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A Single Zune To Rule Them All

Filed in archive Portable Media Players by Chris Matier on September 2, 2009

I have owned a Zune, and to be honest, I really enjoyed it. If it had a disk mode or OS X support, I would still own it, and I would have already pre-ordered a Zune HD. But alas, Microsoft has no interest of expanding their market share to Apple users. It would appear that Microsoft also has no interest in the small, flash-based MP3 player market either because it is rumored that all other, non-HD Zunes have reached the end of their life cycle.

My Zune was a black 8GB flash model, and I loved it. The interface blew the iPod Nano away, it had really nice sound, and it was priced very nicely. Now the Zune HD looks even better. It has a 3.6 inch OLED screen, the NVidia Terga guts that will ensure beautiful video, a great touch screen and both the 16GB ($220) and 32GB ($280) units are too expensive. Like many people, I have an iPhone or some other high-end media player, and I want something to run with or beat up. That is the purpose of the iPod Nano or Shuffle, but there will no longer be a Zune to fill that niche.

I understand that competing with iPods, for whatever reason, is difficult. I am positive that only producing a media player that competes directly against Apples most popular unit, the iPhone / iPod Touch, is not the best way.

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Add your response to A Single Zune To Rule Them All: Response from: xrisma (09/05/09 12:18am) I have a new experience with my new gadget. That is Zune with 16GB memory, and I loved it. It had really great audio experience. The sounds is pretty cool, and it was priced very nicely, just like the experience i've got. Now the Zune HD looks even better. It has a 3.6 inch OLED screen, the NVidia Terga guts that will ensure beautiful video, a great touch screen and 32GB which cost $280 is the other units . Like many people, I have an iPhone or some other high-end media player, and I want something to run with or beat up. That is the purpose of the iPod Nano or Shuffle, but there will no longer be a Zune to fill that niche.
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