No App Store For Microsoft's Zune HD

Xerfas writes 'Microsoft's Zune HD, set to go on sale Tuesday, will not feature an open application store like its competitor the iPod Touch. It will come with some unique features, though, like an HD radio tuner, and with software that has been well-received by users. Those capabilities will determine whether the ZuneHD sells well — and whether Microsoft decides to keep selling its own music player, said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft.' The Zune marketing manager was quoted in the Seattle Times on whether the Zune would open up for 3rd-party apps, and he gave a response of such mind-numbing PR-speak that John Gruber of Daring Fireball was moved to provide this English translation: "No, because our mobile strategy is a convoluted mess."

Comments

Let me fix that foryou..

[Bazman]

"Microsoft's Zune HD, set to go on sale Tuesday, will not feature a tightly controlled by control freaks with degrees in control freakery application store like its competitor the iPod Touch."

Fixed.

Re:Let me fix that foryou..

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news, I'm going out for a bike ride like my competitor Lance Armstrong . . .

Re:Let me fix that foryou..

[FlyingSquidStudios]

Because if there's one thing Microsoft is known for, it's not acting like control freaks. Am I right, guys?

Re:Let me fix that foryou..

[Angostura]

You missed a bit:

Microsoft's Zune HD, set to go on sale Tuesday, will not feature a tightly controlled by control freaks with degrees in control freakery application store like its competitor the iPod Touch. Instead any Seattle based company called Microsoft will be allowed to place applications on the device with no restrictions

Re:Let me fix that foryou..

[wisty]

Better still, FTA: "f you look around the company at other places where things like this are important, Windows Mobile rises to the top.".

If you are putting yourself in a place where Windows Mobile rises to the top, you are in a very bad place.

Re:I want my mp3 player to play music

[Frosty Piss]

Are these damn players becoming like cell phones? Do app stores matter? Makes no sense to me.

Here's what these music / video players need: An app to make them into a smart phone. I'd buy that for a dollar!

Re:I want my mp3 player to play music

[0110011001110101]

check your grass.. I think there are kids on it that need yelled at.

Re:HD radio

[Anonymous Coward]

HD stand for HIGH DISTORTION

uslefull

[Anonymous Coward]

What happened to the day when microsoft made a million useless machines usefull again... now their just making a million useless machines

Confidence builder

[nsayer]

Wow. If you want to get people to buy your product, nothing could exude less confidence than,

"Those capabilities will determine whether [...] Microsoft decides to keep selling its own music player."

Wow! Where can I buy a $100+ tech gadget that the manufacturer may wash its hands of real soon? I must have one!

Re:HD radio

[Phoenixlol]

The HD is very, extremely real and even tangible. It's a ruby aura of beauty and contentment that is soft to the touch and fills your heart with joy (available only in select models-while synced with W7 in the presence of Steve Balmer-and God).

This is what he was refering to. Do some research before you blaspheme the most glorious product God gave MS the divine wisdom to create... geez.

Re:Let me fix that for you, also

[AliasMarlowe]

For the record, every time I grab an iPod I feel like I'm prying it from Steve Jobs cold undead hands.

Fixed that for you...