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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:21 PM Original message |
Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. No its a rechargeable paper weight |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. how do you phase out something no one has? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Like when Sega phased out the Dreamcast. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. If MS were to phase out all it's crappy products, well.... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember an interview with Bill Gates and family... |
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IamK (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. His kids just hire the band when they want to hear a song... |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That isn't true, though. A friend of mine worked for Bill Gates. His daughter had an ipod |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Ze height of irony |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. a guy I knew worked at MS, and he had an iphone (this was years ago when they first came out) |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Another failure by Microflop |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. he's not nearly so bad |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Funny thing about the Zune is that it's really not a bad MP3 player. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It's a great MP3 player |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Microsoft & Apple's "rivalry" is all contrived nonsense. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Future tense? Really? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yeah, really. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Guess apple is the monopoly then. Sad day for consumers. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Monopoly? Every smartphone sold is an MP3 player. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So then you're saying Apple will phase out the ipod soon? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's on its way to obsolescence in a big hurry. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. All true, but there will still be a market for them |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I guess people that don't want to subscribe to mobile phone service are what I like to refer to as |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Same as people who still want to buy cassettes and laserdiscs, I suppose. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yeah but what if you want a good MP3 player? You're not going to get that in |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. my son researched market, chose zune for whatever reason. and is happy with it |
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