Archive for October, 2006

Zune European Launch May Be Delayed Until 2008 (Overclockers Club)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 12:02 pm

DailyTech - "When it comes to Microsoft's Zune music player, Europe is getting the shaft. The player, which is due to launch in the United States on November 14 with a price tag of $249 won't show up in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe until late 2007 at the earliest.

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It pays to share with a Zune after all? (MobileMag)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 11:15 am

Damn it. Quit yanking my chain. Now it turns out that Microsoft just may reward you for sharing tunes with the Zune media player after all, if a recently leaked whitepaper is to be believed.

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Creative takes a hit in battle with iPod (International Herald Tribune)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 9:53 am

Creative Technology on Tuesday reported a wider loss than analysts expected after its music players were outsold 23 to one by Apple Computer iPods in the United States.

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Microsoft Zune Maybe as Late as 2008 (Addict 3D)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 9:27 am

Europe might see the Microsoft Zune player as late as 2008. Hey, there might be a chance Microsoft cancels the Zune by then and Europe never will see it at all.

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Microsoft Zune Maybe as Late as 2008 (I4U)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 7:41 am

Europe might see the Microsoft Zune player as late as 2008. Hey, there might be a chance Microsoft cancels the Zune by then and Europe never will see it at all. These Microsoft Zune Europe plans have been spread by Microsoft’s Media & Alliance ...

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Microsoft moots 2008 for Euro Zune debut (The Register)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 5:22 am

No longer coming Zune... Microsoft's Zune music player and online content store combo is "way off launch" in Europe and the UK, the company has admitted. The "earliest date" it might appear here? The end of 2007, or possibly even 2008, a Microsoft executive has revealed.…

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Xbox Gets 1080p Upgrade for Halloween (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 12:48 am

What does Microsoft's Halloween upgrade to Xbox Live hold in store for gamers?

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Creative, Losing Share to IPods, Has $21 Million Loss (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 10:40 pm

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Creative Technology Ltd. reported its third straight quarterly loss after its music players were outsold by Apple Computer Inc.'s iPods 23 to one in the U.S. The shares fell.

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Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 ready to sing (ZDNet)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 5:42 pm

A week after the company had initially hoped to debut the new jukebox player, it posts a free download of the program.

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Response from a Zunester (Microsoft Employee) (WebProNews)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 4:44 pm

One of my favorite employees at Microsoft was David Caulton. His analysis of various things was always interesting. Here he responds to my post about Microsoft's Zune. He was the guy who showed off Apple's iPod in a meeting I was in. What I mean by conversationality is "will someone who is sitting next to me in the Seattle Airport ask me what that cool new thing I'm wearing is all about?"

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