blog.wired.com - 12/5/2008
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Barack Obama won't be taking the mantle of Zune Brother No. 1 from Bill Gates after all.
In a stunning reaction that suggests the President-elect's ability to quickly turn around difficult public relations problems, an advisor has officially rejected the earlier suggestion that he used a ...
citypaper.net - 12/2/2008
citypaper.net - 12/4/2008
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citypaper.net —
OK. So let’s get things straight. I want
to correct what I said yesterday about Obama using...
a Zune. I claimed that it was his Zune. I don’t know for sure that it was his. It could belong to one of the many Secret Service dudes that were ...
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Zunegate
blogs.barrons.com - 12/8/2008
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blogs.barrons.com —
The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off January 7
with a keynote from Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer...
, taking the spot which in past years had been filled by the now semi-retired Bill Gates . The company always unveils a product or two at the ...
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Microsoft: To Unveil Zune/Danger Device At CES Keynote?
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Uh-oh. Adviser says Obama’s an iPod guy
CrunchGear —
Just when you thought President-Elect Obama could buck the common trend and be his own man by sporting a Zune, a close adviser states he’s an iPod fanboy. Sorry, Zune boys. It looks like your main man isn’t that big of a maverick after all.
Instead, he clarified Obama’s position as an Apple fan and an owner of an iPod, which he most often uses when working out.
Zune or iPod, we don’t care. Everyone already knows that the President-Elect gets his main gadget news from the weekly ...
Actually, Barack Obama Doesn't Use a Zune [Zunegate]
Gizmodo —
... his guns that Barack was spotted at the gym all Zuned up: I vividly remember Obama pulling out an MP3 player with his left hand while exercising on the machine. It had a dark case protecting it and from what I saw, he was using a Zune. I've seen a Zune in action. I know what it looks like. Republican leaders are firing up the Kenneth Starr signal on the roof of the Capitol as we speak. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS! [WSJ via Gadget Lab]
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Does it matter if Obama uses an iPod or Zune?
Apple Gazette —
... , and Wired - all taking about “ZuneGate”. For those of you that are lucky enough to not know what “ZuneGate” is yet, it turns out that a blogger at a Philadelphia newspaper wrote about Obama being in the gym next to him. The “reporter” commented on the fact that he was using a Zune to listen to music while he worked out. ...
Obama: I’m A PC…doh, I Mean, I’m An iPod
Geek In Disguise —
... Apparently Obama's office has come out saying the man is an iPod through and through which is to be fair exactly what I’d say if I’d asked Steve Jobs for a free iPhone for Christmas. ...
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Barack Obama has applied his bipartisan approach to his choice of gadgets. It's well known that the President-Elect is a dedicated Crackberry addict, and the fact that he uses a Mac notebook leads us to ...
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Analyst: iPod shortage spreading —
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