Comments on: Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Zune Sales Still In the Toilet — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-8433 Zune Sales Still In the Toilet — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sat, 17 May 2008 20:32:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-8433 [...] Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...] [...] Lessons from the Death of HD-DVD Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...]

]]> By: Windows Vista, 7, and Singularity: The New Copland, Gershwin, Taligent — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-7675 Windows Vista, 7, and Singularity: The New Copland, Gershwin, Taligent — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:16:53 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-7675 [...] 10 FAS: 7 - Apple’s Hardware and Dvorak’s Microsoft Branded PC The Spectacular Failure of WinCE and Windows Mobile Video Game Consoles 2007: Wii, PS3 and the Death of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...] [...] 10 FAS: 7 - Apple’s Hardware and Dvorak’s Microsoft Branded PC The Spectacular Failure of WinCE and Windows Mobile Video Game Consoles 2007: Wii, PS3 and the Death of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...]

]]> By: Advertiser-driven stupidity at CNET | pacificpelican.us/diary http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-6537 Advertiser-driven stupidity at CNET | pacificpelican.us/diary Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:24:24 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-6537 [...] history of anti-competitive practices, livid hostility to open source software, an embarrassingly lame portable media player, and a disastrously bad new operating system whose horror stories have deterred me (a Microsoft [...] [...] history of anti-competitive practices, livid hostility to open source software, an embarrassingly lame portable media player, and a disastrously bad new operating system whose horror stories have deterred me (a Microsoft [...]

]]> By: Apple’s iPhone vs Smartphone Software Makers — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-6244 Apple’s iPhone vs Smartphone Software Makers — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:48:54 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-6244 [...] Why Microsoft Can’t Compete With iTunes Market Share vs Installed Base: iPod vs Zune, Mac vs PC Market Share Myth 2007: iPod vs Zune and Mac vs PC Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...] [...] Why Microsoft Can’t Compete With iTunes Market Share vs Installed Base: iPod vs Zune, Mac vs PC Market Share Myth 2007: iPod vs Zune and Mac vs PC Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...]

]]> By: CES: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3911 CES: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:53:37 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3911 [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano It’s not just Apple that Microsoft is failing to copy; the Windows Enthusiasts also told us to hold our breath for Soapbox, Microsoft’s version of Google’s YouTube that never gained any traction. MSN Search similarly languished in irrelevance. Outside of its guaranteed revenues from the Windows and Office monopolies, Microsoft is a lumbering failure of epic proportions, particularly in consumer electronics, but also in embedded applications, online media sales, and mobile phone software. In contrast to Microsoft’s seven years of embarrassing decline into me-too vaporware announcements and other impractical ideas nobody wants, Apple has been releasing regular new products that actually exist, earn revenues and profits, and expand the company’s business. Last year I published a year by year comparison of Microsoft’s announcements at CES versus Apple’s at Macworld: Innovation: Apple at Macworld vs Microsoft at CES. [...] [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano It’s not just Apple that Microsoft is failing to copy; the Windows Enthusiasts also told us to hold our breath for Soapbox, Microsoft’s version of Google’s YouTube that never gained any traction. MSN Search similarly languished in irrelevance. Outside of its guaranteed revenues from the Windows and Office monopolies, Microsoft is a lumbering failure of epic proportions, particularly in consumer electronics, but also in embedded applications, online media sales, and mobile phone software. In contrast to Microsoft’s seven years of embarrassing decline into me-too vaporware announcements and other impractical ideas nobody wants, Apple has been releasing regular new products that actually exist, earn revenues and profits, and expand the company’s business. Last year I published a year by year comparison of Microsoft’s announcements at CES versus Apple’s at Macworld: Innovation: Apple at Macworld vs Microsoft at CES. [...]

]]> By: John Dvorak Conceeds 2007 was a “Crappy Year” for Windows Enthusiasts — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3734 John Dvorak Conceeds 2007 was a “Crappy Year” for Windows Enthusiasts — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:39:18 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3734 [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...] [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing [...]

]]> By: htiawe http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3110 htiawe Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:24:25 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3110 That is exactly what i want with the iPod, i dont want to have to plugin my iPod to sync podcasts. But knowing Apple im sure it will take very long until we see that feature in the iPod. That is exactly what i want with the iPod, i dont want to have to plugin my iPod to sync podcasts. But knowing Apple im sure it will take very long until we see that feature in the iPod.

]]> By: ikyouCrow http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3070 ikyouCrow Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:05:27 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-3070 wow. seems like no one here even considered the one thing automatic wireless sync was meant to do (whether intended or not): podcasts. imagine your zune plugged in to your car. you pull up in the garage, go in the house, go to sleep. you wake up the next morning and "get dressed", hop in your car and play the latest podcasts that were automatically synced wirelessly overnight. nightly news, anime reviews, whatever podcasts you subscribe to that update daily. you can't tell me that's not a handy thing to have happen. sure you'd have to buy yet another cable to charge in your car, but the convenience of it... that's value to me. wow. seems like no one here even considered the one thing automatic wireless sync was meant to do (whether intended or not): podcasts.

imagine your zune plugged in to your car. you pull up in the garage, go in the house, go to sleep. you wake up the next morning and “get dressed”, hop in your car and play the latest podcasts that were automatically synced wirelessly overnight. nightly news, anime reviews, whatever podcasts you subscribe to that update daily.

you can’t tell me that’s not a handy thing to have happen. sure you’d have to buy yet another cable to charge in your car, but the convenience of it… that’s value to me.

]]> By: Larry Dignan’s Zune Fantasy Highlights CNET’s ZDNet Blogger Credibility Problems — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-2880 Larry Dignan’s Zune Fantasy Highlights CNET’s ZDNet Blogger Credibility Problems — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-2880 [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano Zune vs. iPhone: Five Phases of Media Coverage Dancing Around the Truth. This type of fantasy reporting is at the core of the credibility problem that wraps around ZDNet’s neck like a tourniquet. If the best reporting you can do is a fictional effort at wishful thinking advocacy for a clear failure of a product a year after the failure is obvious, it doesn’t say much about your ability to report news or sift the proverbial wheat from the chaff as an analyst. [...] [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano Zune vs. iPhone: Five Phases of Media Coverage Dancing Around the Truth. This type of fantasy reporting is at the core of the credibility problem that wraps around ZDNet’s neck like a tourniquet. If the best reporting you can do is a fictional effort at wishful thinking advocacy for a clear failure of a product a year after the failure is obvious, it doesn’t say much about your ability to report news or sift the proverbial wheat from the chaff as an analyst. [...]

]]> By: Vista vs Mac OS X Security: Why George Ou’s ZDNet Vulnerability Numerology is Absurd — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-2814 Vista vs Mac OS X Security: Why George Ou’s ZDNet Vulnerability Numerology is Absurd — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:33:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/11/22/why-microsofts-zune-is-still-failing/#comment-2814 [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano Zune vs. iPhone: Five Phases of Media Coverage Dancing Around the Truth. This type of fantasy reporting is at the core of the credibility problem that wraps around ZDNet’s neck like a tourniquet. If the best reporting you can do is a fictional effort at wishful thinking advocacy for a clear failure of a product a year after the failure is obvious, it doesn’t say much about your ability to report news or sift the proverbial wheat from the chaff as an analyst. [...] [...] Why Microsoft’s Zune is Still Failing Winter 2007 Buyer’s Guide: Microsoft Zune 8 vs iPod Nano Zune vs. iPhone: Five Phases of Media Coverage Dancing Around the Truth. This type of fantasy reporting is at the core of the credibility problem that wraps around ZDNet’s neck like a tourniquet. If the best reporting you can do is a fictional effort at wishful thinking advocacy for a clear failure of a product a year after the failure is obvious, it doesn’t say much about your ability to report news or sift the proverbial wheat from the chaff as an analyst. [...]

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