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The folks over at Engadget have finally been able to sit down with three Zunes and take some high resolution photographs of the player and the software that accompanies the player. I must say that the Zune does look good, albeit it being a little on the thick side. Although it is appealing and all, I [...] Read more »

If you are like me, and just biting your nails to whether Microsoft’s Zune will be an Ipod-killer (which I hope it to be), then you must read this Engadget article that includes more details and the packaging that the Zune is supposed to come in.
Zune, the odds and ends wrapup - Engadget
Will the Zune [...] Read more »

If you are like me, and just biting your nails to whether Microsoft’s Zune will be an Ipod-killer (which I hope it to be), then you must read this Engadget article that includes more details and the packaging that the Zune is supposed to come in.

Zune, the odds and ends wrapup - Engadget

Will the Zune be able to beat the Ipod. Well maybe it can. Although the Ipod has a well-established image, reputation and customer base, considering how Microsoft did with it’s Xbox, it isn’t completely impossible. Microsoft door-crashed the video game console party with their newbie, Xbox. Although it had to compete against previously established Sony Entertainment and Nintendo, Microsoft did surpisingly well, gaining it’s own chunk of market share, beating out Nintendo.

So when Microsoft releases the Zune, it’s going to get it’s own small chunk on market share, beating out many companies already in the market. By the time the next-gen versions of the Zune come around, it should have gained quite a sizable chunk of the market. After a couple of years, it will have a good chance of beating Ipod.

Now to all you Apple/Ipod fanboys out there, don’t flame or criticize me for my predictions. Not everyone will love the Ipod. I don’t go with mainstream devices because often, the lesser known ones are better. So I guess we will have to wait and see this holiday season whether the Zune will float or swim in the turbulent waters of the MP3 market.

The third in their series of e-dictionaries, the D25 doesn’t sound like it’ll be all that different from the D20, although the subdued black and burgundy design has been replaced by a polished white perhaps meant to fool folks into thinking they’re getting a Nintendo DS. As usual, machine translation has thwarted my best attempts to [...] Read more »

Well Asus has decided to take the plunge into the multimedia, multi-purpose handheld devices market. This new handheld computer from them will feature a 7-inch screen, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR, 802.11a/b/g, fingerprint reader, drive options up to 60GB, and an anemic 900MHz Celeron M ULV. There has been no official release date or price announced [...] Read more »

 
Such stories like this one always give me a good laugh. Isn’t it great how our youth is being brought up? Fourteen year old Shannon Derrik has filed a lawsuit against her (now former) friend Stephanie Eick for losing her IPod. The suit has been filed in Wheaton, Illinois. It seems that Shannon made the [...] Read more »

Yes, you read the title right. Microsoft is following Apple’s path in creating a portable MP3 player called the Zune to compete with Apple’s IPod. Not many details were released, however it is speculated that the device will also be capable of playing videos. Unlike IPod and ITunes which are separate services/products that can connect [...] Read more »

“Seagrand’s amazingly small, 24mm square, X-Cute (XC090) MP3/WMA player will go on sale March 23. Just make sure not to drop it in your morning coffee, as the picture seems to suggest. Two models will be available, a 256MB and a 512MB and prices are currently listed as open price.”
Read on at Akibalive.
Now this is [...] Read more »