microsoft.com - 9/9/2008
—
Zune Takes Music Discovery to the Next Level
electronista.com - 9/5/2008
—
electronista.com —
Microsoft on Friday said that its $300 million
marketing campaign will now involve in-store representatives to promote...
the brand, the company's general manager of corporate communications, Tom Pilla, says. Effectively mimicking Apple's Geniuses as w...
(more)
Microsoft to copy Apple Genius strategy
biz.yahoo.com - 9/5/2008
—
biz.yahoo.com —
NEW YORK -- As part of its new
$300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp....
plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases. The world's ...
(more)
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps: ...
businessweek.com - 9/5/2008
Comments
Blog Reactions
Microsoft: We Have a New MP3 Player, Also
Digital Daily —
... And sadly that’s still true today, though Microsoft continues to work doggedly to imbue Zune with the “youthful irreverence” to which Placek referred (although “irrelevance” is perhaps a better word here). Consider the third-generation Zune feature-set Microsoft confirmed Monday evening: storage capacity of up to 120 gigabytes, wireless connectivity to the Zune Marketplace from any public Wi-Fi hotspot, and “Buy from FM,” a feature that allows Zune owners to identify and purchase songs they here on the device’s FM radio. Those ...
Microsoft squirts new Zune hardware, features
jkOnTheRun —
... Since there's an Apple event (read: new iPods) scheduled for later today, it's only fitting that Microsoft dropped a Zune press release. There's new hardware as well as additional software features involved: ...
About the Zune update, today's Apple news
SuperSite Blog —
... So I'm in Redmond this week, as you may know. Yesterday, Microsoft was forced to prematurely announce the details of its upcoming Zune 3 platform when Fry's Electronics leaked details about the new devices and software features. (And ...
Related Content
★ Zune Apps
daringfireball.net 8/14/2009 — It ends up third-party apps *are* on Microsoft's agenda for the Zune HD, and they're attempting to court at least some successful indie iPhone developers to port their apps to the Zune.
Microsoft Zune Going International
gearlog.com 4/8/2009 — Look out world, here comes the Zune. Following on the heels of Twitter-leaked news that Microsoft would be releasing a new version of its MP3 player later this year, Neowin claims to have received confirmation that the player will go on sale in a number of countries outside the US, including ...
Microsoft chopping Zune prices
news.cnet.com 11/18/2008 —
With the economy tanking and the holidays looming, Microsoft is hoping to salvage some Zune sales by chopping prices.
(Credit: Microsoft)
The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its flash-based models. The 4GB ...
Microsoft Zune HD Now Official
itechnews.net 5/27/2009 —
Microsoft made its Zune HD portable media player official and the touchscreen player will be available starting this fall. The Zune HD, set to challenge Apple’s iPod touch , features a 3.3-inch 480×272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display and HD Radio receiver. The player will come ...
Microsoft hints at June for new Zune
neowin.net 5/12/2009 — Microsoft is heating up the Zune advertising and is hinting at June for a "new product launch". We've had the hints that a new Zune, namely the Zune HD , could be surfacing this year but an interesting twitter update from the Microsoft Office 2010 ...
Microsoft's anti-Mac pricing campaign takes to the web
appleinsider.com 4/3/2009 — In a new series of web ads, Microsoft portrays two slot machines, one ringing up a Mac with bits of garbage, and the other presenting a cheaper generic PC along with the Zune, Xbox 360, and other things buyers could get with the money they'd save with ...
Microsoft's Zune HD Rolls Out Today
modmyi.com 9/15/2009 —
Image via Gadget Review
Today is the moment of truth for Zune. This morning, Microsoft formally launches a "slimmer, revamped version" of its Zune handheld music and video player.
In a solid attempted to take a bite out of the iPod market share, the touch-screen Zune HD - complete ...
N/A
microsoft.com 12/1/2008 — Windows powered by Live Search United States Change | All Microsoft Sites Language placeholder Home Products Buy Downloads Help and How-to ...
Microsoft’s second iPhone app: Microsoft Tag
iphonebuzz.com 1/12/2009 — Microsoft has introduced its second iPhone app after the launch of Seadragon Mobile last month: Microsoft Tag . Just point the device’s camera to a custom tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social ...
Follow MacBlips on Twitter
