creative has a bong and apple has a bong...apple's bong reaches acroooooooss the room. steve jobs clears it's bong rip!
*!*!*!*!*!*scouuuurrruurrrrch*!*!*!*!*!*

oo0cyst0oo

Feel the pain of defeat Microsoft and all the money you lost haha. Its time to get back to vista and fix it up and make it better and more efficient than XP come on windows get a brain and get back to what you were made for!

danielmakman

Zune is the new Mac. How exciting.

Microsoft could dramatically change their market-share if they could sign a license agreement to use iTunes. Sure, Apple would never agree to it (since that is the reason people buy the iPod), but it would finally make this comparison software-neutral. Until then, Microsoft can enjoy their single-digit market share.

Monty

I still want a Zen (Stone, or the 32gb flash one!).

Good news for Zune fans, although I still haven't seen one in real life :(

aR-Tard

Wow so the sold more when they just had one model available??? i remember a few month's back someone telling me that zune sales where up 300%, lol. I don't have nothing against the zune but i think with so many iPod alternatives out there microsoft should just stick with software

snitch29

Hey! That's my line!

Anyone want to speculate on the rumored Zune phone and/or whether Creative will respond with a Zen phone?

Avitor

Hey if the XNA stuff launches [and provided my already purchased content works from XBLA] I'll pick up a Zune.

My iPod has been broken for a while...I miss it...

outinthedark

One who walks the slow and steady pace can enjoy the view and meet the people the swift and nimble left behind with their ever changing models

Cordfucious

Cordfucious

I r Zune.
phear me.

TheManator

This should make those 6 people that bought an AppleTV happy.

Whaaat?

Kaiser-Machead

Marketshares dont really tell you anything, how many people have more than one mp3 player I certainly do and i bet there are lots of others aswell

Whos to say there arent some people that have both a zune and an ipod or a zune and a creative mp3 player and both are operating or both can operate

Also how many ipod classics or ipod nanos did Apple sell during the same time

utube2007

There is a German saying:
Slowly and arduously, the squirrel feeds.

With about 2% growth per year, Microsoft will overtake Apple in mp3 player sales sometime around 2030 or so, assuming a linear progression.
Sorry, but I suppose by that time, kids won't even know what an mp3 is...

Hvedhrungr

Aww, it's ok, Creative. *I* still love you.

FredicvsMaximvs

Great! Now MS only sell 40 times less units than Apple do a year!

...

Yeah. I'm done.

Sleeper_Service

Not numbers that are going to shake the world to its core, but its at least enough that MS probably won't be grabbing their ball and going home too soon.

typoink

The real question is - how do Apple consumers feel about being called "fruit squad"?

OtioseScandal

@Mayor McRib: I think that is not POS sales but sales to the retailer. Microsoft pays to have Best Buy hold them in the back. One day Zunes will be the only source of energy, people will burn them for warmth and throw them at threatening forces.

oo0cyst0oo

Is this worldwide marketshare or US? I seem to recall hearing a ~10% US marketshare figure being bounced around a long time ago... And the Zune is not sold outside of the US yet.

SecretAsianMan

Actually they have sold more than I thought.

Mayor McRib

DRAINAGE!!!

Great movie ...

tanderson79

bring back the brown turd Zune. that will grab a little more market share.

Dickey

Apple sold about 52 million iPods worldwide in the last four quarters. However, we don't know:

1) How many were sold in the US only - the Zune is only sold in the US.
2) What the model split was (i.e. Touch, Classic, Nano, Shuffle). The Zune compares to the Classic.

So... uh... yeah. Apple still tanking MS but we don't know by how much.

Although it'll be a lot. Oh yes.

Sleeper_Service

@Monty: Actually I think its the other way around.

People use iTunes because of their iPods...

MadColombian

Interesting.... especially considering that Zunes aren't even available outside of the US yet.

DW

@:snitch29 That was Zune.net.

@SecretAsianMan: I heard that too, 9% in early 07.

[en.wikipedia.org]

wcnghj

2 million shipped or sold?

How many of those were $99 blowouts of the original 30G model?

Zune = another ham-fisted approach by Microsoft to bulldoze its way into a consumer market by aping a competitor's successful product.

Fail.

LagunaSol

as far as apple dropping 1%, do they count the iPhone as a music player? I never owned an iPod, but i bought the iPhone for the music capability and the phone

Pepper

I have 3 Zune's 8/30 & 80. I imagine most Zune owners have more than one.

This does bring the actual number of Zune owners down considerably. Still I am very happy with my Zune family.

kibets

Wow, 4 million Zunes. But here's a more important figure. On campus the social now has two members that I know of. Everyone else has an iPod.

davidwb

@wcnghj: "Roughly one million of those were sold since the second generation Zunes launched in November 2007.[50]" -Wiki

Actually, thats pretty impressive. But i dont know if i trust Wikiality.

@Pepper: If you want to count the iPhone, then Nokia and other cell phone makers that can play music have the greatest market share of them all.

diabolusunknown

Fruit squad? How do you defend yourself from a banana!!

Nakko

Still have my Zune 30, still love my Zune 30. Now with more video and everything I download from my Media Centre PC. And on occasion...listen to the radio...

Sorry idorks...couldn't resist...

chinook11

@LagunaSol: Who said capitalism had to be elegant? Their little "ham-fisted" venture into the video game market seems to be working out just fine.

iPhony

@Hvedhrungr: said: "There is a German saying:
Slowly and arduously, the squirrel feeds."

Uh, yeah. I'm not so much for German slogans. They usually end up used in some ill-fated attempt at world domination.

And I have another word for a slow and arduous squirrel - Roadkill.

EBone

@Nakko:
with a point-ed stick
if i am not mistaken

godwhacker

I have a Cowon D2 and the thing is AWESOME. It doesn't sell at all but it's amazing. Plus, you can't even get them in stores.

Tsumi91

wait 1 million units is 2% of the market

and apple has 71%

so microsoft has sold 2 million Zunes

and apple has sold 142 million iPods

jozen

I defected, if you can call it that. It's a piece of electronics, not a religion, people.

novacthall

I haven't ever seen anyone on the wireless, but after taking a glance at the most-played tracks on the Zune social, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Seriously, Timbaland, Linkin Park, and Flo Rida? Let's hear it for Liz Phair, Lisa Gerrard, and Nellie McKay instead.

My Z80 does what I want, and doesn't come with that annoying iPod interface, so I don't regret buying the thing.

Convair 990A

wow...comment reply system doesnt exactly word, does it?

makeseven

a href="#c5659201">jozen:

actually by your math doesnt that suggest the number of units sold is HALF the market share percentage, not double?

im sure ipod has neared 142 million sold WORLDWIDE, but for the US it would be like 35.5 million.

does this make sense?

makeseven

Yeah, Zune...blah blah, iPod blah blah...

...but did you see New Orleans get pwnd?

iomatic

@iPhony: @iPhony:

"Their little "ham-fisted" venture into the video game market seems to be working out just fine."

Um, if replacing/repairing every other console you sell (my brother is on his third) and getting outsold in half the time by a competitor with a technologically far weaker product (Wii), then I suppose you're right - things *are* "working out just fine."

Go, go Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division, where the red ink runs deep but there's plenty left to bleed!

LagunaSol

Zune is nice, but if you expected something special cause it was from MS, you'd be mistaken. If you want control over your device and freedom from the manufacturer do NOT get a zune.

FilthyHarry

@iomatic: Cordfucious say those with the advantage of his home nirvana shall always rise. No one can stop the CP3. Ask the frenchman.

The Hive shall rise again

Cordfucious

They're still selling Zunes??

rg

@LagunaSol: They have been turning a profit you genius, for quite a few quarters now.

The Wii is cheap enough to own along with a 360, but they play different types of games. They are not in the same league.

Something tells me your full of shit about your brother.

diabolusunknown

Zune ... guess there will always be followers.

Joe Alien

@diabolusunknown:

Would you like to call him and ask him yourself?

I can understand your doubt, since the 360 isn't infamous for its EPIC FAILURE RATE or anything.

P.S. that "something telling you" I'm lying would be stupidity.

LagunaSol

Zombie
Users
Need
Education

Best I could come up with at 11pm.....

Y2KGTP

the zune is a myth.

r.o.c.k.

Zune is nothing but a product born of arrogance. MS states they will stick with this product no matter how long it takes to win. What sane company would continue to produce a money losing product for the sole purpose of winning a market and destroying your duped partners? How can a company justify losing profits on a product that doesn't sell and has made pathetic progress today and in the future and vows to continue the pattern? Just like the name of the company the same letter starts with "M".

Ken_Darrow

@Ken_Darrow:

They did it with the Xbox. It worked despite its high failure rate in earlier models (and still not exactly clever one in recent offerings).

So... uh... yeah.

Sleeper_Service

Well, maybe if they could get some more distribution on the new 80g model maybe they'd sell more! I've been looking for one locally for months!

godzira

Zune. The official PMP of Hillary Clinton for President.

ThriftyTechie

@r.o.c.k.:Zune, XBox, Windows Earth, computing surface and Windows XP.

I have to admit - its an odd combination, but it doesn't take a genius to see what they are trying to do long term.

It like Google, Apple, Sony, Linux and Nintendo rolled up into one.

flyboy

Cripes it's an MP3 player people, not a personal attack. Some prefer the Zune, some prefer ipods, some Creative, etc, etc, etc. If Giz puts up a positive post about the Zune, the M$ haters have to tear it apart, if the post about the iphone they're fanboys (they kinda are, but no big deal). Buy what you like and use it, just because someone prefers something else doesn't make them stupid or a fanboy (at least not all the time).

P.S. - Zune rules, ipod drools! LOL!

RobotVampire

I've got a Zune, as does my dad, and for pretty much one reason. The all-you-can-download model of sales works great, and the fact that you can have more than one zune on the program. I think the number is 4 zunes per account, but i could be wrong. He gets to download all the music he wants, as do I.

Sure, I'm only renting it, but if something else comes along that's better, I've no brand "loyality" I don't HAVE to buy a Zune or lose all of my music. It's rented.

Tom90deg

I would actually buy a Zune over an iPod, since from my brief testing I definitely preferred its interface, look and feel. But it's not recognized as a USB drive by default, meaning I can't use the extra space as external backup, which is a dealbreaker for me. Hint to MS: Allow this functionality! I know plenty of people who do this sort of thing besides myself, and it's perceived as an added value.

Ubik2501

> I've no brand "loyality" I don't HAVE
> to buy a Zune or lose all of my music. > It's rented.

So you missed that whole MSN music shutdown thing?

There is a reason music rental services are a major money loser. It's a bad idea.

His_Shadow

here in canada, i have never ever seen a zune... or heard of anyone owning one...

r.o.c.k.

Yeah, all the apple fanboys seem to be forgetting that the zune is ONLY sold in the us while the ipod is sold WORLDWIDE. Gee, I wonder which one will sell more.

giislander

Funny thing is most people that have an iPod, well it isnt their first...most have had at least 2-3 already.

mricyfire

@twreckx: It's

twreckx

@r.o.c.k.: How about because ITS ONLY SOLD IN THE US.

twreckx

Zune is the new Vista.
Vista is the new Zune.

B