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Zune2 is no iPod killer, or even iPod competitorPosted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on Oct 3, 2007 3:54 AM Subscribe Alerts: As colleague Greg Sandoval notes, Microsoft has announced the second-generation Zunes. Each will go on sale in November. There will be a $249.99 Zune 80GB hard-drive model, with a...[Read the rest]

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Microsoft takes on the iPod again, fails again: Microsoft has revamped the Zune line of portable digital media players and is mounting yet another assault on Apple's iPod. Once again, this will fail because Microsoft is again a... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Oct 3, 2007 3:44 AM
Microsoft announces new flash Zunes and the Zune 80GB, still no WiFi downloads: There were rumors that Microsoft was holding a special invite-only event tonight in Redmond and all hints led to the revelation of new Zune devices. Microsoft posted the official press... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Oct 2, 2007 10:37 PM; 3 Comments
What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?: At the October 2 invitation-only Zune launch, Chairman Bill Gates and Corporate Vice President of Design and Development J Allard are expected to take the wraps Besides the new Zunes... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Oct 2, 2007 11:24 AM
Patent App would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferences: A newly posted Microsoft Patent Application appears to describe technology that would provide automatic downloads to a Zune media player if newly tracks from various artists whose work is... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Sep 20, 2007 6:45 AM
Competing with Apple: Reuters recently reported that Mindy Mount, chief financial officer at Microsoft's E&D division (the division within which I work) claimed that it "wouldn't be unreasonable" to conclude that an integrated... [Read the rest]; Posted by John Carroll in John Carroll on: Sep 5, 2007 11:43 AM; 29 Comments
MTV punishes Microsoft for abandoning PlaysForSure: I'm pretty sure that MTV's decision to dump Urge is a way to punish Microsoft for abandoning PlaysForSure. [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Aug 23, 2007 9:39 AM
With respect to iPhone, Microsoft rolls over and plays dead: You'd have to be hiding under a rock to not know by now that June 29 might as well be called "iDay": the day that Apple's iPhone (provisioned by Cingular)... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on: Jun 12, 2007 5:41 PM
Zune firmware update 1.3 now available: Zune update version 1.3 is a firmware update that fixes existing problems on the device without offering any new features. The fix was released with little fanfare, which makes sense... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Mar 29, 2007 8:17 AM
Zune and the uplift wars: As an occasional apprentice Suzerain of Cost and Caution I tend to look at this kind of advice on how to by pass the IT department while running up telco... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paul Murphy in Managing L'unix on: Mar 6, 2007 12:15 AM
Zune and Mac: not a great fit: From the very beginning I was optimistic about Microsoft's Zune media player. Not because I expected to replace my iPod with one, but for the same reasons that I liked... [Read the rest]; Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Feb 12, 2007 5:30 AM
Here's what that so-called "Zune Phone" really is: your thoughts, please?: Theres a lot of fuss that insists a recently published FCC document point to a Zune phone.Here I will review what I consider to be the core of this... [Read the rest]; Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Feb 10, 2007 11:59 AM
Microsoft to launch iPhone rival?: Crunch Gear is reporting that it has confirmed rumors of a Microsoft Zune Phone. Would that be a zPhone? According to Crunch Gears Matt Hickey whose hook was a Microsoft... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on: Feb 9, 2007 3:27 PM
Zune ruminations: As I noted a few weeks back, I bought a Zune. I really should have bought a digital music playback device sooner, as it has injected new life into my... [Read the rest]; Posted by John Carroll in John Carroll on: Feb 5, 2007 9:57 AM; 41 Comments
Zune: welcome to the anti-social (part two): Having previously highlighted the limitations of the Zune's wireless music sharing capabilities, I was surprised to learn that a percentage of songs bought from the Zune marketplace can't be shared... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Jan 20, 2007 5:00 AM
Ballmer finally admits the obvious: Zune's DRM is Microsoft's future: In an interview this week with Knowledge@Wharton, however, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally admits on the record that the Zune DRM system is where Microsoft's putting its future eggs. [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 17, 2007 3:13 PM
Zune firmware 1.2 supports high resolution album art: Stability and performance were improved with the latest firmware, but another new improvement is better album art support. You should no longer see that fuzzy, distorted album art on your... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Dec 20, 2006 8:21 AM
Planning on buying a Zune by the end of the year?: A few weeks ago the media were predicting the death of Microsoft's Zune portable media player based on the fact that the software wasn't yet Vista compatible. Well, now it... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Dec 20, 2006 3:49 AM
The Zune is now Vista-compatible: A little more than a month after launching its Zune MP3 player, Microsoft has rolled out an update that allows it to work with Windows Vista. [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 19, 2006 12:13 PM
I guess "squirting" (a la Zune) didn't turn out to be so fashionable: Its no secret that since its first weeks out around Thanksgiving, Microsofts Zune iPod-killer isnt exactly flying off the shelves. Today, News.coms Ina Fried reports that Microsoft appears poised to... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Dec 12, 2006 4:26 PM
Why there's an iPod nano on my wish list - and not a Zune!: I feel that I should explain why, after years of resistance, Ive finally added an iPod to my Holiday wish list. Yep, its true. This year theres an iPod on... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Dec 5, 2006 7:46 AM
3 weeks later and the Zune is better than the iPod: The Zune keeps getting knocked and many people are quoting some recent sales data to show how the Zune is already falling down. However, you need to look at other... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Dec 5, 2006 1:28 AM
And they said Zune would fail ...: The pundits spoke (and wrote some of the most awful, naive nonsense that I've ever read). They said that Microsoft's Zune PMP would fail. So how do they now account... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Dec 4, 2006 2:21 AM
Five cool tech gifts, and two to avoid: With technology at the top of the holiday sales charts, the season's best gifts are going to be measured by the coolness factor of the underlying technology. Here are a... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe in Rational Rants on: Nov 27, 2006 11:04 AM; 17 Comments
Is the press being too harsh on the Microsoft Zune?: The Microsoft Zune multimedia device was released last week, but the press seems less than enthusiast about this new iPod competitor. Is the Zune really as bad as many people... [Read the rest]; Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Nov 20, 2006 2:31 PM
CNN makes it official: Zune is ugly: New York Times Andrew Ross did a review of the new Microsoft Zune on CNNs morning show (Video here with wrong aspect ratio*) that might as well have written Zunes... [Read the rest]; Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Nov 16, 2006 4:00 PM
The many faces and challenges of Microsoft's DRM strategy: ComputerWorlds Matt McKenzie has published a story thats probably the most comprehensive look (and report card) covering Microsofts various digital rights management (DRM) initiatives. I dont know that Ive ever... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 15, 2006 3:42 PM
It's true: The Zune is incompatible with Vista: I really couldn't believe the tip a reader sent in earlier this month that Microsoft's Zune MP3 player would be incompatible with Windows Vista. But, dear readers, it's true! [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Nov 14, 2006 7:28 PM
Why Microsoft's Zune can't dent Apple's iPod: Microsofts Zune music player has little or no chance of denting Apples iPod juggernaut and contrary to all the digital ink spilled on product comparisons and reviews most of the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 14, 2006 9:17 AM
The grinches that stole Zune's Christmas: For the record, I have not been one of the lucky few to have laid their hands on Microsofts new Zune iPod killer which is due to arrive on the... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 13, 2006 2:31 PM
Zune: welcome to the anti-social: In less than 24 hours, Microsoft will release its latest iPod killer into the wild. The Zunes killer feature being, of course, the ability to share music wirelessly. Where Sonys... [Read the rest]; Posted by Steve O'Hear in The Social Web on: Nov 13, 2006 7:49 AM