Why would Apple hold a special event to launch the new iPods right after the Labor Day Weekend? That’s one week before Microsoft launches the Zune HD. Meanwhile, Zune marketing head Chris Stephenson decided to bail on Microsoft and the Zune. Nate Anderson in Ars:
Stephenson’s decision to leave now certainly looks like a no-confidence vote in the Zune’s direction, if not the specific Zune HD model. Certainly, the Zune has failed to do anything so pedestrian as “sell at retail,” despite being quite a decent player with some cool customization options like the Zune Originals program.
And the Zune HD has HD radio, and the Zune store offers a monthly all-you-can-eat subscription service, and Microsoft is paying iPhone app developers to port apps to the Zune, and…
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