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Zune — $249.99 On Nov. 14
Cubricon writes, "As expected, Microsoft has dropped their price on the Zune in response to Apple's recent iPod updates. Ars Technica has an article that discusses the Zune's use of Microsoft's prepaid 'points' system for songs. Will the masses notice the difference between an iPod and a Zune? Will they want the FM and wireless capabilities?" The Zune lists for $0.99 more than the comparable iPod and songs from the Zune Marketplace will cost just under $0.99.
Wireless. Same amount of space as an iPod. Lame.
Song downloads just under 99 cents? Would that make them 98 cents?
I predict a flood of switchers.
I mean, this thing is gonna bomb anyway, minus well lower the price and hope to make more money on the music-selling end of things.
Isn't that supposed to be "might as well"? Or is there some kind of joke that I'm missing?
No sig for you. YOU GET NO SIG!
Most people are not "artist" enough to appreciate that "innovative" brown...
-- javaDragon is an instance of JavaDragon.
Yeah, hearing rhetoric, empty promises and outright lies live over the air while you're up to you ears in alligators would be a heckuva plus.
Just wait until some hapless teenager shares a song with his friend only to find out a couple days later he can't move it off his player. "Dude, I just got Zuned!"
Insisting on "correct" English is like saying that there is only one, definitive recipe for chili.
Come on, you know batteries were available. You can't tell me that there were free TV's in everyone's hands but no batteries around for miles ;)
Fuck running, i'm stealing a Hummer H1 with a radio and killing 2 birds with one stone (and anyone who won't move out of my way)!
:)
What happens 6 miles down the road after you run out of fuel?
bork bork bork!
Or, if you want to get apocalyptic, in the case of a 90 to 99 percent death rate in the human population, it might be useful for finding other people. (Assuming you want to find them!)
Brains.... brains...
I'm very confused about the choice of brown for a color. Does the shiney brown mean that Microsoft has pioneered a break-through for turd polish?
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
>> Yeah, that's what we'll likely see, pointless innovation for the sake of innovation, the next gen will probably ha
all those features kick ass. I shouldn't have bought my ipod yet. Nothing like an easy to use turnip twaddler made by apple.
It has been statistically shown that helmets increase the risk of head injury.
Talk about hindsight being 20/20...
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
"What happens 6 miles down the road after you run out of fuel?"
That's still 5.5 more miles than I would have gotten running!
today is spelling optional day.
Buy 395, get 1 FREE!!
Ahh, but you'll make than up after you buy your 397th song from the Zune Store.
249.99+397*0.9875=642.0275 (Zune)
249.00+397*0.9900=642.0300
I dub thee... Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass.
Hey, Loudmusic, just for old times sake, can you make a prediction on the sales of the zune?
Sig removed because it was obnoxious
Why the hell would I want a Zune when I could get an iPod AND a whole song for the same price M$ is charging? Ripoff!
I'm just waiting for the inevitable security holes that will allow "Zunedriving" (you saw it here first) ... Run around crashing Zunes, stealing/erasing/replacing content, forcing the volume suddenly jump to 100%, uploading goatsex photos to replace all the album art. With Microsoft software at the helm, the possibilities are limitless!
It's a mute point anyways, since what he said is, for all intensive purposes, correct. It's a doggy dog world out there, so they might as well keep the price low.
This guy's the limit!
Suppose you're listening to something good, like Audioslave
I can't suppose that. There is no sound that is both "good" and "like Audioslave".
Is that a battery in your trousers or are you just happy to see me?
Oh yeah, what happens when the ionosphere burns off? What then, smart guy?
Also, don't knock the Zune. I'm sure it would get better range and accuracy... when thrown than a cinder block, you know, for the riots.
You could listen to it for a while in the end-times. Watching the sky burn while listening to Bob Marley will be wild. When the five hours have passed, this is when you assert yourself as the head of your tribe of neo-savages by hurling it at the guy with the cinder block. Remember, it packs more of a punch with some spin.
Either that, or you could hurl it at the wierdo cranking off his radio listening to the guy trapped in his booth scream nonstop for hours on end. Good riddance!
Whoosh!
Yeah, people who use stereotypes are all alike.
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