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Zune Newsletter
  • iPod changed the world in 2001 — before being killed by the iPhone 10 Nov 2025 20:53 GMT

    … first portable MP3 music player. What made the iPod special The iPod was … Microsoft is now best known in this field for the Zune … fact, play on Microsoft devices. And, iPod begat the podcast. … 39;t Microsoft, which limped on with the Zune until late …

  • Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft's first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card 07 Nov 2025 12:42 GMT

    … quite capable microcomputers. So, Microsoft’s first hardware product directly … 1983: Microsoft Mouse 1990s: Further Windows peripherals 2001: Xbox 2006: Zune 2010 … : Windows Mobile phones 2012: Surface 2016: HoloLens Remember, Microsoft only …

  • Why the Zune never killed the iPod 02 Nov 2025 15:18 GMT

    iPod, without ever coming close to actually pulling it off. The Zune … s surprising about the Zune, though? Microsoft made a lot … more than just a music player. Microsoft even made new kinds of … differently. How many more MP3 players deserve their own episodes …

  • Microsoft Bob is still Microsoft's most awkward invention 02 Nov 2025 01:46 GMT

    … Windows Phone, and the Zune. Other Microsoft stinkers are less talked … than a year. Meet Microsoft Bob Microsoft Bob, released in … trickled down into other Microsoft offerings over time, though … Cortana and Copilot. Finally, Microsoft Bob is also indirectly …

  • A History of Failure: Why Is Microsoft so Bad at Hardware? 27 Oct 2025 00:17 GMT

    … known as Microcomputer Software (Microsoft) tried to follow this … the Zune? The Kin? Surface RT? Microsoft Band? Microsoft has dipped … Zune was too little, too late against the iPod and Microsoft … of the hardware. Now, Microsoft is pivoting. It apparently …

  • The AirPods Pro 3 and iPhone 17 are cool, but I really wanted a key new portable music player from Apple – and it’s not an iPod 17 Sep 2025 13:06 GMT

    … music fans’ attention was Apple iPod vs Zune. Sure it was a … in that fight, early on Zune had the technical advantage, with … later models, including the iPod Nano 8GB and iPod Nano (7th Gen … three criteria for a portable music player are that it must work …

  • MP3 players are making a comeback – I tested 15 to find the best 12 Sep 2025 09:04 GMT

    … , office manager of Advanced MP3 Players, an Edinburgh store … ) owner of an imported Microsoft Zune. That might not make … Player Mods specialises in upgrading iPod Classics with optional Bluetooth, … in the days when music player capacities were measured in …

  • RIP to these 5 Microsoft apps 07 Sep 2025 01:20 GMT

    … dead weight. Eventually, Microsoft officially retired Internet Explorer … Zune Music Pass, morphed into Xbox Music, and finally, in 2015, Microsoft … user-friendly move, Microsoft even partnered with Spotify … behind a simple music player that could handle local …

  • Microsoft makes me hate that I love Microsoft products, so I'm making some space 24 Jul 2025 23:07 GMT

    … of years in the Microsoft ecosystem, but Microsoft has made me regret … , Skype, Surface Duo, Cortana, Kinect, Zune — I could go on forever … overhauling, unnecessary cannibalization from overlapping Microsoft projects, inconsistent and unreliable communication …

  • Microsoft yanks its Movies & TV store, ending a 19-year video experiment 24 Jul 2025 14:40 GMT

    … service that started as Zune Marketplace in 2006. It … Microsoft’s ecosystem. Other recent Microsoft news – The decision follows Microsoft … of streaming giants dominating, Microsoft chose to quit the … aren’t getting refunds. Microsoft argues that playback still …

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