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The Zune is dead!

post #1 of 43
3/14/11 at 2:18pm
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/microsoft-reportedly-kills-off-zune-hardware-will-focus-on-soft/

 

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/03/zune-hardware-apparently-dead-software-and-services-live-on.ars

 

So much for that...I personally thought it was a pretty good-looking device, but I guess it just can't compete very well against the iPod Touch.

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post #2 of 43
3/14/11 at 2:39pm

Wow! that really sucks :(

 

I hate how apple has the hold on the market, I'd never buy one. It annoys me that they are just giving up, instead they should be trying to promote it better outside US borders and build up the marketplace for it.

 

At least if they integrate it into smartphones then the next windows phone might actually be a really good pmp. I know my smartphone (Samnsung Wave) sound quality sucks so anoother rival to an iPhone would be great

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post #3 of 43
3/14/11 at 2:39pm

Just the way the market is going, with Win7 phones accessing the zune marketplace there probably was no reason to keep putting out Audio only players. I've moved onto a win7 tablet for my portable audio needs

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post #4 of 43
3/14/11 at 3:18pm

did somebody wake up the OP in the last week or something?

it has been deade since early 2010 like after the last firmware update to the Zune HD.

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post #5 of 43
3/14/11 at 3:23pm
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Originally Posted by Ricardo Dawkins View Post

did somebody wake up the OP in the last week or something?

it has been deade since early 2010 like after the last firmware update to the Zune HD.

Well sorry, I don't own a Zune nor do I know anyone with one, so I haven't heard of any Zune firmware updates at all. Not only that, the hardware is being discontinued, the software is still in use. Hence the links I posted in my first post: "Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will cease development of its family of Zune-branded music players due to weak demand and a desire to focus on its smartphone platform."

 

Just because the software hasn't been updated doesn't necessarily mean the hardware is 'dead.'

 

 


Edited by miceblue - 3/14/11 at 3:25pm
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post #6 of 43
3/14/11 at 11:34pm
Yet another example of Microsoft being late to the party.

The Zune was a good piece of hardware. Microsoft just brought it to market too late.
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post #7 of 43
3/14/11 at 11:56pm

The only thing I liked about the Zune was being able to share files wirelessly w/ other Zune owners.  Oh well.  Honestly, the days are numbered for common DAPs in general from a mass market perspective.

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post #8 of 43
3/15/11 at 3:46am

RIP

 

Can't say I am all that surprised.

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post #9 of 43
3/15/11 at 4:18am

I still like my Zune HD, I was hoping for another take on it, but I guess they decided to back off.  Though the DAP market is so insanely hard when people think of DAPs they think of an iPod.  Well there goes one more choice for the general public,luckily we here keep our ears to the ground for other options.  Here's to hoping that Fio's DAP turns out to be a success.

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post #10 of 43
3/15/11 at 5:04am

I feel sorry for Nokia. What if MS decides that their efforts at a phone platform were a failure and abandon it? The only things that MS seems to have kept together have been Office, the XBox and the mice and keyboards. 

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post #11 of 43
3/15/11 at 6:49am

Too bad, have owned a few Zunes over the years.

The various Zune players had good sound stage for mass market mp3 players, certainly much better than the same generation ipod.

Glad I recently started using a cowon.

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post #12 of 43
3/15/11 at 6:50am
IF a company existed whose only products were WIndows, MS-Office and the XBox that would be a mighty healthy company, larger than all but a dozen or so US corporations.
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post #13 of 43
3/15/11 at 8:03am

Frankly zune had the same problem as sony. They kept the zune closed with in windows and their sync software . They had a brilliant idea" wifi syncing". If they opened it up and allowed an open standard of drag and drop over wifi. they would have a larger following.


Edited by Nagasaki_Kid - 3/15/11 at 8:06am
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post #14 of 43
3/15/11 at 10:43am

Microsoft posted this on the Zune Nation Facebook page:

 

Quote:

Hey ZuneNation - here’s what WE have to say: We're absolutely committed to providing the best movies, music, and TV show experiences through Zune on Xbox, the PC, Windows Phone 7 and Zune devices. We'll share more information about the evolution of the Zune entertainment service and Zune hardware as future plans develop.

 

Thanks for being a part of this awesome community!

 

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post #15 of 43
3/15/11 at 11:01am

Not dead according to this

 

http://anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62057

 

 

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