welcome to heaven here is your IPod touch
welcome to h3ll here is your zune HD.. or is it zoon???
BTW, i know this is a little off topic but…. whats a zune??

see ya real zoon at the apple store!!! hahahahahahha;-)

The world’s perception, at least, is that Zune is about some dedicated portable music players. Such devices are clearly eventually going to be part of the past of entertainment. Apple has done a good job of broadening iPod beyond its origins by introducing new types of iPods (the Touch), emphasizing video, putting as much energy into the iTunes Store as into the hardware, etc. Microsoft has done less of this to date, and if Zune is worth saving, it may be because it hopes to do more of this in the future.

But I still think it’s worth considering retiring the Zune name and making Xbox the umbrella brand for a broader range of Microsoft entertainment-related hardware, software, and services.

–Harry

When the iPhone was released in October of 2001, it succeeded during a recession caused by the terrorist attacks of 9/11. If the current economic climate adversely affected the Zune and other consumer products, then it stands to reason that it also adversely affected iPod sales. Yet, Apple reported a growth in iPod sales for the most recent quarter, versus a 54% drop in Zune revenues.

I believe that Microsoft and its investors need re-evaluate the Zune with regard to how it affects other products, and how it affects shareholder interests. If I’m a Microsoft competitor — and I don’t believe that Apple and Microsoft compete in the sense that they appeal to very different groups of customers — I truly hope that Microsoft continues to throw money and other resources at the Zune.

If losing 54% of revenues is a “great year,” then what would be reprentative of a bad year? Owing money to Zune owners?

If someone is wrong, my money is on Mr. Bach.

Compared to the iPhone and the iPod touch, the Zune sucks, and everyone knows it. I don’t care how many testimonials I read from so-called Zune owners. The fact that the Zune owns aroud 3-4% of the market versus 70% market share for the iPod should be enough suggestive evidence to quiet the squawkers. But it isn’t. So be it.

The Zune is so late to the game that Microsoft’s own music download store is hobbled by DRM restrictions, something Apple has recently persuaded the record companies to drop. This is the same DRM that every Kool-Aid drinking, anti-Apple freak complained about.

So, my question to all you misguided Microsoft miscreants is this: How do you justify Microsoft’s DRM-straddled music store?

Please. Don’t even answer. I’m so tired of Microsoft apologists, continually posting love letters about failed products. “I love Vista! It’s the best OS I’ve ever used!” Yeah. That worked out well. Even the CEO/Chief Priest of the Church at which you worship told you it was a failure, and you continued to kneel down in submission. You people should be living in the Middle East, where unfounded beliefs are taken as fact, and misguided behavior is taken as the norm.

but it’s far too late. Dead Man Walking. the Edsel (or Newton) of this decade. Adios!

In all seriousness, though, here’s an article of interest:
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/microsoft-may-finally-nuke-the-zune

Suggests that MS won’t be looking to launch any more mobile devices if/when the Zune dies, and would rather focus on software, according to Ballmer.

Might be wise as far as gaming handhelds are concerned — who would want to battle the DS right now?