Microsoft Ships One Million Zunes
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Microsoft is celebrating Tuesday, as the company beat its goal of shipping one million units of the Zune music player several days before its June target, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Following a flurry of Web reports, Microsoft confirmed Monday that the much-anticipated Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system will ship today to manufacturers along with Windows Server 2008.
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Blog: During Microsoft's July 19th 2007 earnings report, it was announced that sales of Zunes met their predicted goal of one million.
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Microsoft's iPod rival Zune will be on store shelves in time for the holiday shopping season.
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Microsoft's new Zune media player has some features that will distinguish it from Apple's market-leading iPod, analysts said. But whether it's cool enough to rule is an open question.
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Microsoft plans to release its Zune music player on Nov. 14 in the U.S., just ahead of the holiday gift-buying rush.
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Software giant Microsoft said that its Zune MP3 player challenge to Apple Computer's internationally popular iPod will hit US stores on November 14.
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Zune, eMusic, and subscriptions Analysis One of the most interesting aspects of Microsoft's would-be iPod-killer Zune isn't technical at all. It has nothing to do with colour screens, codecs or disk capacity.â¦
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on   Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price   matching Apple Computer Inc.'s AAPL.O market-leading iPod   and, as a result, lose money this holiday season.
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One of the first things Microsoft did when launching the Zune was get rid of the two-year-old MSN Music download service. That doesn't bode well for Yahoo Music.
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Microsoft Corp.  may have  an opening with its recently launched Zune digital music player  to gain market share against the iPod, as a Reuters survey  showed that among consumers expressing interest in the Zune 35  percent of them were upgrading from an existing player.
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The new Zune digital-media player may be an all-Microsoft production, but it feels like it came from two companies.
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Microsoft Corp. slashed $50 from the price of its Zune digital media player Wednesday, the same day Apple Inc. was expected to unveil additions to its market-leading iPod line.
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The phenomenal success of the iPod has inspired many imitators, and now Microsoft Corp. wants to get a piece of the action with its Zune player, due this year, which will include  wireless connectivity.
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Microsoft Corp  cut the price  of its Zune digital music player on Wednesday by $50 to $199 in  an attempt to rev up sales of the device competing against  Apple Inc's  iPod.
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Often forgotten amid all of the iPhone hype, Microsoft, too, makes a portable music player that is holding its own in the marketplace - at least for a first generation product. The company is now reportedly preparing a second revision called the "Scorpio" with an 80GB hard drive, which will join a new flash memory based Zune dubbed "Draco."
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has beaten itsÂ goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report. Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, said it has already passed the million mark during an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle published Monday. The Zune has a 10 percent market share in the hard-disk-based music player category, he added. "It's a good start. It's not an overwhelming start. I'm not going to pretend it's some gigantic move," he was quoted by the newspaper as saying. The million unit figure bests Apple. It took the iPod 14 months to reach 600,000 shipments, but it was much earlier in the game than the Zune, when the market for digital music players wasn't so hot. Apple has likely sold around 25 million iPods over the same time it has taken the Zune to reach its goal, according to financial analysts. Microsoft has a lot more work to do with the Zune. Despite a better-than-expected start, it's far behind the iPod both in terms of number of users and popularity. Apple sold 10.55 million iPods during the three months ending March 31 and announced it had sold its 100 millionth on April 9 of this year. The company has also generated enthusiasm for the device through more than 4,000 accessories made for the iPod, including stereo hookups in more than 70 percent of 2007-model U.S. cars and a deal with Nike to use iPods with certain running shoes that collect workout information. The company also has its new iPhone coming out soon, a product Bach indicated Microsoft will not compete against directly with a Zune phone, according to the Chronicle report. Microsoft will continue to work with handset makers to provide software used in different styles of mobile phones, because mobiles are deeply personal devices, he said. "In the phone space, we're very comfortable with the model we've chosen....We work with handset manufacturers and operators to produce that web of offerings while still producing the same consistent software so people can get done what they need to get done regardless of which phone they choose," he reportedly said. The San Francisco Chronicle article can be found on the WebÂ here.