news.digitaltrends.com - 5/19/2009
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Less than three years after Microsoft launched the first Zune players amongst a blizzard of PR confetti and smack talk about trouncing Apple’s vaunted iPod, the Zune name has turned into its own punch line. The marketing explosion fizzled, the bad reviews flooded in, and the only ...
techgage.com - 5/26/2009
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I did something this past weekend I never
expected to do... purchase an Apple product. I have...
nothing against Apple or their products, but at no point recently have I been so impressed with one of their designs that I felt their price premium to be ...
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Quick Gage: Apple iPod classic 120GB
news.cnet.com - 5/27/2009
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Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed its plans to take
on the iPod Touch with a new, touch-screen Zune...
that will be able to surf the Web, play high-definition movies, and tune in to digital radio. The Zune HD, which will be available in the U.S. only ...
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Microsoft confirms Zune HD coming this fall
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Five Reasons the Microsoft Zune is Dead
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... PR confetti and smack talk about trouncing Apple's vaunted iPod, the Zune name has turned into its own punch line. The marketing explosion fizzled, the bad reviews flooded in, and the only mention "Zune" gets nowadays is usually in reference to imaginary future products. Which is why we're ready to put a cap on this money pit: It's done. Here's why we think Microsoft will drag Zune behind the shed, put it out of its misery, and bury it alongside the Office paperclip. Read more at DigitalTrends. Five Reasons the Microsoft Zune is Dead - More ...
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