Microsoft cuts $50 from Zune price

[onehandle]

Maybe someone will buy one now.
__________________________

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. slashed $50 from the price of its Zune digital media player Wednesday, just before Apple Inc. announced an iPhone price cut and additions to its market-leading iPod line.

The 30-gigabyte Zune now costs $199, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said on its Zune Insider blog.

"It's part of the normal product life cycle, something we've had on the books for months," wrote Cesar Menendez, a Microsoft employee and Zune Insider blogger.

Zune comes in a handful of colors, but only one hard drive size, while Apple's music players come in a variety of shapes and sizes and account for the vast majority of digital music player sales in the U.S.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zune

[Deja Q]

1. The first company that adds rudimentary PDA functionality might get my money.

Is it really that difficult to add in a touch screen and calendar/alarm reminder capability?

Sheesh, I use my PDA to play MP3s. That's surely good enough?