Tag: Zune
Flash Zune code-named Draco, rumours of sorcery unconfirmed
We’ve covered a lot of the rumours about the new Microsoft Zunes in the works so far, but now word has reached us via Zune Scene that the new flash Zune finally has a name – Draco. The odds of Bill Gates being a closet Harry Potter fan are very slim, so there’s probably another meaning behind the rather-sinister sounding name….
Get your Halo 3 Zune now (if you're in the US)
Oh woe. Woe! Us Brits can’t buy a Zune yet, and it’s still unclear whether we’ll be able to this side of Christmas. For those of us who think Microsoft’s personal media player could – eventually – provide some much-needed competition for Apple’s iPod, the ongoing delay in bringing Zune across the Atlantic is frustrating.
Microsoft Zune gets a US price cut
Us Europeans haven’t even got our hands on Microsoft’s Zune player yet, and Americans are already getting money off the thing. Bah.
New Tech Digest hero: Microsoft Zune tattoo man
If this man weren’t, well, erm…let’s just say an almost complete opposite to George Clooney, I’d profess my undying love of him and launch a world-wide manhunt to marry him. Instead, I’ll simply give him the accolade of being our new Tech Digest hero. Tattooing yourself with Nintendo graphics? So November-2006-launch-of-Wii. Tattooing yourself with the logo for Microsoft’s Zune, an MP3 player which has only…
Microsoft Zune may still come to Europe this year
Well, maybe. Perhaps. Depending on the right conditions. Hmm, following reports last week that Microsoft’s Zune won’t be out in Europe until 2008, the company has moved swiftly to rebut the claims, without giving any clear indications of when we’ll see the digital music player on this side of the Atlantic.
Microsoft's Zune not coming to UK until 2008?
That hefty piece of plastic we’ve been eyeing off for months now just keeps on blowing in the wind, as Bob Dylan would say. The US have had it since November 2006, and it’d been confirmed UK and Europe would be receiving it come Winter this year…until our good friend at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, reportedly told a German publication it’d been pushed back until 2008.
The reason behind this horror of horrors? According to the interview Ballmer gave the German publication Wirtschafts Woche, it’s due to the fact that the Zune is still to prove itself to Microsoft as a cash-cow….
Microsoft collaborates with, uh, Microsoft, to release Halo Zune MP3-player
Microsoft likes to keep things in the family (not suggesting anything there folks) hence the release of this Halo-themed Zune. The big ‘Soft actually owns Halo, and with one of the best PR firms working for them, they’ve joined two of their departments together to give us this MP3-player just in time…
Analysts tell Microsoft how to improve Zune's chances of success
Though Microsoft will put on a corporate spin, more independent analysis of their new music player, the Zune, shows that it has captured only a small section of the portable music player market, and has failed to take any of…
Forget iPod woes: now Zune screens crack too, when overcharged
Some Apple fans are having a field day right now, as reports surface of the Zune's screen cracking due to it being left on charge overnight. Engadget reports that "Our tipster's friend conjectures that the lithium ion battery — which…
