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Zune — $249.99 On Nov. 14

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-price-war-on-songs dept.

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.

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  1. Not buying it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wireless. Same amount of space as an iPod. Lame.

  2. Great advantage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Song downloads just under 99 cents? Would that make them 98 cents?

    I predict a flood of switchers.

  3. Re:Monday Morning Quarterbacking by LoudMusic · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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  4. What about the shitty brown color scheme ? by javaDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most people are not "artist" enough to appreciate that "innovative" brown...

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    1. Re:What about the shitty brown color scheme ? by microcars · · Score: 4, Funny
      It is the "UPS" version

      "U2" was already taken

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  5. Busses are on the way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Everyone should have a battery powered radio receiver. Hurricanes...

    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.
  6. Can't wait for this to be verbed by TheWoozle · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!"

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  7. Re:FM... by michrech · · Score: 5, Funny

    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? :)

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  8. Re:MOD PARENT UP by jb.hl.com · · Score: 3, Funny
    I quite like this comment from that story:


    Raise your hand if you have iTunes ...

    Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port ...

    Raise your hand if you have both ...

    Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device ...

    There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod.


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  9. Re:FM... by ruiner13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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!

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  10. Re:Zune for $249.99? by Murphy+Murph · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hang on,

    the Zune is $249.99. The iPod is $249.00, with $0.99 left over to buy a song with.


    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
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  11. Re:Monday Morning Quarterbacking by protohiro1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, Loudmusic, just for old times sake, can you make a prediction on the sales of the zune?

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  12. Re:Monday Morning Quarterbacking by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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