I’m working with the folks at CBC.ca to set up a technology blog which will also contain shownotes for my yet-unnamed technology column, but in the meantime if you’d like to get an advance read of the script (and maybe add your own suggestions before I record it), you can read Zune: The iPod Killer? on my temporary site.
Once the real site is up and running, I’ll be posting my scripts earlier on, and will incorporate your suggestions into the final piece. Call it “radio by wiki” (sort of). And, of course, I will post the audio there.
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I always find the “X killer” locution trite. Remember when big-box stores were going to kill entire categories?
Besides, neither you nor anyone listening to your piece or even hearing your headline would believe for a second that the iPod could be “killed.” Please try smarter.
You say each song costs 75 points, and a point is worth a buck and a quarter….. does that seem each song costs $94????
The maths of how much points cost looks inconsistent.
“Each song costs about 75 points. It sure SOUNDS cheaper than the 99 cents Apple charges. But it’s not. Each point is worth about a buck and a quarter. They end up costing about the same. Sneaky, huh?”
That’d make a song $93.75.
Doh! Thanks… Good point. Each point is worth a PENNY and a quarter. Where are my math skills?!
a penny and a quarter - soooo, like, 26 cents?
Just listened to the Zune review/comparison on CBC radio. Seemed very biased to me. Nothing (larger screen, extra features, lower cost) was actually presented in a positive manner as compard to the iPod. It seemed to me that a personal preference slanted the review.
Also, how can the Zune be billed as Microsoft’s last hope to break into this market, when it was also stated that Microsoft has never really been in this market before, with the exception of some software to run on other manufacturers’ hardware? Does Microsoft only get one crack at things? Do you hold yourself to such a standard?
And in response to your rationale that the iPod has such a huge lead in this market that Microsoft will have a hard time competing, I offer one word - Netscape.
I am no Microsoft cheerleader, but I do expect to see any company, regardless of a person’s personal opinions, be given a fair review.