 decides to go head-to-head with the de facto variant of the MP3 player, we have to report on that. When said company utilizes innovations (no matter how emasculated) like built-in WiFi, we report on that, too. We like the Zune—especially Blake, but you all know he’s a PC fanboy.</p>
<p>Sadly, we have to report that the brown brick cost Microsoft $289 million last quarter, hardly the numbers the company was hoping to post at this time. While we’re assured from our internal sources that the next rendition of the Zune (it’s <i>not</i> the Zune II) will address many of the shortcomings of the current model, and that the group has a roadmap to profitability in the works.</p>
<p>That’s good news, as over the weekend we stopped by our local overstock and discount store in Seattle and were shocked—shocked!—to find a stack of nearly a dozen brand-new, unopened Zunes selling at $168. <span id=)
The question is, however: Is there actually anyone looking for a Zune? Or did everyone who wanted one get one? Or are these simply a few units that fell through the cracks into a ghetto scratch-and-ding store? The numbers above mean these could all be possibilities.
What do you all think?
Microsoft’s Q2 Profit Falls 28% [Globe and Mail]
what colors are they??
i really want one, but they are kinda expensive. i just want an upgrade from my dumpy old ipod mini.
thanks
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