Word is, M$ is “Retiring” the Zune!
Sigh. I don’t have a Zune… but I hear it was pretty good. And, the Zune Marketplace is supposed to be pretty cool too. Also, the Zune at least kept Apple “honest” by offering SOME competition for the iPod. But, these days with music on your phone (like my DroidX), I suppose it was inevitable!
“After five years of false starts, word is leaking out that Microsoft is giving up on its much-maligned portable music player.” In the article at the link above, Mark Horowitz gives an “ode to the Zune!” Alas, poor Zune, we knew thee!