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iPod Has Nothing To Fear From Slow-Starting Zune
narramissic writes, "Looks like Apple's iPod has nothing to fear from Zune this holiday season. In a research note published Tuesday, PiperJaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster writes that 'during its launch week on Nov. 16, Zune held the seventh spot on online retailer Amazon.com's top 10 best-selling MP3 players list, and it fell from that spot to 13 on the list only five days after launch, on Nov. 20.' Even worse, only 8% of retailers surveyed by PiperJaffray recommend the Zune to customers, while 75% recommend Apple's iPod." The article notes Apple's 5-year headstart in the portable player market and Microsoft's stated intention to invest heavily in the Zune over the next several years.
The Zune is brown... Grandpa used to tell me, "No matter how much you polish a turd..." Poor MS hopefully Zune 2.0 ditches DRM, plays all formats and breaks all of the rules iPods live by. Untill then... It's the iPod for me!
if it could have squirted ogg, it might have done better.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Somebody posted this in a previous Slashdot story, I thought it was worth repeating:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T10L9ybstps
Basically it ends up being an advertisement for the new iPod shuffle. Interesting to see how "the masses" are reacting to the Zune.
~ roscivs
How many Windows iPods were sold a few weeks after they hit the market?
Enough, obviously.
"She's furniture with a pulse"
What about the console that lost 4 billion?
Interesting choices...pink or stink.
Sure, the Ipod is easy to use, but it is also boring. It's a white box, how innovative is that? And they act like they have made fire.Since when has fire been any more exciting? For starters, it's an incredibly dated technology. It doesn't do anything for me that I can't accomplish with a flashlight or space heater. I mean, sure, it's hot and red (red hot even?) but how innovative is that? And my cavemen neighbors act like they have made sliced bread.
Sigs are for suckers.
Also, each one comes with a free pony.
I read the internet for the articles.
What about it? It lost 4 billion dollars and finished a tiny bit ahead of the Gamecube in market share.
Yeah, MS seems to have perfected the business model of losing billions of dollars and coming in a very distant second.
The Zune's got the Sansa in its sights!
What I want to know about that YouTube video is where it was made.
The screen shows at least six other Zunes nearby.
Is there any place in the universe other than the Microsoft campus that has over six Zunes within range of each other as of November 2006?
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
Also, each one comes with a free pony.
OMG PONIEZ!!!!!!!
This product doesn't exist to make a profit for Microsoft. They're not expecting to beat Apple just yet.
What they're going to have, is a proof that Microsoft is a contender in the mp3 player market. This is just a very expensive piece of marketting for their next generation player.This sounds exactly like the strategy they used for Microsoft Money to take over the market that Intuit had with Quicken. It always works.
Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
Considering that the name "Zune" translates to "FUCK" in Hebrew... Not joking. http://herenot.livejournal.com/29371.html
Just watch out for the 1984 edition. Trust Me.
Ok the Background picture that honestly looks like.... a young oriental women being raped.
I'd say she looks rather disoriented...