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The folks from Redmond are going to hold an event on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, to announce the next iteration of the Zune. Insider sources say that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and design chief J Allard will be attending the said event to commemorate the announcement.

First off, we have to say that the subscription service is great. This is probably the main reason why many people wanted to make the switch to the Zune from the iPod. Being able to hop online and download as many songs as you want off their library is extremely freeing, in the same sense […]

Due to a number of amazing events this last few weeks I somehow find myself back in the states with:
* An iPod 80gig Video
* A 2gig iRiver Clix
* A 2gig iPod Nano
* A 30gig Black Zune
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So while Microsoft works to get the first million Zunes sold, here’s some thoughts at what they need to do (and should have done at launch) to get to this milestone.
Zune lacks elegance – It’s actually not bad looking device but put it next to a 30gb iPod (as every reviewer has) and it looks […]

Despite sales that lag market-leading Apple by a significant margin, Microsoft continues to put up a brave front in its continuing fight for relevance in the digital music player market.
Microsoft says that it expects to sell about 1 million players by the end of June 2007. While this would likely trail Apple sales by as […]

Microsoft’s portable music player Zune seemed to be off to a promising start, ranking second in U.S. market sales in the week that ended November 25. However, any revelry was short-lived as the device drops out of sight and into a fifth place ranking during its second week of sales.

Reports of lackluster sales of Microsoft’s Zune that surfaced earlier this week might be a bit premature.
Microsoft’s newest MP3 player, which launched just over two weeks ago, took second place in the portable digital player market in its first four days of sales, according to numbers generated by the market research firm NPD Group.

If you’re at a party and someone looks at you and says, "Wow, we’re really having a great time," chances are you’re not really having a great time at all. Similarly, Microsoft’s "aren’t we cool" marketing for the Zune betrays the fact that Microsoft, the Zune, and the executives who spawned the device, are not […]

A damning review of Microsoft’s new Zune media player has predicted that the player will be dead in the water within six months.
Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Andy Ihnatko pulled no punches in his assessment of the player. He found it difficult to install and lacking compatibility with either Windows Media Player or Microsoft’s […]

Ambitious but half-baked, elegantly designed but bulky, the Zune is the most promising iPod challenger yet. It boasts a bigger screen, wireless music sharing capability, an FM radio, and even a decent amount of accessories. Most important, the Zune is easy to use and easy to transfer music to, which should come as no surprise, […]