Comments on: Zune slashes price $50, still no one cares

By: los

los — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:07:55 +0000

you guys must have remembered the first ipod and the first version of itunes… how GREEEEEEEEEAT it was… NOT

zune has closely done what the xbox did… come out of nowhere… and produce something useable.. sure with lots of flaws… but how many versions of the ipod came out before everyone when nuts… 4?

By: JJLO

JJLO — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:24:35 +0000

Slow and buggy sounds like the rest of software created by ms. Any player that comes out has to have a leg up on the ipod to even compete. Maybe what needs to happen is to go for a niche. Maybe build a better ipod mini or shuffle as a start. In any case the zune has had its 15 minutes in the sun…or moon.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:43:20 +0000

The Zune isn’t a terrible product.
It’s stable, the hardware is solid (and secure), plus the sound quality is excellent.
I personally noticed a sound quality difference between the Zune and the iPod when I tested them. :-/

Nonetheless, the Zune Software is terrible. It is slow, buggy, and very crippled.

I like the Zune, but I hate the idea of a social. Being social with your music is lame. Invite people to your house if you want to share music.

The Zune could be great if it focused on creating a solid user experience with the device, and with the software that is use with the device.

Personally, I miss the Toshiba Gigabeat. :-/

By: jds

jds — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:33:04 +0000

Microsoft should just give these things away for free; then, they could move a couple hundred units.

I messed around with one a friend owns. I thought it was garbage. Don’t laugh, but my Dell DJ is still rocking! YEAH BABY!

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:28:57 +0000

Amen brother sobody need ti knock elstevovo off his pedastal

By: ProfessionalGun

ProfessionalGun — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:30:41 +0000

Microsoft has not been even close to aggressive enough with the Zune. They need to do like Palm did with the Foleo – scrap the current project and take it back to the drawing board. Take another year and give us a well thought product that actually competes. It’s not all bad with the Zune. There are some great things about it in terms of hardware and UI. Microsoft just needs to bring the complete package (software, capacity, un-crippled feature-set.)

I’m all for another great player to hit the market. I don’t care if it’s Microsoft, Creative, iRiver, Archos, Cowon or some unknown company that emerges from out of nowhere – I just want to see someone give Apple something to worry about for a change!

By: hill

hill — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:19:15 +0000

the only thing worse than a zune is another bgr post about it.

By: JHH483

JHH483 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:17:34 +0000

ZUNE SUCKS nobody likes them microsoft, ok? maybe its an ipod mini killer, but who still has one of them?

By: coldcc

coldcc — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:13:45 +0000

There is no way a price drop will affect sales of ipod. Even with zune 2 its still going to be like the first zune and will not compare to the ipod touch.

By: jose

jose — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:01:14 +0000

Haha another lame attempt by M$ to cash in on a crap product. Zune is dead no wait it was DOA.

By: Beerbaron

Beerbaron — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:00:13 +0000

I think the title says it all, no one cares about the zune. Microsoft needs to give up, say uncle and move on!