Zune WiFi
MICROSOFT has unveiled its wireless-enabled Zune digital music and video player, scheduled to go on sale this Christmas in competition with Apple's iPod.
Sharing: Microsoft Zune playerThe player offers a 30GB hard drive, comes in black, white and brown, and allows users to wirelessly share music with nearby devices.
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, is trying to take some of Apple's 77 per cent share of the $US4 billion ($5.3 billion) North American market for digital music players.
The company will have better luck taking share from its partners that make devices using Windows software, which account for about 20 per cent of the market, says Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "They won't make a dent in iPod immediately.The software is the big mystery.
"If it works like iTunes, that's great, but if it's broken, buggy or has a bad user interface, forget about it."
The company declined to discuss the price or say when the device will go on sale. The Zune Marketplace will sell individual songs or subscriptions to download an unlimited number for a flat fee. Apple's iTunes sells both music and video.
Microsoft is touting Zune's wireless connection as a way to let users discover new music and share songs. Customers will be able to send songs to nearby devices. Those songs will expire after three plays or three days, whichever comes first.
Sharing: Microsoft Zune playerThe player offers a 30GB hard drive, comes in black, white and brown, and allows users to wirelessly share music with nearby devices.
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, is trying to take some of Apple's 77 per cent share of the $US4 billion ($5.3 billion) North American market for digital music players.
The company will have better luck taking share from its partners that make devices using Windows software, which account for about 20 per cent of the market, says Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "They won't make a dent in iPod immediately.The software is the big mystery.
"If it works like iTunes, that's great, but if it's broken, buggy or has a bad user interface, forget about it."
The company declined to discuss the price or say when the device will go on sale. The Zune Marketplace will sell individual songs or subscriptions to download an unlimited number for a flat fee. Apple's iTunes sells both music and video.
Microsoft is touting Zune's wireless connection as a way to let users discover new music and share songs. Customers will be able to send songs to nearby devices. Those songs will expire after three plays or three days, whichever comes first.
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