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News: Microsoft announces lower Zune pricing
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Microsoft has announced that it will be dropping the prices of its Flash-based Zune players ahead of the holiday shopping season, increasing their competitiveness with Apple’s iPod nanos. The price cuts will see the company’s 4GB Zune drop to $99, the 8GB model cut from $149 to $139, and the 16GB model drop from $199 to $179. Despite the fact that these price cuts put the 8GB and 16GB models lower than their iPod nano counterparts, Zune marketing director Adam Sohn said the cuts were not meant as a direct challenge to Apple, but instead to “ensure hopefully we have a good ...
That’s Not a Lump of Coal in Your Stocking, Honey. It’s a Zune!
Digital Daily —
... Microsoft (MSFT) is adapting its Zune digital music player to the “realities of the market”–those created by recent turmoil in the economy, as well as the harsher ones created by Apple’s (AAPL) iPod juggernaut. It’s slashing prices across the Zune line in the hopes of protecting holiday sales. ...
Microsoft discounts Zunes in desperate bid to increase anemic sales
MacDailyNews —
... from both sides,' Sohn said." MacDailyNews Take: We think you're nuts and you ought to get a real job. "Zune Marketing Director," puleeze. You either have the worst marketing job this side of "Arctic Refrigerator Salesman" or your job performance is the worst in CE history (outside of the guy who was responsible for peddling Dell's long-defunct DJ Dittys) - unless your job was to create a one-word synonym for "abject failure," in which case we apologize. Job well done! Full article here . MacDailyNews Note: In the time it took you to read this article, Apple sold more iPods ...
Microsoft Cutting Zune Prices, Attempting to Stay Relevant?
Technologizer —
... CNET’s Ina Fried has the details on an announcement to come from Microsoft on Wednesday which would cut prices of its Zune players by as much as 25 percent. While Ms. Fried seems to infer that has to do with tougher economic conditions — it very well may be — lets face it: Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant in the digital music space. After much chest-thumping surrounding the release of its flash-based players, the sector of the market where an overwhelming majority of players are sold, there still is no evidence that Redmond is gaining any traction with consumers. ...
Flash Zunes Get Cheaper Tomorrow [Zune]
Gizmodo —
Following up Zune 3.1 and this new TV spot, Microsoft's going to announce price cuts across the board for its flash Zunes tomorrow. Not drastic or desperate, but nice, solid drops: The 4GB model will fall to $100, 8GB will go for $140 ($10 off) and 16GB for $180, down from $200, making them all cheaper than the equivalent iPod nano capacities ('cept on Amazon). Perfect if you don't like sharp corners. [Cnet] ...
Microsoft to cut prices on the Zune starting tomorrow
Gadgetell —
Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Video, Portable Video
Microsoft sure has been busy with their Zune lately. First, they announce a new 3.1 software update which includes a few free games and now they are set to cut prices on the Zune.
The price cuts aren’t jaw-dropping, but they are pretty nice, nonetheless. Price cuts around the holiday season might just do the trick to persuade some potential PMP buyers to go with the cheaper Zune. The 4GB version’s price goes down to $99. Meanwhile, the 8GB model goes from $149 to $139. The last model, the 16GB ...
Linkpost | 11.19.2008
TechBlog —
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Microsoft drops Zune prices, updates software
Boy Genius Report —
Microsoft is turning up the heat a bit as part of its holiday plans, and likely in an effort to make its digital player option a bit more of a contender. Firstly, Microsoft has dropped the prices on three Zune models - the 4 GB version is now $99, the 8 GB version drops to $139 and the 16 GB version has dropped $20 to $179. These price drops have already taken effect here in the US and Canada will enjoy the same retail drop on Friday. Beyond pricing, Microsoft has also updated Zune software to version 3.1. The update brings a variety of stability improvements along with three new games and the addition of multiplayer mode to an existing game. ...
Can a price cut, TV ad give Zune a lift?
Between the Lines —
November 19th, 2008 Can a price cut, TV ad give Zune a lift? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:30 am Categories: General , Entertainment , Apple , Microsoft , Retail , Economy Tags: Software , Advertisement , Microsoft Zune , TV , Tools & Techniques , Digital Music , Digital Media , Management , Personal Technology , Consumer Electronics This holiday season, if you can’t afford an iPod, will you consider a Zune ? Microsoft is announcing a price cut today to its flash-based Zune models: $99 for the 4GB model, $139 for the ...
