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I have been a loyal Zune/XBOX customer for years and now looking to replace my 8gb Zune that I've had for 4 or 5 years and cannot find a Zune HD anywhere. Since it's been discontinued Amazon has jacked up the price of a new one. I honestly think that Zune is far superior to Ipod in the MP3 department. Now I'm gonna be forced to buy an Ipod Touch. I kinda feel betrayed by Microsoft.
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Hi Zombie79,
Thank you for your question and your concern. I believe the answer can be summed up with in the first sentence of the press release, "...going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy, and that we will no longer be producing Zune players". We appreciate and share your feelings regarding the Zune device, however we have decided to move forward with a new strategy and we hope that we will be able to get you back on board soon.
Cheers!
robert
I fully understand Microsoft's point of strategy going forward with the Zune phone lineup. I own a Zune HD, got it as soon as it came out and I have to admit. It is a beautiful mp3 player which I enjoy very much. I am sad to hear that they will no longer be offering it as a stand alone product which I honestly think it had great potential for success. Great success doesn't happen over night and maybe their decision to pull out of the mp3 player market was to soon, but I honestly think the Zune HD is a great product. I bigger Zune HD would have been a huge hit, plus opening it up to developers would have been even a greater hit. It is to bad they made that decision. Hopefully the Zune HD 2 will make it's way later on.
thank you
You are mistaking Microsoft for being only a software company. Microsoft is BOTH a hardware and a software company, and has been for quite some time now.
There have been no press releases stating that the iPod will be discontinued like there has been with the Zune.
I would like to add...that because of the way Microsoft handled Zune-I will not be purchasing a Windows phone. It is not that the product is not GREAT -it is. I feel you just can't count on Microsoft to run the whole length of the course.
The following scenarios come to mind:
Phone discontinued
No Apps
Not compatible with my Android tablet
Sorry Microsoft...I am going to have to say NO-Good Luck!
I was fiddling with one of 5 of my Zune HDs last night when I realized how well of an OS the Zune HD OS really is. Its easy to navigate, easy to pick up, the touchscreen is fast very responsive. Quite simply, they got it right on the Zune HD.
I then realized, in the name of forward progress, what it would be like to talk on my phone, surf the net on my phone, run various apps, sync my exchange mailbox in the background on my phone and listen to music on my phone and not get up to 33 hours on 1 charge because Im doing all these tasks on my phone.
wow...
