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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
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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
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 A Developer's View on: Sep 5, 2007 11:43 AM
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 A Developer's View on: Feb 5, 2007 9:57 AM
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
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
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