Zune: Shiny New Turd Hits Same Price-Point As iPod

Zune

Shiny New Turd Hits Same Price-Point As iPod

Though these figures have been rumored for a while, Microsoft has officially set a price and a release date for Zune, its late-to-the-game media-player: A 30GB model will be out Nov. 14th, with a price tag of $249.99. The Zune store will sell songs for 99 cents, and there's also a subscription-service option for $14.99 a month. And for approximately $1, you can buy a pack of ALF puffy stickers on eBay, which will allow you to cover up the device's hideous color scheme.

Microsoft to Charge $249.99 for Zune Player, Due Out in November [AP]

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11:44 AM on Thu Sep 28 2006
By Brian Raftery
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by Catbirdseat at 10:52 AM on 09/28/06
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Can we just skip the whole Comments argument about "Zune vs Ipod," "Microsoft vs Apple," this time? Or at least just program some 'bots to do it for us?
by PurduePaul at 11:03 AM on 09/28/06
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Zune: crappy name, crappier packaging.

Memo to Bill: When trying to come up with something that you want to destroy a force of culture, make it aestetically pleasing and it might work.
by thebingo at 11:49 AM on 09/28/06
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FM Tuner...does anyone listen to regular old radio anymore?
by Nicolars at 12:07 PM on 09/28/06
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With that crappy earth tone color scheme, you'd think it was a portable 8 track player.
by shelo at 12:07 PM on 09/28/06
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I hate the term "price-point". What's wrong with just "price"?
by waffles at 03:37 PM on 09/28/06
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I have to hold it sideways to watch stuff? What the Hell? I'll stick with my Dell DJ and it's two colors. It plays music, everything an MP3 player should do.
by Major Tom at 06:06 PM on 09/28/06
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I say if you're going to go with brown, take it all the way and make it wood-grain. That would do it for me!