Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD, Zune 4, Zune 8, Zune 16, Zune 120
It’s been rumored for a long time now that the Zune brand would eventually be killed off, considering the commercial failure of the Zune music players. But alas, Zune has lived on as the music service integrated into Windows Phone and Xbox, and the Zune desktop software is used to synchronize Windows...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
The saga of the Zune HD has taken another turn. The execution of the device heralded last week when all links to the Zune HD was removed from Microsoft’s Zune website, and the above announcement, saying “we will no longer be producing Zune players” was posted on Microsoft’s site.

There followed...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
Microsoft's support team claimed late Tuesday that it hadn't officially ended the Zune. Despite a public support page explicitly stating no more devices were being made, the support team told a user that "no official info has been released" dropping the platform. The division didn't have an explanation...

Portable Media Players, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Zune HD, Windows Phone 7
Microsoft’s Zune player never quite caught up with the iPod line of music player, but now as even the iPod is on the decline, Redmond has decided to kill the Zune altogether. The company will not be releasing new models of the player, but remains committed to supporting the device in North America.
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Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
Microsoft has officially confirmed that its Zune PMPs – including the Zune HD - have been axed, despite having denied yesterday that such a decision about the media players had been made. “We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy,”...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
Microsoft has released nine new Zune HD apps: Finger Paint, Calendar, Trash Throw, Slider Puzzle, ColorSpill, Splatter Bug, Vine Climb, Decoder Ring, and Tug-O-War. Microsoft also updated the following Zune HD apps: Shuffle by Album, Zune Reader, Penalty! Flick Soccer, Email, and Echoes.

There...

Portable Media Players, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Zune HD, Windows Phone 7
Last week, DaveMcLauchlan, Senior Business Development Manager from Zune team revealed that Microsoft is trying to port its Zune HD apps to Windows Phone platform during Zune Insider Podcast. There is no word on 3rd party apps though. However Zunited expects over 26 apps from Zune HD that are not on...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is killing further developments of Zune hardware. So, this puts an end to Zune HD2, the iPod Touch competitor rumours to an end. Zune MP3 Players didn’t...

Portable Media Players, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Zune HD, Windows Phone 7
The Windows Phone 7 Connector app is live in the Mac App Store, bringing with it (finally) easy syncing between your Mac and your WP7 and/or Zune HD.

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
The Zune HD and software have always been an underrated but excellent media platform. With the introduction of WP7, that is set to change and I hope that Microsoft will spend some of that $500 million...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
The Zune HD may not have seen quite the explosion of apps that many had hoped for, but it's just gotten a pretty big one: Windows Live Messenger. That will naturally give you much of the same function...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
Microsoft and United hooked up back in June for a hardware-less Zune partnership, which seems to have turned out pretty sweetly for both parties. Dav

Portable Media Players, Microsoft
A handy tipster sent us a screen shot from the Zune desktop software which conveniently reveals the UK pricing for the service, which is expected to launch concurrently with the phones in mid-October.

Portable Media Players, Microsoft
The evidence is mounting against the release of a Zune HD2 from Microsoft this year.Microsoft hasn’t announced either way whether there will be a new Zune HD...

Portable Media Players, Microsoft, Zune HD
Now may be a bit of an odd time to buy one, given the arrival of Windows Phone 7 in around 6 months, but if you prefer a pretty nice media player that is regularly updated with new features...