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Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business?

Posted by timothy on from the leaving-only-the-other-makers-of-zunes dept.

thefickler writes "According to Microsoft's quarterly filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Zune platform experienced a revenue drop of 54 percent, or $100 million. This compares to relatively healthy sales of the iPod, which were up 3 percent in the same period (though revenue did drop by 16 percent). Obviously, with the recent job cuts at Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, pundits are wondering how soon until the Zune also gets the chop. As one pundit wrote: 'Microsoft, by now, should be realizing that it's never going to be as "cool" as Apple, so why waste its time with the Zune where it has no competitive advantage?'"

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  1. Just because by El+Lobo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just because not everybody wants to be "cool"? I don't want "cool" things. I hate the ipod (I got one as a gift a while back) and I hated it to death, so i kept using my Creative instead. I dislike OSX and macs and use mine only as a test machine. I don't own and don't plan to get a iPhone. So there is a marked for a not dumbed doen uncool things. Sure, they are not as profitable, but it's all about the choice. That said, I'm happy about my creative Stone, so I don't plan to get e Zune either.

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  2. Re:A Rockbox port would be awesome by jcr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If they'd made it possible to reflash, a zillion Linux weenies would have bought the devices just to put Rockbox on them.

    s/zillion/dozen/

    -jcr

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