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<title>Microsoft takes on the iPod again, fails again</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=842</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:44:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adrian Kingsley-Hughes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=842</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 good arm's reach away from being sexy enough to make Apple sweat.    The Zune 2.0 is what the Zune 1.0 should have beenI know that I should, in the interests of fairness at least, be rooting for the Zune because it's the underdog of portable media players, but I just can't do it.  The problem is that the entire Zune range is just boring.  I just can't find a single thing to get excited about.  The entire specification, apart from the price, screams mediocrity.  Even the ... ]]>
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<title>Microsoft announces new flash Zunes and the Zune 80GB, still no WiFi downloads</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=624</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:37:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Miller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=624</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 release announcing the Zune 80GB, Zune 8GB, and Zune 4GB to join the existing Zune 30GB model late this evening. I was hoping that Microsoft would join the iPhone and iPod Touch with WiFi music downloads, but unfortunately that isn't going to happen when the devices are initially released in November. There will be some improvements in the latest Zune software and in the Zune Marketplace that the Zune 30GB will also benefit from in the way of an update.        The Zune 8GB (US$199.99) and 4GB (US$149.99) are flash based models ... ]]>
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<title>What's on tap for tonight's Zune launch?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=774</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:24:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=774</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Word is Microsoft is doing another "Searchification"-like announcement this week -- this time around its new line of Zune digital-media players.    As with Searchification, Microsoft has invited reporters and bloggers to an event which they aren't allowed to write publicly about until after midnight (EST) on October 3, sources say. At the October 2 invitation-only Zune launch, Chairman Bill Gates and Corporate Vice President of Design and Development J Allard are slated to take the wraps off the Version 2 Zune devices, according to sources claiming familiarity with Microsoft's plans.    Besides the new Zunes ("Scorpio" hard-drive and "Draco" flash-based units), Microsoft is expected to unveil a new beta community site for Zunes, an enhanced method of discovering new music and a line ... ]]>
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<title>MTV punishes Microsoft for abandoning PlaysForSure</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=721</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:39:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adrian Kingsley-Hughes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=721</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure that MTV's decision to dump Urge is a way to punish Microsoft for abandoning PlaysForSure.  It's hardly surprising that MTV has dumped its 'Urge' music partnership with Microsoft and hooked up with RealNetworks and Verizon. What would you do if you got stabbed in the back?  Paul McDougall goes on to say:  The bigger question is this: How can Microsoft ever again ask partners in the increasingly important online entertainment space to take its promises of ongoing support and compatibility seriously?  This is a very good question.  Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice ... well, you know the rest.  Microsoft's overwhelming desire to create a hardware/software/store symbiotic ecosystem at the expense of its PlaysForSure partners (maybe ... ]]>
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