Tag Archive | "zune"
Microsoft killing the Zune due to dwindling demand
After years of trying to carve out a niche in the MP3 player market, Microsoft is killing its Zune media player after the device failed to gain any mainstream traction. Of course, it didn’t help that Microsoft came along years after the market was already monopolized by Apple.
Continue reading...New details about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS emerge
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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With Windows Mobile now in the depths of despair, and lucky to even be included in a conversation about big time players in the mobile space, comes news that Windows Mobile 7 might make its debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress set to take place on February 15, 2010. Microsoft is reportedly confident that [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft considering making Zune services available for Apple users
Friday, October 9, 2009
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For all you Apple fans out there who prefer listening to music on a subscription basis, there just maybe hope for you yet. Microsoft is reportedly toying with the idea of making Zune software and services compatible with Apple products. ZDNET has the full scoop over here.
Continue reading...Games on the Zune HD accompanied by pre-roll ads
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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Wow, it certainly is a zune-centric day of posting here, but what can ya do. Well, Microsoft’s latest attempt to take on the iPod launched yesterday in the form of the Zune HD. Notably, the Zune HD experience will not include an app store open to third party developers. Instead, all of the apps available [...]
Continue reading...Why Microsoft’s Zune HD strategy is too little too late
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
In a recent interview, Zune marketing manager Brian Seitz discussed the Zune HD strategy and whether or not it was concerned with the new camera equipped iPod Nano’s. Q: Are you concerned about competing with new iPods with cameras built in? A: The more things like that that make their way into these devices that [...]
Continue reading...Comparing the Zune HD to the iPod Touch isn’t really fair
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Zune HD hit store shelves earlier today, and I myself had the opportunity to play with one for a little bit. While everyone is busy comparing the Zune HD to the iPod Touch, the comparison seems a bit misplaced. The first thing I noticed about the Zune was how small it was relative to [...]
Continue reading...Zune HD officially launches today, with app strategy as scattered as ever
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Microsoft’s answer to the iPod Touch, the Zune HD, officially went on sale today across the country in two flavors. A black 16GB version will retail for $219 while a platinum 32GB version will retail for $289. Apple, for the record, isn’t selling a 16GB iPod Touch anymore and its 32GB model sells for $300. [...]
Continue reading...Head of Zune Marketing quits 2 weeks before Zune HD launch
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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The Zune HD will hit stores next Tuesday, but missing from the mix will be Chris Stephenson, the head of marketing for Zune products, who recently left Microsoft to take a top marketing position at Interscope Geffen A&M Records. Seeing as how the Zune hasn’t exactly taken the world by storm, it’s not like Stephenson [...]
Continue reading...Zune HD demo reveals another Microsoft app store in the works
Monday, August 24, 2009
Microsoft is expected to ship the upcoming Zune HD sometime this fall, and to get people excited for it, or at least aware of its existence, product demos of the device were the name of the game this Sunday at a number of select Best Buy locations. A customer walk-through of the Zune HD’s features, [...]
Continue reading...iTunes dominates online US music sales [Chart]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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With over 25% of purchased music in the US coming from iTunes, it’s hard to imagine iTunes’ market share taking a significant hit anytime soon. As services like Rhapsody and Napster continue to flounder, Amazon is probably best positioned to actually make some inroads against Apple. But as the chart below shows, Apple probably doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft bribing iPhone developers to port apps over to Zune/Windows Mobile?
Friday, August 14, 2009
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A few days ago, Microsoft put up a series of web postings which detail one iPhone developer’s experiences in porting an iPhone app over to the Windows Mobile platform. The underlying goal, of course, was to showcase just how simple and seamless the process is and to convince other developers to see the beauty in [...]
Continue reading...Wanna see some Zune HD boxing?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Well here ya go, courtesy of Gizmodo.
Continue reading...Best Buy leak points to Zune HD selling for $220+
Monday, August 10, 2009
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According to leaked screenshots of Best Buy’s internal inventory system, the upcoming 16GB Zune HD will retail for $220 while the 32GB model will sell for $290. According to the same source, the Zune HD will most likely hit store shelves on September 8th. The newly revealed Zune HD pricing would make the Zune noticeably [...]
Continue reading...Hands on with the new Zune HD [Video]
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Gizmodo spent some time today with the Zune HD and here’s what they had to say: The device is tighter and more physically beautiful than the iPod Touch and it’s got a better UI, the main menu’s scrolling so natural through the swipe gestures. There’s a little note on the side, under the volume toggle—”Hello [...]
Continue reading...It’s official: Zune HD is for real, will include multi-touch
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Well, it’s official. The Zune HD exists and was officially confirmed by Microsoft earlier today. The next generation Zune seems poised to go head to head with the iPod Touch as it will abandon the atrocious “squircle” in favor of a 3.3 inch, 480×272 OLED capacitive touchscreen. There are also reports that Microsoft will soon [...]
Continue reading...Specs of Microsoft’s “phone” revealed?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Remember those tweets which seemed to suggest that Microsoft has some sort of phone in the works? Well Mary Jo Foley has a scoop from a “trustworthy source” which gives us an idea as to what mobile device from Microsoft might have in the hardware department. Be advised, though, that there is still no solid evidence that Microsoft is even [...]
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Monday, March 14, 2011
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