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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.
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"
If that review is any indication, I don't think "Zuned" is going to mean what Microsoft wants it to mean. Rather than hearing, "Dude, I just Zuned you a song" you're going to hear, "Dude, CNN just Zuned Microsoft."
Besides the iPod Shuffle tangent, my favorite part of that video was, "Why don't they get some decent design people to make things look better?" Ouch!
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
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!
Considering that the name "Zune" translates to "FUCK" in Hebrew... Not joking. http://herenot.livejournal.com/29371.html