Blog: Microsoft's Zune killed the PlaysForSure initiative, and now Samsung is striking out with its own music store.

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It is neither unreasonable nor inoffensive to suggest that students use the new music downloading service, Ruckus.

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LOS ANGELES, CA Monday Feb.26.2007 /netmusiccountdown.com/ -- Several companies are following in the footsteps of Microsoft's Zune, and coming out with their own versions of Wi-Fi equipped digital audio players.

Among those jumping on the wi-fi bandwagon are Sandisk, iRiver, Archos, Polaroid, and AOL.

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Devices from AOL, iRiver, and Sandisk will let you acquire tunes without a PC.

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Tiernan Ray submits: Interesting post on ComputerWorld by David Haskins on the implications for RealNetworks Rhapsody music download service, and other online music vendors, as a result of Microsofts introduction of the Zune music player.

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Despite the hype surrounding its launch, Microsoft's Zune player currently remains a minnow in the music player market. A recent Reuters survey even explains that while 80 per cent of consumers would choose an iPod from a list of music players, Zune has managed to scrabble its way into the affections of 7 per cent of those asked.

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"By way of Cory Doctorow, comes a pointer to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's take on Microsoft's new Zune: a brand that has broken ranks with the Redmond-based company's previous digital rights management (DRM) strategy that attempted to establish an ecosystem of compatibility (under the name "PlaysForSure") between content merchants (ie: AOL, Yahoo, Amazon, etc.), the copy protection on

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Microsoft's new Zune device doesn't work with existing music services affiliated with the company's own Windows Media "PlaysForSure" initiative -- complicating matters for the Microsoft partners that have been banking on that effort.

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Microsoft Zune to gain quickly, just not at Apple’s expense; Dell kills its Ditty player; Apple settles with Creative; Samsung phone guns for iPod; SanDisk player doubles nano.

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Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Creative Technology Ltd., whose music players are outsold 10 to one by the iPod in the U.S., gained the most in six years after Apple Computer Inc. said it will pay $100 million to the company to end patent disputes.

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