-12-13 05:20.The next salvo
Submitted by bszlachta on Sat, 2006-12-09 13:48.Because a day without negative Zune press would be a day without laughter.
Is Microsoft counting on Steve Jobs' Obstinance?
A look at MS and Apple actions leading to possible MS victory. Not a victory based on a good product, of course, but on tricks – and that's why BZ exists.
Best line: "Plays for Sure: Now with less than 1 in 4 chances of actually playing!"
http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/is-microsft-count...
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"It's only a flesh wound!"
Submitted by bszlachta on Sat, 2006-12-09 00:40.
And what does Microsoft itself have to say about the Zune disaster? Let the mewling begin:
Microsoft puts best face on Zune sales
Lonely farmer puts lipstick and garters on a pig. NSFW film at eleven.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/294973_msftzune07.html
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More negative Zune press (is there any other kind?)
Submitted by bszlachta on Sat, 2006-12-09 00:07.I go away for a few days, come back to work, and as expected, Microsoft's stillborn wonder is still tanking/sinking/exploding/etc. BUT, whereas I half expected the Zune to be GONE by now, I'm instead seeing two signs of unnatural life:
1) On the Amazon lists, the "top-selling" Zune (Black) continues to float around the #20 spot among music players, and in the #60-80 range among all electronics. Pathetic, yes, but it's still bobbing – it's the one that didn't get flushed the first time.
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Billy Wonka slips shoppers a big pink surprise
Submitted by bszlachta on Mon, 2006-12-04 03:29.No, it's not a golden ticket to the magical Zune Factory to see cubicles full of really depressed Oompa Loompas. Rather, you might rip open your Zune box (Packaging By Apple, Whether They Know It Or Not) to find not the chocolatey-brown bar you expected, but a shocking pink Zune! Yes, that's the color. Microsoft wasn't out to copy the iPod after all; its goal was to create a giant pink Good 'n' Plenty. And it succeeded, with only minor differences. (The main one: a few people like Good 'n' Plentys.)
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Read these, save money!
Submitted by bszlachta on Sun, 2006-12-03 08:22.Hey, know an easy way to save $250 this holiday season? Oh yes, you do. More news and reviews that you can use:
No Sweet Tune for Zune
"The product [Zune] wasn’t particularly attractive. At the end of the day, you put it on a shelf and it just didn’t compare". Technology "consultant" Rob Enderle puts down the Zune, which is probably the most downright pro-Zune thing this site will ever say.
http://blogs.wsj.com/holidaysales/2006/11/27/no-sweet-tune-for-zune/
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