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Microsoft schedules Zune services downtime for maintenance, nothing more
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| Microsoft is taking its Zune services down for
| maintenance Monday night, January 25, at 10
| p.m. PT for approximately 24 hours. During
| that period, no content will be rentable or
| purchasable.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5038
Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK: Here yesterday, gone today
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5040
Microsoft gadgets go in the amnesty bin soon.
Recent:
Zune service and Xbox Live offline Tuesday
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/zune-service-offline-tuesday-to-work-on-xbox-features.ars
Microsoft Zune Eats Apple iPod Dust in Holiday Sales
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| OK, it's really no shocker that Apple's iPod
| touch trounced Microsoft's Zune HD in holiday
| sales. But couldn't the Zune have at least
| done a little better? Amazon's list of
| Bestsellers in Electronics has the iPod touch
| in the second and third spot, (8GB and 32GB
| models), while the Zune HD (32GB) languishes
| at number 89.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/185644/microsoft_zune_eats_apple_ipod_dust_in_holiday_sales.html
Microsoft lets Zune HD Apps fall through the cracks
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| MS needs to pull their collective heads out and
| get to work here or they will surely lose the
| PMP fight and very quickly.
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http://www.tweaktown.com/news/13361/microsoft_lets_zune_hd_apps_fall_through_the_cracks/
Microsoft Zune HD: No Reason To Live
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172033/microsoft_zune_hd_no_reason_to_live.html
Microsoft Zune Still Playing Catch-Up
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172120/microsoft_zune_still_playing_catchup.html
Zune exec bails ahead of player's upcoming HD launch
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| Microsoftâs Zune general marketing manager has quit the firm.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/chris_stephenson_zune_exec_quits/
Microsoft's Zune HD Could Be Too Little, Too Late
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| The company will be hoping to jump-start lackluster entertainment sales
| through Zune HD, among other things. Revenue from the company's entertainment
| and devices unit, which makes Zune and Xbox, fell by 25% in the company's
| fiscal fourth quarter, ending June 30.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200908131645DOWJONESDJONLINE000635_FORTUNE5.htm
Why Canât Microsoft Develop Software for Zune HD?
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| The bottom line: Microsoft knows thereâs no real money in Zune software and
| doesnât want to invest its resources (the company has plenty of cash) in
| developing low value software. The problem: mobile developers have no
| incentive to leave the iPhone App Store in order to support the Zune HD, and
| consumers have little reason to buy the Zune HD without any software.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/08/15/why-cant-microsoft-develop-software-for-zune-hd/
Will the Zune ever arrive in the UK, or will Microsoft kill it first?
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| Zune sales are badly down in the US, and nothing suggests it's going to
| improve any time soon. What's Microsoft trying to prove with it?
|
| [...]
|
| So do you expect to see the Zune land in the UK before it's taken out the
| back of the Microsoft campus and shot, along with the Spot data wristwatch,
| the Smart Display and those other "good ideas" that weren't?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/05/zune-death-likely-ipod-share
What's to become of Microsoft's answer to the iPod?
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| To be sure, the Zune provides a tiny, and apparently deteriorating portion of
| Microsoft's business. Revenue for the non-gaming side of Microsoft's
| Entertainment and Devices unit, which includes the Zune, tumbled 42 percent
| to roughly $211 million for the fourth fiscal quarter ended in June â or
| about 2 percent of the software giant's total, according to regulatory
| filings.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_12940980?nclick_check=1
Zune service and Xbox Live offline Tuesday
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/zune-service-offline-tuesday-to-work-on-xbox-features.ars
Time to axe Microsoft's Zune
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| In a season - the Christmas shopping period - when consumer gadgets are
| supposed to fly off retailers' shelves, Microsoft's Zune experienced a
| stunning $100 drop in revenue, a 54 per cent plunge. Even Microsoft was
| surprised.
|
| But once again, Microsoft has insisted it's not going to kill the Zune and
| remains wedded to the pocket-sized albatross around its neck.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/28/axe_the_zune/
Follow your muse, Microsoft--get out of hardware
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10150268-27.html
Related:
Microsoft hit by Zune sales crash
http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?newsid=24630&pagtype=allchandate
Microsoftâs Zune: $100 Million Sales Drop Plus Layoffs Equals Questions
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsofts-zune-100-million-sales-drop-plus-layoffs-equals-questions/
Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business?
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/25/0230255
Microsoft Zune Revenue Fall More Than 50% In 2Q
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200901261308DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm
When Will Microsoft Get a Clue?
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/when-will-microsoft-get-clue
Yes, It's Time For Microsoft To Kill The Zune (MSFT)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/yes-its-time-for-microsoft-to-kill-the-zune-msft
Zune Sales Tumble As Microsoft Tries To Compete With Apple iPod
http://www.newsoxy.com/microsoft/article11610.html
Zune Sales Tumble As Microsoft Tries To Compete With Apple iPod
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| Sales for the Microsoft Zune MP3 player tumbled by 54 percent during the last
| quarter while the Apple iPod grew more than 3 percent in market share. The
| battle of the multimedia players might have met its final match.
|
| Microsoft Corp reported last week that sales on its Zune MP3 player tumbled
| by 54 percent during the last quarter. The Zune rival, Apple Inc's iPod, grew
| more than 3 percent in market share and is seen as the dominate music player.
| While the software giant is cutting divisions that don't have improved sales,
| some analysts wonder if Zune is on the way out.
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http://www.newsoxy.com/microsoft/article11610.html
Microsoftâs Zune Slips
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| At its much faster rate of decline, the Zune player looks like itâs headed
| from low to no market share â unless Microsoft jazzes up the product soon.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/23/microsofts-zune-slips/
Microsoft hiding from the Zune?
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| The Seattle Post-Intelligencer spots - or, rather, doesn't spot - the Zune in
| Microsoft's new advertising for that uber-social iPhone "competitor."
| According to Zune marketing director Adam Sohn, this is on purpose: "We're
| trying to funnel people from the software side....You don't have to buy the
| device immediately."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10102195-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Microsoft (MSFT): Kill The Zune
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| The Zune is another matter. Apple's lead is too large. The Zune is not a
| product which is terribly different from its competition.
|
| Microsoft can simply say it does not want to take a bath on the Zune while it
| is taking a more intelligent risk with Xbox profitability.
|
| Kill the Zune. Save some money.
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http://www.247wallst.com/2008/09/microsoft-msf-1.html
Zune Guy Rant Against Microsoft and Zune no Longer Available
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| We didnât want to post MSZuneFanâs âlast videoâ because of the hard language
| but weâre more than happy to report it now has been removed from YouTube.
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http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/07/26/zune-guy-rant-against-microsoft-and-zune-no-longer-available/
Zune Guy calls Microsoft 'liars,' says Zune situation is 'f***ing bulls**t'
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| You've probably heard by now that the infamous Zune Guy ("Microsoft Zune")
| was so disappointed with Microsoft that he's elected to have his ink removed
| in place of something more in line with his shifted priorities. In addition
| to the reconstructive work he's going to have, ZG claims that Microsoft
| actually lied to him about his free trip to the Redmond campus, which (as you
| might imagine) further tarnishes his image of the company. Unfortunately,
| according to reps from Microsoft we spoke with, the trip was never
| confirmed -- only discussed -- and ultimately canceled due to the very
| reasonable fear that it might lead a lot of "hyper-engaged users" to expect a
| trip of their own (though they did hook our man up with a free Zune and some
| related swag).
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/26/zune-guy-calls-microsoft-liars-says-zune-situation-is-f-in/
http://tinyurl.com/5qqfjf
Zune absent from Microsoft exec's speech
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| Zune? It appeared on one slide, but Bach never mentioned it.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-9998722-27.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
The beginning of the end for the Microsoft Zune
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| Some may even say this goes to the root of Microsoftâs heritage. How they
| came to achieve the operating system dominance and success by bullying
| smaller businesses or buying them out and marketing their product as their
| own.
|
| The way things are going, one can not help wonder if Microsoft have just run
| out of ideas on expanding their business and decided to jump on the âme-tooâ
| bandwagon.
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2008/05/25/the -beginning-to-the-end-for-the-microsoft-zune/
Zuneral this Saturday!
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| We regret to report the sudden, unexpected death of Digital Rights
| Management. Details of the tragedy at present remain unclear, but he was
| rushed to the hospital following a direct collision with an oncoming future
| last week at 10 PM. He was seven years old.
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http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/%7Efreeculture/blog/2008/05/22/zuneral-this-saturday/
GameStop to Stop Zune Sales
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| Video-game retailer GameStopGME has decided to stop selling Microsoft's Zune
| players at its stores due to what it sees as insufficient demand from
| customers.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/hardware/10418052.html
- From Vista to Zune: Why Microsoft Canât Sell to Consumers
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| Microsoftâs marketing of Windows Vista and the Zune have failed in large part
| due to the fact that Microsoft has not learned how to effectively sell
| consumer products. Consumers buy Windows and Office, but thatâs because they
| have no choice, not because of the companyâs marketing savvy. Microsoft only
| effectively markets its products to businesses, which represents a very
| different type of sales relationship.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/05/12/from-vista-to-zune-why-microsoft-cant-sell-to-consumers/
Zune Sales Still In the Toilet
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| Selling a million Zunes across nine months seems particularly conservative
| for a company with Microsoftâs clout, particularly when considering that it
| was selling against the iPod, which got snatched up 40 million times over
| that same period. When Microsoft announced having shipped 1.2 million units
| in early July, Windows Enthusiasts rejoiced that the goal was reached,
| apparently unaware that Microsoftâs definition of âshippingâ means
| transferring product to a retailerâs warehouse.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/05/09/zune-sales-still-in-the-toilet/
Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune
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| If you like to download the latest episodes of âHeroesâ or other NBC shows
| from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldnât buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/index.html?ref=technology
Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment
| and devices division, also played a key role in shaping the Xbox
| game console business and the introduction of its Internet
| Protocol television software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6155200.html
Dancing Ballmer subjected to Zune dance therapy
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| The japester appears to have used an internal Microsoft website to direct,
| well, just about anyone to this re-reinterpretation of Steve Ballmerâs
| infamous monkeyboy dance. Or is it a re-reinterpetation of Apple's iPod
| advertising campaign? In these mashed-up days, it's hard to tell.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/01/ballmer_dances/
A Legitimate Reason to Hate the Zune (And Microsoft Too)
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| Here's the situation: Microsoft has agreed to pay a portion of
| the profits from the sales of the Zune to a record company
| (Universal) because the Zune will undoubtedly be used to
| store unpurchased songs.
|
| [...]
|
| Here it is important to remember a few simple things. The
| money goes to the Universal, not to the artists.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft's move sets a bad precedent and turns all consumers into
| thieves without evidence.
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/a-legitimate-reason-to-hate-the-zune-and-microsoft-too/
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