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9 cze 2020 · Save for its strange design choices and clunky build, the Zune was a quality MP3 player, which were in high demand in the mid-2000s. So why was it such a colossal failure?
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26 paź 2012 · First, it didn’t fail because it was a terrible product. The HD, at least, is a perfectly fine device, in some ways a great one. If you purchased one over the iPod Touch back in 2009,...
18 cze 2022 · Former Microsoft Entertainment & Devices (E&D) Division president Robbie Bach explained back in 2012 that the Zune's fate boiled down to multiple factors, including launching the product too...
Starting with the Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO mid 2010, the Zune music services and features from the Zune HD became available on Microsoft's mobile phones. Shortly following the failure of the KIN line, Windows Phone 7 released and included the same Zune music app that was present on KIN.
15 cze 2022 · Microsoft, which was reportedly unhappy with the Zune’s levity-inducing appearance in 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2, seems it would rather you just forget the whole thing. A Microsoft...
16 lut 2021 · Microsoft officially discontinued the Zune in 2012, two years after the release of the lackluster Zune HD 64.
17 wrz 2015 · It's been an unnecessarily slow, cruel death for Zune. Microsoft's music service—which lets Zune hardware users stream and download tracks—was left to wither on the vine and quietly die.
