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September 3rd, 2006, 09:53 AM
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| The Zune Has anyone heard about the Zune yet? Microsoft's answer to portable music, it will probably suffer the same flaws as other Microsoft products - too many features, complicated to use, and, well, too Microsoft. Pictures of it look like the HP iPod - a wheel of some sort, with a separate play and back button. Strangely enough, it follows the same layout as an iPod. Nothing new here. The marketing campaign is unique. It features what could be an 8-year-old's animation of a man petting a rabbit. See: https://www.comingzune.com/. Read more here: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/top/m...une-186359.php What does everyone else think about this?
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#2
September 3rd, 2006, 10:13 AM
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| The hp iPod looked exactly like an iPod, btw., because it _was_ an Apple-built iPod with an hp-logo on the back instead of an Apple logo.
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#3
September 3rd, 2006, 10:16 AM
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| I know that - it's just that I don't know the exact generation of that iPod. I do remember seeing one, though, and it had an HP logo (along with an Apple logo).
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#4
September 3rd, 2006, 01:44 PM
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| Thats soooo Microsoft, too copy everything Apple makes. First Mac OS X, now iPod. Whats next? Will there be an iPC? Like an iMac, but made by Microsoft? They're really crazy.
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#5
September 3rd, 2006, 02:30 PM
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| What the hell was that marketing bit/skit/weirdness? Unique, sure, but there's a limit... I guess I was just weirded out. I almost closed my window in self-consciousness. I've been watching MS copy Apple for years; I guess I'm just used to it. I'm fine with it right now, however, because Apple has launched themselves so far ahead of Microsoft that there's no way MS could even introduce a parallel product. They're just too far behind.
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September 3rd, 2006, 04:26 PM
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| whewwwwww . . . I thought it was just me. I too felt "uncomfortable" watching that. Maybe we both need therapy... I was certain the large ogre was going to eat the little "kid" at one point. And what the hell any of that has to do with a personal music player is beyond me. Did Microsoft learn nothing from Infinity? |
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#7
September 30th, 2006, 10:25 PM
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| Well Microsoft didn't copy the iMac yet but eMachines did http://www.macobserver.com/news/99/a...emachines.html
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September 30th, 2006, 10:33 PM
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