Surface is, according to Canalys, doomed to the same fate as the Zune media player.
Microsoft also added new colors--blue-and-silver and black--and new storage capacities to its Zune lineup.
Zune owners can share that card with friends or post it to a social networking site.
" He concludes that the "Zune is long on ideas, but may be short on time.
The Zune HD will feature wi-fi access for downloading as well as a web browser.
The Zune supports WMV only, no DivX, no XviD, no H.264 -- basically nothing we use.
Jobs derided the delays it takes to share with a Zune, suggesting people just swap ear buds.
Articulate a strategy to extend WP7 beyond phones to tablets and media players, such as its Zune.
Microsoft paid to debut each season exclusively on Xbox Live, the Zune Video Marketplace and MSN Video.
The Zune music player is still kicking, and comes with more social networking features than the iPod.
The prices announced for Zune HDs were initially markedly lower than Apple's selling price for comparably-sized iPods.
As we've learned over the past 72 hours, Microsoft is clearly changing its approach to the Zune.
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You can rent movies on Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, but you can't watch them on the Zune.
What they weren't digging so much was how "big and clunky" the Zune is compared with an iPod.
Surprisingly, CNET says that Microsoft has killed the ability to "squirt" DRM-crippled music directly between Zune users.
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There's also what looks like some new Zune marketplace images in the Zune pass video around ten seconds in.
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SanDisk didn't even attempt to go head-to-head with Apple's flagship hard-drive iPod player, as Microsoft did with the Zune.
The company failed to do the same with Zune, an ill-fated MP3 player.
Wi-fi may also crop up in new MP3 players, following the lead of SanDisk's Sansa Connect and Microsoft's Zune.
Microsoft, of course, possesses huge amounts of cash and can absorb Zune startup costs for a long, long time.
Hot diggity, pink Zune on a Mac, can you get any more esoteric?
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Meanwhile, Microsoft vice president Peter Moore promised games for his company's Zune MP3 player within the next 18 months.
The problem, is that dedicated Zune hardware is pretty much restricted to the US and Canada at the moment.
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The Zune also has a radio receiver for both analogue and digital radio.
In 2008, some of Microsoft's Zune music players froze on Dec. 31 because they couldn't adjust to a 366th day.
Microsoft has quite a bit in store for the Zune faithful with its new Zune version 2.5 software update.
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Also, because the Connect, unlike the Zune, is not shy about using its WiFi, battery life can take a beating.
Zauri, the sample space shooter game demoed today, uses the Zunepad, thus wouldn't work (as well) on a Zune 30.
If you want to get down with the new Zune player it's impossible not to notice the new Zune desktop software.
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Microsoft launched Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm apps for Xbox Live this week, as well as its Zune Video HD instant-streaming service.
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