A report from Bloomberg says that Microsoft is putting an end to their hardware music player, the Zune, after years of struggling to get a significant market share over Apple's iPod. MS announced the Zune back in 2006 and will no longer be selling them this year {via}. Had a Red Zune and a Zune HD before (and loved them both) especially the wireless synching on the Zune HD. The Zune player (software and service) is still alive though and is incorporated in Windows Phone 7. Microsoft will bring together Xbox Live games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone. Actually, they've lifted a lot of the design and UI from the Zune HD. And as someone who've been using the Zune HD and enjoyed the interface, I can say that it will be pretty interesting how it will work out as a phone UI. It will also be interesting to see if Microsoft can push its Zune Marketplace to match even that of the Android Market or the iTunes App Store. Read more in our articles including "Goodbye Zune Player!" and "New Windows Mobile 7 looks Zune-y".
A report from Bloomberg says that Microsoft is putting an end to their hardware music player, the Zune, after years of struggling to get a significant market share over Apple's iPod. MS announced the Zune back in 2006 and will no longer be selling them this year {via}.
Had a Red Zune and a Zune HD before (and loved them both) especially the wireless synching on the Zune HD. The Zune player (software and service) is still alive though and is incorporated in Windows Phone 7. Microsoft will bring together Xbox Live games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone.
Our coverage of zune includes: "Goodbye Zune Player!"; "New Windows Mobile 7 looks Zune-y"; "New Zune HD to pack NVidia Tegra". Each article provides unique insights and information.