Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
The new Zune MP3 player brought excitement to the MP3 player market. But apparently Zune sales are not so good, and the fact that iTunes was clogged with four times as many consumers this Christmas compared to last Christmas tells you something about who is going to be king for a while.
Consumers who [...]
More details on Zune’s interface and features: nice write-up from the iLounge guys:
The big question being asked around these parts right now is whether Zune has any feature so compelling that it can really rival the iPod juggernaut. Right now, the feeling is that Microsoft may have gotten a few things closer to right than [...]
“Zune: what we know, think we know, and don’t yet know”: ...and there goes our own lengthy post on Zune wasted (it was already written and scheduled to go live this week). This is the best wrap-up on Zune so far.
Two MS employees working on the Zune project are talking about it on their blogs: [...]
According to a WSJ story (registration req. to read the article—ATRACLife has republished it), Sony admitted to reporters they failed to meet the initial sales target for their new line of models introduced over the past year. Sony president Ryoji Chubachi, who was quoted saying “We miscalculated with the Walkman”, declined to point out a [...]