We’ve long awaited the Zune Marketplace’s availability to the rest of the world and it appears a Marketplace update is in the works again, only this time it will give Zune a strong chance to gain commercial foothold. Arstechnica discovered two job postings from Microsoft. One involves what has already been mentioned… We’re Zune Services and today [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
While Apple is enjoying the stock market limelight after beating Wall Street expectations, Microsoft is reporting a decline in Zune revenue to the tune of $100 million compared to last year or about 54%. Microsoft may be thinking it’s about time to rethink Zune as a platform for hardware and content business. The social isn’t [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 11, 2008
Microsoft’s announcement couldn’t have come at a better time. After being out of mainstream news for quite some time, Zune is finally back in the front pages of technology news. Released in November 2006, Zunes have been selling modestly and have finally reached the 2 million-unit mark. Since Q1 2007, Zune has actually moved up [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 24, 2007
Microsoft’s Zune may be the king of Black Friday sale on the portable media player category, but Asus is absolutely rocking the laptop category. In places such as Taiwan, US and Hong Kong, Asus Eee PC is sold out as soon as it appears on the market. California’s 4th largest school district – the Fresno Unified [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 4, 2007
Bringing true convergence a step closer, Broadcom has begun sampling its BCM2727 chip, which uses the VideoCore III processor that was developed in-house. The chip can handle up to 144 million pixels per second, allowing 720p HD video playback and camera resolution of up to 12MP. Aside from being 3D-capable, the BCM2727 can also encode [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Who doesn’t love an awesome product makeover? Microsoft just revamped the new Zunes and they’ve made a lot of interesting changes and additions. Here’s what’s in store for you in the Zune 2.0 lone up: Hard Drive Zunes The hard drive Zune is called the Zune 80 and, not surprisingly, it holds 80GB of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Beside that sleekified Zunes, Microsoft has added two new things for the Zune ecosystem that will improve user experience. Most important is the addition of DRM-free music in the Zune Marketplace. Microsoft will make over a million DRM-free MP3 songs initially. Podcasts and videos will also be available via the Market Place. No details [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 9, 2007
Creative Technology Ltd. reports a wider fourth-quarter loss due to competition from Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune. From $12.7 million, the net loss in the three months (ended June 30) grew to $19.3 million. Sales fell 28% to $165.2 million. The market has always been marked by intense competition but what Creative needs [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 22, 2007
Beginning this week, we’ll be summarizing the top portable media player news for the entire seven days. We’ll also be adding a short commentary in case you don’t want to bother clicking all the links below. This week’s PMP news has been dominated by Apple’s iPhone and Microsoft’s Zune. Zune has officially reached the one million [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 20, 2007
Microsoft ended the fiscal year June 2007 with 51 billion in revenues and, officially now, a million Zunes sold. Zuneinsider reports the actual number is 1.2 million Zunes. One million and two-hundred thousand Zunes beat Microsoft expectations by .2 million. Often maligned as lacking in style, Zune offers a bigger screen than any current iPod [...]
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