Sorry for anyone looking for a pro-Microsoft post today, but
Apple just announced those new iPods I was
talking about last night when criticizing the Zune and I’m personally declaring
that the Zune is dead.
On the iPod front, there is one for every budget. New
Shuffle colors (1GB $79), new
iPod nano’s that support audio/video with 24 hour of audio playback on a
charge (4GB - $149, 8GB - $199), new iPod Classic
with audio/video support (80GB - $249, 160GB - $349), and finally iPod
touch (8GB - $299, 16GB - $399) that also will support wireless browsing
and download from the iTunes Store which was one of the biggest problems with
the Zune that launched with WiFi too.
Zune is dead. The only thing that might save it (long shot) is that v2 Zunes launch with a WiFi Zune Marketplace, relaxed music sharing restrictions, built-in Media Center Extender, Media Center-based syncing, a something that Apple has yet to think of (is there anything?)
What are your suggestions to save the Zune? Am I wrong about it being dead? You buying a new iPod? Let me know.
Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/