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Microsoft Still Refusing To Give Up On Zune (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider —
The fat lady's song hasn't played on the Zune yet: Holiday sales of Microsoft's (MSFT) MP3 player may have been down 54% year-over-year, but the company is still insisting it's full steam ahead with the Zune.
Microsoft now says it was the economy, not the player, that killed Zune sales. Via the Seattle P-I's Joseph Tartakoff:
[Zune marketing boss Adam] Sohn said that much of the drop could simply be attributed to the Zune's product lineup this season.
"Last holidays we were introducing new devices," he said. In addition, Sohn said, ...
Microsoft: We expected Zune to crater and next-gen Zune planning is fast and furious
MacDailyNews —
... with bias and/or incompetence. Email: and/or Tartakoff continues, "Sohn also once again insisted that the company was not giving up on Zune hardware. 'Every time anything comes up, there is a set of people who pull a Chicken Little and say, 'The Sky is Falling. Zune is dead,'' he said. 'The fact is we are on track to deliver the next generation of Zune innovation in software and hardware. The planning is fast and furious. We will deliver progress this calendar year.'" Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: We love a good running joke as much as anybody, except maybe ...
Microsoft: We expected Zune sales to crater and next-gen Zune planning is fast and furious
MacDailyNews —
... with bias and/or incompetence. Email: and/or Tartakoff continues, "Sohn also once again insisted that the company was not giving up on Zune hardware. 'Every time anything comes up, there is a set of people who pull a Chicken Little and say, 'The Sky is Falling. Zune is dead,'' he said. 'The fact is we are on track to deliver the next generation of Zune innovation in software and hardware. The planning is fast and furious. We will deliver progress this calendar year.'" Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: We love a good running joke as much as anybody, except maybe ...
When Will Microsoft Get a Clue?
Fast Company - Technology —
... markets and the Zune is a North American product only. Even so, Microsoft has been slow to execute any long-term vision for the platform to get it back on its feet. By comparison, Apple has been hard at work making its iPod Touch a polyglot device for months now; it was born doing music and video, but can now run a litany of cool apps from Apple's App Store. All the Zune has gotten lately is the occasional new color and capacity increase. That's no way to build a dynasty. Microsoft says its building towards progress this calendar year, but how long will the company wait ...
Microsoft has no plans to kill off Zune
CrunchGear —
... expected this past holiday season.
“Truthfully that category, Apple and us, didn’t grow like it did last year. But Zune did fine. Right about our expectations and we feel pretty good about the direction that’s going.”
So there you have it. The sky is definitely not falling on the Zune and Microsoft will continue to develop both the hardware and the software.
Microsoft explains why Zune sales dropped 54 percent [Seattle PI via Neowin.net] ...
Microsoft sez next-gen Zune hardware / software is still "on track"
Engadget —
... Given just how shaky the economy as a whole has been of late, Microsoft's sour news in relation to the Zune isn't quite as shocking as it might be otherwise. That said, plenty of outlets publicly voiced their concern for the future of the line, but now ...
Microsoft Zune support strong despite sales dip, new hardware and software in store
Obsessable News Feed —
... Microsoft is sticking to its Zune guns, affirming a commitment to the struggling media player even in light of poor sales. Zune sales dropped 54% last quarter with the recession in full swing, compared to an only 16% decline in iPod sales. Combine that performance with the ...
Las excusas de Microsoft por la caída de ventas de Zune, bonus: nuevos Zune y software en 2009
Gizmología —
... Lo pero es que Microsoft preveía esta caída tan fuerte de ventas, tal y como han declarado, como si de verdad sirviera como excusa. Algunas de las excusas son “la crisis” o “la venta de reproductores esta disminuyendo”. Como ejemplo, las ventas de los iPod cayeron un 16%, pero Apple vende globalmente, Microsoft solo en EE.UU. y en menor medida en Canadá. ...
iPhones, Zunes and Apple Stores
MacBytes.com —
... my iPhone. As noted recently, Apple is slowing in the US as far as sales go, while international sales redeemed Apple's figures for the last quarter. This includes, of course, retails sales of iPods. Microsoft's Zune, a pretty cool media player by most accounts, is only available in the US and Canada, or online. Adam Sohn, the Zune's director of marketing for Microsoft, recently listed several factors which have contributed to the large drop in Zune sales. This was reported in the Seattle Tech Report . There's that international sales factor (or lack thereof), the recession of ...
iPhones, Zunes and Apple Stores
MacBytes.com —
iPhones, Zunes and Apple Stores 2:56PM Friday January 30, 2009 Apple has made it abundantly clear that the Apple Store is a significant part of its mission plan, both in the virtual world (the iTunes Store and the online hardware and software stores, like www.store.apple.com/nz ) and in the real world, with its brick-and-mortar Apple Stores and through careful management of hundreds of third-party Apple resellers around the world. Apple's retail model is complex and adds considerable depth to the Apple experience - in fact, the iTunes Store's music is part of what makes an iPod worth having, while the App Store portion of iTunes for iPhone and iPod ...
The numbers game: reading beyond the headlines
LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews —
... , they cried, even as Adam Sohn practically begged them to read between the lines. Zune isn’t only about hardware sales, in fact, there’s some evidence that it never was. A brown Zune? Of course no one is going to buy a fat brown Zune, but lots of people talked about it, Microsoft established a base on which to build a platform, and now the big bet is on a Zune ecosystem. Will opening up a platform to new Zune and 3rd party devices, even phones, and the introduction of Zune Mobile be able to compete? That remains to be seen, but Zune ...
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