Can Zune kill the iPod? [modified]
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
IMHO, No it can't - but not for any of the reasons outlined in the various analyses I've read so far, but rather because iPod is a better brand than anything Microsoft can make and it is all about brand in this market.
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
It probably runs on linux.
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Yes, he should be. It even rhimes with itunes, zunes-itunes, come on, that's just feeding the apple trolls... In any case, can zune kill ipod? That will depend on the zunes music service. What made ipod a success is apple marketing machine and itunes service, if zunes can beat that they can succeed. Personally I'm not interested in zunes service, but the player looks intriguing. Ipod has always been just a player, no extras of any kind, no ins nor outs, no microphone, radio was added only recently and at a $50 price tag (they can choke on that if they want to). So in this light I'm curious what features microsoft player will have, if microsoft put wi-fi in there, who knows what kind of features it also supports.
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Zune Schmune. that classic "what if MS sold the iPod" short is all you need to know about the Zune. when is Microsoft going to do something that isn't a copy of what Apple released three years before ? i know, why doesn't MS just buy Apple and turn it into their R&D department!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Maybe Google will come out with a "Gune". ;P Marc
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
i'm still waiting for the so-called 'crackberry' killer. I think its going on 2-3 years now
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Zune Schmune. that classic "what if MS sold the iPod" short is all you need to know about the Zune. when is Microsoft going to do something that isn't a copy of what Apple released three years before ? i know, why doesn't MS just buy Apple and turn it into their R&D department!
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
Chris Losinger wrote:
why doesn't MS just buy Apple and turn it into their R&D department!
Because that would turn Microsoft into a monopoly... oh wait...
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i'm still waiting for the so-called 'crackberry' killer. I think its going on 2-3 years now
You mean a Microsoft Smartphone? (The newest models all support Push email - The new Palm Treo is now MS Smartphone based, if you want something with a thumb keyboard thingy)
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen, but the Zen is a better product. My ipod mini 6GB just died after only 16 months (hard disk errors, kept occuring and I could only copy about 512MB worth of songs before it froze). I just purchased the Zen Vision M. I use it primary in my car and it sounds noticably better then the Ipod. Also, the Windows Media Sync feature is easier to use then Itunes. Creative really is making better mp3 players then Apple, but the name of the game is marketing and they might not be winning that war.
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Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen, but the Zen is a better product. My ipod mini 6GB just died after only 16 months (hard disk errors, kept occuring and I could only copy about 512MB worth of songs before it froze). I just purchased the Zen Vision M. I use it primary in my car and it sounds noticably better then the Ipod. Also, the Windows Media Sync feature is easier to use then Itunes. Creative really is making better mp3 players then Apple, but the name of the game is marketing and they might not be winning that war.
how vital enterprise application are for proactive organizations leveraging collective synergy to think outside the box and formulate their key objectives into a win-win game plan with a quality-driven approach that focuses on empowering key players to drive-up their core competencies and increase expectations with an all-around initiative to drive up the bottom-line. But of course, that's all a "high level" overview of things --thedailywtf 3/21/06
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen
hmm, i guess it just depends how you define "kicking ass".
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen
hmm, i guess it just depends how you define "kicking ass".
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
I had the choice to buy an ipod or an Creative Zen. I looked at the ipods, and saw that there were alot of problems such as battery life (2 years+ ago), so I looked further. Although I wasted my money I still saved money on buying the Creative Zen. It had a 40gb hdd, and was very durable. I used it whilst riding to work on my motorbike so it was loader louder then an 100cc arse tearing it down the motorway at 55mph. It also was great for functionality and usability. Try using an ipod with gloves (think biker gloves) on, whilst doing 55mph. I also dropped it a few times at those speeds, and I drove back picked it up and it was still playing, it finally died when I sat on it and pulled the ear phones at the same time which pulled the internal headphone socket off the board. I removed the hdd and use it to this day as a pocket drive. With this, I feel Creative are kicking Apple's ass. Gav
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Actually creative has been kicking Apples ass. Granted Ipod probably sells a lot more the Zen
hmm, i guess it just depends how you define "kicking ass".
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
:laugh:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Can Zune kill the iPod?[^]
This sounds like a good title for a new song. Kinda like Video Killed The Radio Star. :) Somebody pass me the hair gel, will ya. :)
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Can Zune kill the iPod?[^] Whoever is in charge of naming Microsoft products needs to get their 3rd Formal Letter of Warning and then be sacked.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
So, what happened to Urge?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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So, what happened to Urge?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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So, what happened to Urge?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Urge
Isn't that Microsoft + MTV's answer to iTunes? I wonder if it will be any good.
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As it was a scurge.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Paul Watson wrote:
Urge
Isn't that Microsoft + MTV's answer to iTunes? I wonder if it will be any good.
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)
~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
Microsoft + MTV ? it'll start out as being 'all about the music'. after two years it'll be all game shows about music. in another year, it'll be all game shows and celebrity gossip.
Let's execute on the customer-facing market-driven swim-lane paradigm!
