Zune to be priced at $249 or less?
By Paul Miller 
posted September 20th 2006 10:55AM
posted September 20th 2006 10:55AM
Perhaps those rumors of Microsoft re-jiggering their Zune pricetag after catching wind of the iPod price drop are true after all. Zune team member David Caulton has come out with a word on his Zune blog stating that "Zune won't be undercut on price by iPod," in response to a commenter who stated they'd heard the Zune was going to be pricier than the iPod. It's not exactly explicit, but we're not quite sure how much more strongly he could hint at a $249-or-less Zune price without ripping his NDA to shreds. In fact, David's straight-up statement might be its biggest detractor -- we'd be surprised someone with full-on insider info could actually manage to get out a word like this without a few men in black suites taking him down.[Via PVR Wire]
I'm unclear about something. So I buy a zune... am I forced to use Zune Marketplace or can I use Napster et al with it?
So tell me again why I should get this or an iPod for that matter instead of a Sirius S100 Stiletto?
250-No Way I The GameStop Guy Told Me 280
ALSO AMAZON HAS ONLY A 30GB Version that is UNAVALIBLE- NOTHING ELSE!
Since Microsoft has deep pockets, they should aggressively price the Zune even if they lose money initially just to start developing a user base. I will buy a Zune depending on the price.
$299? No way.....
$250? Maybe......
less than $250? Very likely....
Jayhawk