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Originally posted by Revival160 Regarding profitability, nobody is making money selling music on-line at the moment. Not even iTunes. Apple and Microsoft chose this structure to support sales of a device. And it's all at the customer's expense.

That's what I meant though, it's a close looped system and it worked incredibly for Apple - genius move at the time. It will most likely change in the future but MS playing a huge game of catch up now. Don't think this Zune player is the iPod killer.

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Originally posted by starsearcher That's what I meant though, it's a close looped system and it worked incredibly for Apple - genius move at the time. It will most likely change in the future but MS playing a huge game of catch up now. Don't think this Zune player is the iPod killer.

I agree. Apple has way too much of a head start, and way way too much of the marketshare for this Zune to stand much of a chance.

And really, who designs a brown MP3 player anyway? Sexy.

i dont use my ipod anymore because of how difficult they made it to play your own music. I have an offlabel mp3 player now that essentially acts like its own hard drive when connected to your computer. Also allows for direct input .wav as well as video. Also plays all formats out there.

Way better and actually was cheaper too.

IPOD and Zune

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Originally posted by Jayx1 i dont use my ipod anymore because of how difficult they made it to play your own music.

What are you talking about?! You can put anything you want on an iPod...

Yeah I'm lost too, you sure as hell don't have to use iTunes, never once did I use that festing piece of shit when I used my iPods.

However, my next unit will be a drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer kinda thing. Sandisk Sansa E280 please and thank you

fawk the zune. ghey

so how man zune do you think actually were sold today ???

5 ... maybe 10?

maybe MS screw up and will have to recall most of the zunes like they had to do for the 360 and its over heating problem

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Originally posted by locodawg so how man zune do you think actually were sold today ??? 5 ... maybe 10? maybe MS screw up and will have to recall most of the zunes like they had to do for the 360 and its over heating problem

They were sold for $249 USD @ Best Buy in the states - for a 30Gig player...

Gotta love this ...

"Zune incompatible with Windows Vista"

Apparently, Microsoft has been so focused on getting Zune out the door in time for the mad holiday rush that it hasn't gotten around to supporting the player under its next-generation operating system.

Though seemingly implausible, the screenshot below tells the story (while raising some questions at the same time).

"This operating system is currently not supported by Zune," reads an error message when trying to install Zune software on the latest versions of Microsoft's own Windows Vista operating system.

In an official Zune support document, Microsoft, which will begin selling Vista to business customers in two weeks, confirms that the system "is not supported at this time."

And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper. It's the official installer backdrop chosen by the Redmond, Wash. folks to appear for each and every customer who installs a Zune.

"We really have the foundation here to ship more and more opportunity to enjoy entertainment experiences,'' Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer explained in an interview with Bloomberg earlier in the day.

In a Q&A session with BusinessWeek last month, Ballmer offered similar sentiments on the wireless capabilities of his company's new digital media player.

"I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.


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Originally posted by locodawg Gotta love this ... "Zune incompatible with Windows Vista" Apparently, Microsoft has been so focused on getting Zune out the door in time for the mad holiday rush that it hasn't gotten around to supporting the player under its next-generation operating system. Though seemingly implausible, the screenshot below tells the story (while raising some questions at the same time). "This operating system is currently not supported by Zune," reads an error message when trying to install Zune software on the latest versions of Microsoft's own Windows Vista operating system. In an official Zune support document, Microsoft, which will begin selling Vista to business customers in two weeks, confirms that the system "is not supported at this time." And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper. It's the official installer backdrop chosen by the Redmond, Wash. folks to appear for each and every customer who installs a Zune. "We really have the foundation here to ship more and more opportunity to enjoy entertainment experiences,'' Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer explained in an interview with Bloomberg earlier in the day. In a Q&A session with BusinessWeek last month, Ballmer offered similar sentiments on the wireless capabilities of his company's new digital media player. "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said. Source

Yea I saw the article too. I also wet my pants a little and needed to be knocked out cold to stop the laughing and start breathing again.

That's gold...typical MSFT scenario isn't it?

On another note, anybody see that shit today about the Zune being a repacked Toshiba Gigabeat with wifi?

This is Zune's new AD Campaign. Click on the link to see the new commerical. One of the oddest commercials I've ever seen. Its so cute and so gross at the same time. I want one of those eyeball guys never mind a Zune.

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Directed by tokyoplastic at Picasso Pictures Picasso Pictures' directors tokyoplastic transport you to the far reaches of their extraordinary imaginations with this beautifully surreal spot for Microsoft Zune. �Eyes� forms part of a major launch campaign from pioneering US agency 72andSunny, and tells a simple story with the pivotal message being, it�s good to share. We open on an eyeless creature staggering around an ethereal dreamscape with only his sense of smell for guidance. He suddenly picks up an irresistible scent and finds himself confronted by an unexpected companion � a friendly giant of many eyes. This big generous fella�s heart goes out to the directionless creature and he shares with him one of his many eyes. Even though the creatures are somewhat alien in design tokyoplastic were keen to give them a humanistic quality � this was achieved through the realism in their movement and the hyper-real skin texturing. The sense of surrealism and dreamlike quality was further enhanced by the marvellous ambient sound design created by tokyoplastic and the kooky beats of �Mi Confession� by Gotan Project. Agency creatives Jason Norcross and Bryan Rowles commented �tokyoplastic were perfect for this story because of their amazing ability to develop odd and surprising characters that are also somehow fun and approachable. Their style and attention to detail is also phenomenal so, for the most part, once we had the character designs and shape of the story locked, we tried to just let them do what they do.� This animation forms part of the Zune Artists programme which reaches out to known and unknown artists to collaborate on sharing and friendship stories � All work can be seen at www.zune-arts.net Credits: Client: Product: Title: Length: Production Company: Directors: Producer: Exec. Producer: Agency: Creative Director: Creative Director: Creatives: Agency Producer Sound Design: Music: Microsoft Zune Eyes 45 seconds Picasso Pictures tokyoplastic Claire Tredgett Richard Price 72andSunny John Boiler Glenn Cole Jason Norcross & Bryan Rowles Sam Baerwald tokyoplastic 'Mi Confession�, Gotan Project

Wow!!

Lil' guy is immensely phallic.... (looks like a cock for those of you not familiar with the latin)

Very bizarre commercial but makes me want a Zune even more...

Eye pods.

Get it?

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Originally posted by English Rachel Wow!! Lil' guy is immensely phallic.... (looks like a cock for those of you not familiar with the latin) Very bizarre commercial but makes me want a Zune even more...

ur such a pervert rach!

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