Zune price officially dropping to $199
By Paul Miller 
posted September 4th 2007 9:19PM
posted September 4th 2007 9:19PM
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Nice, I might get one but I am going to first see what apple is coming out with tomorrow.
I had a funny, but realistic thought here:
What if Engadget wrote an open letter to Microsoft about the Zune like they did with Palm?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/dear-palm-its-time-for-an-intervention/
It'd probably look something like this:
"Microsoft, stop wasting money on the Zune - We all know this isn't going anywhere. And even if it does do alright -- and let's be real, it's never going to do better than alright"
X-D
^ Lame.
^ Fanboy?
How about you don't get one even after you see what Apple has tomorrow? There's so many better players now for under $200
Fanboy? Have you seen the comments I post before? I'm pretty much Apple>M$, but your little thing there ... about M$ ... pretty fucking lame. If you're going to insult M$ ... do it right.
"Fanboy? Have you seen the comments I post before? I'm pretty much Apple>M$, but your little thing there ... about M$ ... pretty fucking lame. If you're going to insult M$ ... do it right."
Oh, so it's a matter of "taste" then? I don't amuse you?
It's a shame because I don't really care what a petty e-tard thinks.
P.S. check your grammar, pls.
You started your sentence with And...
You also used a conditional (if) and never finished it..
CHCK UR GRAMMER PLZ
@ Dan Hubel
"Microsoft, stop wasting money on the Zune - We all know this isn't going anywhere. And even if it does do alright -- and let's be real, it's never going to do better than alright"
^ This is a quote from ENGADGET, and not mine. The only words I edited in were "Microsoft" and "Zune", of course.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/21/dear-palm-its-time-for-an-intervention/
THINK B4 U POST PLZ!
@liquid
they finished their conditional in that post..?
What's better than a Zune for $199 with similar features and equal or bigger storage capacity?
I would love to get my hands on a Zune, but I think I'll wait for the second generation Zune. I'll be buying an 6G iPod straight away, but if it doesn't live up to the rumours (i.e. no touch screen, still a small screen) I'll trade it for 2G Zune the second it comes out..
fanboyism manifests itself in such weird ways. I would hate for microsoft to throw so much money into the zune that they buy their way to the top of the mp3 player market and then fuck everyone over with crappy products a la windows monopoly, but when it comes to game consoles i am happy to buy a m$ subsidized 360, though the same thing could apply to that as well. I guess i just like apple a lot more than sony, and nintendo seems to be doing just fine on its own
Hmm, maybe they got wind of that elusive Apple event tomorrow...
Damn, those are some ugly ass colors! Charge $299, take the addition $100, and go buy a clue about design.
If that photo was the new iPod you would be pitching your tent outside the Mac store right now.
I quite like the design, a lot better than the iPod to be perfectly honest. I own neither, but the look works for me.
Whatever dude! I've barfed colors more vibrant that these. M$ has its head up its ass when it comes to design. Must be where they get the colors.
I like the colors too. Who said vibrant was a measure of good design?
For the record I own two ipods.
I don't think it's healthy to barf colors more vibrant than those...you might want to get that looked at.
I hate to say anything bad about my beloved ipods but excluding the nanos or 2nd gen shuffles the ipods don't come in vibrant colors unless you consider black and white vibrant. I don't much care for the Zune for a number of reasons I won't go into but the color isn't one of them.
as a matter of fact the brown zune has been very highly regarded for its color combo. Check out i.d. magazines review of it.
Man, I didn't even mention the iPod! Get a grip. These colors, whatever your opinions about color being or not being a measure of design, are depressing and f-ugly. They don't need to be neon to be attractive, just something not depressing. Aesthetics play a role in marketing and these just don't do it for me. These don't scream "buy me!", they say to me "don't forget to wipe!".
The only time I ever "pitched a tent" at an Apple store was when I saw the Victoria Secret store next door.
I didn't say you were comparing them to iPods. What I was getting at was that the majority of iPods don't come in vibrant colors and yet they are selling like crazy so colors are the least of the Zunes problems. It's an ok player I guess but I've just gotten spoiled buy my iPod.
because white and silver is so the rage when it comes to design.. oh wait there was also a black one and a pink one too.. wow... such cutting edge design . OMFG I WANT A iPod right now!!! ha uSheep...
Damn! I was thinking they were going to pull a Palm and just freaking cancel it. These are sorry looking devices.
We're not wasting enough money subsidizing the XBox division!
I'm sure that this price drop will cater to people who really want a cheap mp3 player after they see how much the new iPods will cost.. anyway how much will the new iPods cost if they are touchscreen and all that jazz?
If some people complained and yawned at a $100 Zune..
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/13/dell-flub-nets-you-100-zune/
..it'd be hard to imagine anyone getting excited over an official price drop! :-P
Even if the Microsoft Zune screams "mediocrity", I'd still nab one though.. (if I had some leftover cash from Apple's next-gen offerings, of course)! ;-)
Why dont they make mp3 players with optical out anymore?
I'm pretty sure the Zune does have a video out. The Gigabeat S30, which the Zune is based on, does. It's just one and the same with the headphone jack, so you have an extra cable that comes with the thing and has a three (or maybe two) jack AV output on the other side. Again, that's at least how I know the S30 works, I own one.
iRiver iHP120 had optical out a few years ago
optical out is not video out. it is digital audio out.
My fault.
They ought to be breaking even in 3...2...1... never.
Zune still this by left of the quality of the apple Ipod and for 199 is bad bussines
I tried really hard to understand this sentence...I really did.
Meh. With nice storage, and a nice screen, I don't see the problem with the Zune. Yes, its a little bulky, but not too bulky to fit in your pocket. When its in your pocket, whats it matter that it has a touchscreen or a fancy design?
...oh crap, I just said the Zune wasn't horrible. Time to hide.
I like it too, but I'll tell you the problems: GREAT hardware...horrible software, bad support, and the most of all, BAD marketing.
The software's okay I never really had some problems. It does stop responding every now and then. I think the real problem is the lack of support. It has so much potential and MS isnt using any of it. I love my Zune, but it could do much more.
"Its not horrible" - Paul Thurrott
It's not horrible by any stretch - it's just that it's agressively mediocre, especially given its hoopla-laden launch.
Gracias a Engadget.com soy el primero de mi cuadra en enterarme de los nuevos modelos (fake) del iPod
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Apple isn't ostensibly bringing out new iPods, they ARE bringing out new iPods.
Ostensibly would imply that they are hinting at new iPods, but most likely aren't releasing anything new.
and the invite to the event having A. coverflow B. a guy holding an iPod. pretty much means we will see something with the iPod line today
Coincidence? I think not. It wouldn't matter if the zune was free it still is an abysmal product also a couple years late. It's worthless and not to mention it comes in brown.......eck