February 27, 2020

2: The Microsoft Zune

51 minutes

In the 2000s, the iPod was a true juggernaut, simply dominating the portable music player market. Microsoft wanted a piece of the pie, and launched the Zune 30, which eventually spread into a line of both hardware products and software services.

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Links and Show Notes: iPod introduction (23 Oct 2001) - YouTube History of the iPod mini - YouTube The iPod Nano Introduction - YouTube iRiver Zune 30 - Wikipedia Universal Music get fee for every Zune sold | Engadget Labels hit back at Apple, now want share of iPod revenues | Engadget iTunes Price Changes Take Effect | Billboard Zune review | Engadget Microsoft Counting on a Twist to Make Zune Shine in Shadow of iPod - The New York Times Zune review - CNET Microsoft Zune | Ars Technica Microsoft Brings Zune HD Support to the Mac – The Mac Observer Zune 80 review | Ars Technica Wired Decides: Zune or iPod This Holiday Season? | WIRED Microsoft surpasses 2 million Zunes sold. Apple sells 3.53 million iPods a month | VentureBeat Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertainment Service to New Platform and Markets; Confirms New Zune HD Portable Media Player - Stories Pollux Automatically Cleans and Tags Your iTunes Library Zune HD review | Engadget Zune HD review: Zune HD - CNET Metro (design language) - Wikipedia I Used a Windows Phone for a Week in 2018! I Will Miss It. - YouTube Microsoft’s Zune Delivers Connected Music and Entertainment Experience - Stories R.I.P. Microsoft Zune, 2006-2011 | TechCrunch The Zune Is Dead. Here's What to Do With Your Old One | WIRED Zune Subreddit Zune Update Zune Update - ARTWORK Microsoft's $1 Billion Failure - Snazzy Labs - YouTube

Quinn's video on the Zune, published after this episode.

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