iPhone turning heads among the Zune crowd

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Microsoft recently confirmed it has sold just over a million Zunes - but recent research says most Zune owners rue the day they ever dipped into their pocket to pick one up, with 70 per cent of Zune owners planning to ditch the device in favour of an iPod or iPhone just as soon as they can.

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I predicted this in January, but I feel certain now: The next iPod will include a healthy dose of the iPhone's visual DNA. If you're thinking of buying a new iPod this summer, show some patience. Before the holidays, we'll see an iPod with a much bigger screen that uses touch controls. Apple is overdue for a new top-of-the-line iPod.

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Apple may be ready to not only bring wireless file sharing to the iPhone and iPod but could affect Microsoft's Zune as well, according to the details of a newly publicized patent. The filing would allow fully mobile devices such as cellphones and MP3 players to automatically discover each other on a local network, similar to the way the Zune can r...

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The symbiosis between the industry and Steve Jobs is likely to continue, but the Universal Music move signals resentment over his rigidity in pricing and proprietary management software.

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News that the Universal Music Group would no longer guarantee Apple access to its coming releases could shake up the digital music business.

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The record label sours on iTunes. Plus: Google buys a phone company, Microsoft fixes your XBox, and Apple quietly releases some kind of phone or something.

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A reported tiff between the label and Apple could signal a new negotiating stance.

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It's shaping up as a good news, bad news kind of week for Steve Jobs. On the plus side, he's launched the popular modestly-featured smartphone ever. (I can't say I was surprised that the iPhone we were ogling at my office today feels heavier than my trusty Blackberry.) In contrast, it couldn't have come as good news that the world's biggest record company, which has been selling its songs ...

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Universal Music Group is seeking a month-by-month licensing deal with Apple Inc.'s iTunes that would no longer guarantee the online music seller access to all Universal content, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.

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