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I'm so proud of you guys!!! You finally managed to write a Zune article that doesn't use the phrase "OMFG ZUNE SUCKS!!! KTHANKX!!!!"

Maybe one day we'll see an article that actually doesn't counterpoint any positive from the Zune with a bunch of Apple fanboydium. ;-)


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no, they each bought 333,333 of them. Bill gates has the other one ;-)]]>May 28th 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
]]>May 28th 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/"Think Different" as Apple likes to say.

Plus the scratch resistant surface, larger screen, and better looking interface don't hurt either. ]]>May 28th 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
It remains to be seen if Microsoft has stimulated market growth (by selling Zunes on top of the current market numbers plus a reasonable growth rate) or has taken marketshare from Apple/Creative and the like. I suspect it is largely the latter of the two.

Running OS X I'm completely tied to iPod, and if Apple decides to rest on their laurels, I'm sunk. Hopefully this will mean that the next iPod raises the bar once more (and the damn battery life).]]>May 28th 2007 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 29th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
i would get one myself but the device is still too big and battery life is too bad. hoping the second gen improves that.]]>May 28th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
They've got to play to their strength. And consumer appeal and hipness is not a MS strength. Not while Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are running it. These two are the alpha and beta males of ubergeekdom. They can never be as cool and hip as Steve Jobs. Can you imagine anyone of them successfully building a Pixar. No, of course not! They've got to stick to the staid, boring, but still profitable world of nuts and bolts, low-glamour, high-function software.]]>May 28th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
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Wow.. that's great math over in Redmond..
You guys are eating so much dust it's a joke.

This is what it's like to COMPETE boys. Enjoy.]]>May 28th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
Since receiving the shuffle as a Christmas gift, I haven't touched my HD-based iPod and thus hadn't considered Zune. And since Zune falls short on wireless (a feature a lot of people would like!) and since it doesn't play games, what's the point? It's just an iPod clone that is about equal to the price of an iPod, but has a bigger screen. Big whoop.

My only frustrating experience with Apple is their iTunes software. It sucks. I hate having to drag and drop an item into the library before I can copy it to the iPod. Seems redundant. And there is an odd problem with the flash model. I rebuilt my computer and lost iTunes, so when you plug your shuffle into the computer, it forces you to erase all your music!! What!?!? Why can't I just leave the music on the shuffle and add more? Same thing happens if you try to use the Shuffle on two computers-- won't work. You can only "sync" with one system, and if you try your shuffle on another system, it'll force you to erase all your music off the shuffle before you can add music. Frustrating. By the way, this problem doesn't happen with the HD model.]]>May 28th 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
And, to everyone else: I agree that there are not one million Zune users out there. There are one million sold to big box stores, but not to users.]]>May 28th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
Also I did find software for the iPod that allows you to drag and drop directly to the iPod. I just wish Apple's software would have given you that as a option. Why not treat it like a removable storage device?

And I think that's my issue with iTunes. It's not flexible enough.

If Microsoft came through with a better Zune, that has better software (which I can't imagine them doing any worse), at an affordable price, I would have no issue with switching from iPod to something else.

It's just that right now, I'm really liking the 2nd generation shuffle, because of it's size and ability to store a lot of music. I also like the Apple earbuds, which brings me to another point-- why aren't the SAME white earbuds that come with every iPod also sold as an accessory?! You can only buy the in-ear buds from Apple, which I found that I didn't like. Apple is weird in that respect.]]>May 28th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
Now if I bypass iTunes and use a third party product, I can drag and drop a song directly onto the iPod.]]>May 28th 2007 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
I bought my zune in Feb. and a buddy of mine bought one last month. Since I convinced him that its better then the ipod (IE: bigger screen, better UI, FM radio)
The only thing that could make a Zune2 for attractive for me, is to let it accept a lot more video codecs (this included divx/xvid) and in addition to the FM, and AM radio to it as well, I'm tired of all these player not having AM capability!]]>May 28th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
There are many different kinds of iPods. (Nanos, 4G, Video, Video v2, Nano G2, Shuffle, Shuffle G2, etc.) Out of them, only a few are HD based.]]>May 28th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
10% of the HD players in the 30GB range...

Which is basically saying we're honing in on a VERY small submarket of the iPod to claim a large victory.]]>May 30th 2007 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
The answer for me? Absolutely not.]]>May 28th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
At least, according to this article. I've seen them out and about a few times, so I can believe it. Plus, the guys at Target were totally talking them up to me (unsolicited) for whatever reason....

;)]]>May 28th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/and i hate the subject till the bottom of my soul!!!
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I hope to see Zune increase the sales to 5 Million in the next 6 months!]]>May 28th 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
give a year or two, we'll see
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100 iPods sold
1 million Zunes sold

Zunes supposably now make up 10% of the HARDDRIVE based DAP. Not all iPods are harddrived based, as there are flash based ones. ]]>May 28th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
Yeah I can go 1900x1200 on my laptop, but I rather look at 1900x1200 on my 20" monitor. Everything is bigger and clearer.

Who's the one getting fooled again?]]>May 28th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
I personally love my Zune a bit more than my ipod. I mean if you would just try it for once (and not the yucky way the retailers display their stuff) in real life, it's really good as it is. It can use a whole lot more, but for what it is, it's really great. It's like how some of you Apple users like to say, that if you actually try using macs, you'll like them (even though I did, didn't like them, but still bought one for just media work). So just try it instead of listening to reviews and tons of stuff that are dependent on the bias, or just the thoughts of the reviewer. People should try things on their own. And if you try the Zune yourself, you might really like it.]]>May 28th 2007 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
That would mean about 90 million iPods sold are flash based, which I am having a hard time believing.]]>May 28th 2007 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
That doesn't mean there are 100 million people walking around with iPods -- just that there are that many sold in total whether it be to new customers or as replacements for old ones.

The number 100 million does not determine current market share in the same way that my old Tandy with Windows 3.1 from ten years ago doesn't determine the current Windows market share.]]>May 28th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 28th 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/May 29th 2007 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/28/microsoft-sells-one-million-zunes/
Maybe the Zune will light a fire under their butts in Cupertino and make them release the damn widescreen iPod already....
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