Actually despite the small number compared to the ipod this is actually quite an achievement for microsoft.
According to market analysts: the zune marketshare for media based mp3 players in March in the US was about 9.1%. That pretty good considering that it came into a market totally dominated by the Ipod.
This percentage is close the percentage market share that apple has in the pc market (5% in april). And Apple is lauded as a major player in that market.
Is the Zune a ipod killer? No of course not. They stuffed up the wifi and other aesthetic issues. But for a half assed attempt at a competitor for the ipod its done pretty well.
It is still number 2 in the market.
Its not even available for sale in Australia or if it is, very badly supplied and marketed because I haven’t seen any.
For now I will stick with my Creative Zen Vision M, as both Zune and Ipod dont play Divx ;p
no the zune has not been launched in australia. pretty much the only way to purchase one is to go online or go overseas. i did the latter and made sure to buy my case and dock etc while i was over there. the unit has great sound playback, the screen is really nice.
i think it is a shame that microsoft has no immediate plans to drop the zune on australian shores. i really think it could make a splash.
McbLt
May 29, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Wow, they actually sold 1 million? Crush Kill Destroy!
When companies are patenting washing machine docks for your music player, I think that’s a fair sign that you’re dominating the world.
Good Luck Zune!
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May 29, 2007 at 1:26 PM
Actually despite the small number compared to the ipod this is actually quite an achievement for microsoft.
According to market analysts: the zune marketshare for media based mp3 players in March in the US was about 9.1%. That pretty good considering that it came into a market totally dominated by the Ipod.
This percentage is close the percentage market share that apple has in the pc market (5% in april). And Apple is lauded as a major player in that market.
Is the Zune a ipod killer? No of course not. They stuffed up the wifi and other aesthetic issues. But for a half assed attempt at a competitor for the ipod its done pretty well.
It is still number 2 in the market.
Its not even available for sale in Australia or if it is, very badly supplied and marketed because I haven’t seen any.
For now I will stick with my Creative Zen Vision M, as both Zune and Ipod dont play Divx ;p
Report PermalinkPeter Russell
June 13, 2007 at 8:53 AM
no the zune has not been launched in australia. pretty much the only way to purchase one is to go online or go overseas. i did the latter and made sure to buy my case and dock etc while i was over there. the unit has great sound playback, the screen is really nice.
i think it is a shame that microsoft has no immediate plans to drop the zune on australian shores. i really think it could make a splash.
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