Microsoft al mercado de los Mp3 Players

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

No se si esto es viejo pero me acabo de enterar que microsoft anuncio que lanzara al mercado un mp3 player, el mircosoft zune


http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...veilingPR.mspx

vamos a ver con que features vendra.

[Don Vinny]

No lo habia visto en esa forma, aunque si en prototipos, pero ellos tienen en la mirilla a Apple ademas de SONY, quieren los mercados que ellos poseen, claro, ya Apple y su iPOD tienen tremenda acogida y su marca es bien reconozida...si viene tiene que venir a volar tapas, de lo contrario es un "me too"...

[psyko2k1]

ya las ipods y las creatives a mi entender ya tienen el mercado en las manos

van a tener q venir con algo super cabron pa poder desplazarlos

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

ok segun estaba leyendo ya lo avian anunciado pero dijeron que se llamaria microsoft agro. ayer pues finalmente anunciaron se llamaria microsof zune, lo unico que indicaron por lo que veo es que vendra en los colores blanco, negro y cafe, 30gb y tendra wifi y sera como el mostrado en la ilustracion, pero no he visto mas detalles.

[Don Vinny]

Originally Posted by psyko2k1

ya las ipods y las creatives a mi entender ya tienen el mercado en las manos

van a tener q venir con algo super cabron pa poder desplazarlos

No es imposible, pero como dices hay que innovar...muchas marcas caen por diferentes razones, Apple de esta movida sacara un As de la manga, Creative si se tiene que poner creativo!...dentro del mercado es el que puede quedar rezagado...

[Don Vinny]

From www.ign.com ...WIDESCREEN!!!!

Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune
New official pics and accessory details, topped of with some IGN market analysis.
by Gerry Block

September 14, 2006 - Microsoft has been laying a little low on the Zune front in the past few months since they encountered a bit of fallout when spy photos revealed that the first Zune player was actually a re-branded and slightly altered Toshiba 1089, also known as the Gigabeat S30/S60. That's not necessarily a bad thing actually, and now that Apple has apparently been unable to get a widescreen video iPod ready for a holiday release, the Gigabeat / Zune's very nice 3 inch screen looks rather appealing.





Perhaps buoyed by Apple's failure to get a hot new iPod video out the door, Microsoft unveiled the first official Zune product pics, spec sheets, and accessory packs today. While there isn't much that we didn't know before, if you haven't heard of the Zune yet, take a peek and check out some of its unique features, it's actually got a pretty good shot at doing well this Christmas.

Most obviously, the Zune is rocking a rather nice 3.0-inch screen that will flip between vertical (music selection) and horizontal (video playback). Three colors will be available at launch: brown, black, and white. A 30GB HDD and built-in FM tuner will place it in line with Creative's DAP offerings, but what really makes the Zune unique is its inclusion of 802.11 wireless capabilities.





Zune users will be able to detect one another and then share songs, recordings, play lists, and pictures completely wirelessly. Songs owned on one Zune and shared with another will be available for playback up to three times over the course of a three day period. After the shared period runs out, users will be able to bookmark the songs for purchase via the Zune Marketplace, Microsoft's name for its upcoming iTMS-like content download portal. Microsoft will offer two options for the Zune Marketplace, allowing users to either purchase songs one by one like iTunes, or subscribe to a "Zune Pass" rental plan like Napster and Yahoo! Music. The Zune will also be the first MP3 player to include a mass of pre-loaded music right out of the box. Microsoft will be working with a variety of smaller record labels to include both songs and music videos with the Zune.

Three accessory bundles will launch with the Zune: the Home A/V Pack, the Travel Pack, and the Car Pack. The Zune Home A/V Pack will provide the means for integrating a Zune player into a home theater setup, which means an AC Adapter, A/V Output Cable, a Dock, a Sync Cable, and a Wireless Remote. We can only assume the Zune will rock on-TV menus for easily selecting music, videos, or pictures while on the couch.





The Travel Pack will include a Zune Gear Bag, Premium Earphones with a storage case, a Dual Connect Remote (we're guessing that's a headphone-splitter), a Sync Cable, and an AC Adapter. Finally, the Car Pack will include a Zune Car Charger and a Zune FM Tuner.

The fact that both the Zune A/V Pack and Travel Pack include AC adapters suggests the Zune retail box won't. We're also wondering why both kits include Sync Cables, as we can't image Microsoft selling the Zune without a way to put songs on it out of the box. The cables will likely be mini USB 2.0, however, so finding one laying around if MS isn't including one with the Zune shouldn't be too hard. Microsoft will also be partnering with the usual iPod accessory designers like Griffin Technology for all kinds of Zune add-ons this holiday season.





No Zune prices or official release dates were announced today, sadly.

Microsoft Officially Unveils Zune
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Some Analysis
When word of a Microsoft attempt to grab some of Apple's MP3 player market share first broke, the press and public were both relatively skeptical. Microsoft is obviously jealous of the entertainment industry influence Apple now wields via the iTunes Music Store, and is concerned that Apple can now leverage a degree of consumer loyalty and cool factor due to the success of the iPod. Though Microsoft obviously has its work cut out for it, getting a Zune product on the market in the first Christmas season that Apple doesn't have a new iPod out may give the Zune a pretty good launch. The pent-up demand for a wide screen iPod will also work in Microsoft's favor, as the Zune's 3-inch screen offers quite a bit more usable real-estate than the iPod video.


comingzune.com


Microsoft is fully aware that cool factor has a major influence on the American MP3 market, generally evidenced by the ongoing popularity of the iPod despite a variety of competitors offering cheaper and more feature-rich alternatives. For much of the company's history, Microsoft's attempts at cool came off as pathetically ham-fisted, but that has been changing rather significantly in recent years. The Zune viral teaser page, ComingZune.com is hosting some rather cool teaser videos that are hopefully indicative of Microsoft's strategy for the broader marketing push closer to the Zune's launch, into which it is reportedly prepared to pour money. The newest bird video is a thousand times cooler than dancing hipsters.

The community networking aspect of the Zune will be an interesting innovation in MP3 players, and could develop into something cool. Microsoft will be backing up the Zune-to-Zune transfer ability with social networking aspects built into the Zune Marketplace. J. Allard has also promised periodic firmware updates to Zune hardware that will add more capabilities to the device as it is adopted. Whether we'll be seeing Xbox Live Anywhere functionality on the first Zune hardware remains to be seen, but Microsoft has stated that the Zune will eventually be a family of products with increasingly developed functionality so it'll be bound to happen sooner or later.


comingzune.com


While the first Zune device was developed in partnership with Toshiba, later version will be entirely designed by Microsoft. While there's a degree of disappointment associated with the fact that Zune 1.0 is a Gigabeat S20, Toshiba's design is a good one, and will allow Microsoft to avoid a rocky launch due to hastily developed hardware. If Microsoft's marketing onslaught is successful in the coming months and Apple doesn't pull a surprise widescreen iPod out of its proverbial black turtleneck, we can see a real chance for the Zune to make a splash this holiday season. Stay tuned for more Zune news as it develops.

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

nice vinny.

otra cosa que atrae a la gente es la facilidad de conseguir accesorios, mucha gente aunque no lo crean opta por lo ipods sin importarle los features simplemente por la facilidad de conseguir accesorios y variedad en los mirmos. algo en lo que apple esta mas adelante que otras compañias. Y segun veo ya microsoft esta empezando a hacer contactos para que compañias se dediquen a hacer accesorios.

[popuman]

Si. El gran Zune que no toca archivos protegidos de Windows Media........PLOP!!!!!!!!


Whatta bunch of sorry fucks.

[jaco_bass]

Nunca inventa nada solo copian o compran para invadir otro mercado.

[Don Vinny]

^Mas claro no canta un gallo...pero el billete está ahí para invertir y arriesgar...el primer Xbox de MS vino a tener ganacias en el 2005, se fue en perdidas el resto de los años...el actual Xbox 360 pierde, pero el break even no sera hasta par de años mas!!...claro, los videojuegos son un mercado de 11 billones de dolares and counting, el cine genera 12 billones and is standing very still, so donde pones el billete??...

Ahora Apple con el iPOD genera millones y ahi esta MS!...claro, ellos tambien tienen Xbox Live Everywhere que le pueden sacar el jugo con el Zune y Apple no tendria como competirles...

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

Originally Posted by jaco_bass

Nunca inventa nada solo copian o compran para invadir otro mercado.

con eso se resume todo. pero la jodienda es que copiando muchas veces le quitan el mercado a otras compañias. Le podran quitar el mercado al ipod?????

[Haunted]

My Zen rules the whole damn world ...

[Infernos-Curse]

microsoft va quedarse con el canto vienen con un widescreen y con la capacidad de bajar juegos, mientras que Apple se queda sobreconfiado en su Ipod creyendo que tiene el mercado en sus manos.


le va pasar como a la coca cola en los 80 que vino la pepsi y estuvo a punto de empatar en ventas con ellos so estuvieron en panico y cambiaron el sabor y lo que hicieron fue joderse y pepsi tomo el liderato pa ese tiempo.......eso le va pasar a la ipod

[MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO]

Originally Posted by Infernos-Curse

microsoft va quedarse con el canto vienen con un widescreen y con la capacidad de bajar juegos, mientras que Apple se queda sobreconfiado en su Ipod creyendo que tiene el mercado en sus manos.


le va pasar como a la coca cola en los 80 que vino la pepsi y estuvo a punto de empatar en ventas con ellos so estuvieron en panico y cambiaron el sabor y lo que hicieron fue joderse y pepsi tomo el liderato pa ese tiempo.......eso le va pasar a la ipod

ipod va a cambiar el sabor???

nahh pero en en verdad tienes razon apple como que tiene que empezar a poner mas features y cositas a sus ipods o se quedaran atras. Son los creatives y te ofrecen mucho mas que un ipod pero a mi entender creative por alguna razon como que no ha mercadeado su producto al nivel que debe ser, pero microsoft son los reyes del monopolio y por mas mierda que sea un producto de ellos siempre logran posicionarse.

[zerock]

yo estoy seguro que antes que salga el Zune saldra un iPod con mejor features que el Zune, eso es lo que creo que hara Apple.

[-13-]

Originally Posted by MoNdOnGo_CoN_CuAjItO

con eso se resume todo. pero la jodienda es que copiando muchas veces le quitan el mercado a otras compañias. Le podran quitar el mercado al ipod?????

...mmm Sony? jaja

pero na'

...no creo q MS le pase el rolo a la iPod

quizas se tire el Zune ese...y en par de meses Apple se tira otro mejor

...la q no puede confiarse es Creative...

si hicieran una "mezcla" entre la Vision:M y la otra Vision se llevan la iPod enrreda' bn brutal

[jaco_bass]

Originally Posted by -13-

...mmm Sony? jaja

pero na'

...no creo q MS le pase el rolo a la iPod

quizas se tire el Zune ese...y en par de meses Apple se tira otro mejor

...la q no puede confiarse es Creative...

si hicieran una "mezcla" entre la Vision:M y la otra Vision se llevan la iPod enrreda' bn brutal

Cowon A2 es sin duda el mejor por mucho en el mercado. Lo que sucede es que la gente compra por marca o por lo que todo el mundo tiene.

[psycod]

Primero que nada: no es widescreen. Es decir, no es 16:9.

Segundo, bien bonito como no respeta las licencias de creative commons, y le aplica DRM a todo lo que metas al Zune. Viral DRM... Mmm, Mmm, Good! Read it and weep.

[psycod]

Ah, y lo que dijo el popuman, al fin lo encontré: "Music and movies sold through Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink and Cinemanow won't play on the Zune, even though these services are marketed in conjunction with Microsoft's "Plays for Sure" (AKA Plays for Shit) program."

Read it and weep some more.