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Microsoft putting Zune to bed

Quite a few reports of Microsoft putting an end to development of their Zune device. A shame really as it was actually a very good piece of hardware.

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5 comments:

johnnyg0 said...

They say they would use the tech in WP7, so its not a complete loss.

Timothy said...

What "tech" are you referring to, and what do you mean it's not a "complete loss"?

Anonymous said...

Another disappointing and fairly predictable fail...

Anonymous said...

i thought it had died 3 month after release...

johnnyg0 said...

@Timothy

All the research made for the Zune went in the WP7 development (both in software and hardware, I don't know many companies who would simply throw it away years of research), which is good since the interface was great and a lot of people liked it.

Of course it never was as popular as the ipod, but they still sold a few millions of them.

.. but now guess what, it might not be dead after all : http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/microsoft-says-zune-isnt-exactly-dead-that-it-doesnt-want-to/