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No App Store For Microsoft's Zune HD

Posted by kdawson on from the new-way-to-compete dept.

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."

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  1. Let me fix that foryou.. by Bazman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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.

    1. Re:Let me fix that foryou.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    2. Re:Let me fix that foryou.. by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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    3. Re:Let me fix that foryou.. by Angostura · · Score: 3, Funny

      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

    4. Re:Let me fix that foryou.. by wisty · · Score: 3, Funny

      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.

  2. Re:I want my mp3 player to play music by 0110011001110101 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  3. uslefull by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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