Zune HD is dead confirms Microsoft

Release Date 4 Oct, 2011 in SlashGear

It finally looks to be the end of the road for Microsoft Zune media players ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 4 Oct, 2011 Summary: It looks like it's finally official that Microsoft is out of the Zune hardware business �" the same day that Microsoft is changing its ZunePass subscription terms of service. ...
Microsoft killing off the Zune musicweek.com - Eamonn Forde - 4 Oct, 2011 Against a backdrop of growing rumours that Apple is going to kill off the iPod Classic on its 10th birthday, Microsoft has announced it will decommission the Zune, its own attempt at an iPod killer. On the Zune website, ...
	Microsoft scrap Zune MP3 players, focus on WP7 handsets Recombu - Richard Wordsworth - 4 Oct, 2011 It's been a brave fight, but Microsoft's Zune has finally gone the way of the Minidisc player, with Microsoft announcing last night that no further Zunes will be produced. ...
	Microsoft To "Stop Producing" The Zune; The iPod Slays Another Hot Hardware - Ray Willington - 4 Oct, 2011 And just like that, on the eve of Apple's iPhone 5 event, the Zune was no more. Microsoft's valiant effort into the world of portable media players seemed to have a snowball's chance in summer at making it, even from the start. Despite a huge marketing ...
	Zune Players Officially Dead Announces Microsoft Geeky gadgets - Julian Horsey - 4 Oct, 2011 Unfortunately even after a recent update back in August the Microsoft Zune range of players has now been officially announced as dead by Microsoft today. Even after denying that the Zune Players where not being discontinued after the Zune HD was ...
Microsoft Buries Zune, New Hope For Californian Rare Earths?, HTC To Issue ... Fast Company - Nidhi Subbaraman - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft Buries Zune HD To Focus On Windows Phone. Microsoft is ending their Zune HD line of music players, TheNextWeb reports. Instead, the company will focus on integrating their video and music features into their Windows ...
Microsoft to stop production of the Zune player Manufacturing Digital - Christopher Davies - 4 Oct, 2011 First released in 2006, Microsoft's Zune Player had big ambitions to rival Apple's dominant iPod. However, now it seems Microsoft has cut its losses with the less than successful Zune player and announced it will stop producing the MP3 device. ...
	Zune HD is dead confirms Microsoft SlashGear - 4 Oct, 2011 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 ...
Microsoft retires Zune players Fudzilla - Fuad Abazovic - 4 Oct, 2011 It is official, Microsoft has confirmed that it doesn't have plans to make any new Zune players. In an announcement on the Zune support site, Redmond said it won't kill the service so if you by any chance have Zune HD player and live in US or Canada, ...
Microsoft waves goodbye to the Zune Player THINQ.co.uk - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft has confirmed that its ill-fated foray into iPod-like media players has come to an end, with production of the Zune Player hardware coming to a halt. When the devices disappeared from the company's website, many predicted that Microsoft was ...
	Microsoft confirms it will no longer produce Zune players The Next Web - 4 Oct, 2011 After removing references to Zune hardware on its website yesterday and subsequently issuing a statement that it had done so mistakenly, Microsoft has quietly confirmed the death of its Zune music players, updating its Zune support website with a ...
	Microsoft Zune reaches the end of the line Product Reviews - Gary Johnson - 4 Oct, 2011 We recently brought you speculation that Apple was to kill off some of its iPod range, but if true this will come after a successful few years. This compares to the offering from Microsoft that hasn't exactly proved much of a success, and now it looks ...
	Zune HD Not Dead Yet Says Microsoft ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 4 Oct, 2011 Zune HD, Microsoft's not-so-popular troubled digital device, seems to be counting its last few days. First in a strange turn of events this device disappeared from the Microsoft's Zune official website and then appeared again. ...
Microsoft Zune MP4 players killed off in favour of Windows Phone 7.5 Gadget Helpline (blog) - 4 Oct, 2011 After years of what can be described generously as 'cult success' and perhaps more accurately as 'poor sales' in the US, microsoft's Zune player devices are no more. The company has revealed that it no longer plans to make the devices, and wil instead ...
	Zune shown the door, Microsoft will continue to honor warranties TechShout! - 4 Oct, 2011 By News Editor - It's official, Microsoft has decided to kill the Zune hardware business and concentrate on Windows Phone for their mobile music and video strategy. Maybe the music player is struggling against the likes of Apple's iPods or smartphones ...
	Microsoft kills Zune, then resurrects it CNET UK - Joe Svetlik - 4 Oct, 2011 And just like that, the Zune was no more. Last night self-styled Zune MVP Marques Lyons, a key player in the Zune music sharing community, tweeted that the player was dead. He said Microsoft had updated Zune.net ...
Zune Player: Still dead LiveSide - Kip Kniskern - 4 Oct, 2011 We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy, and that we will no longer be producing Zune players. So what does this mean for our current ...
	Microsoft: Zune players officially dead Ubergizmo - George Wong - 4 Oct, 2011 We've previously written about rumors concerning the Zune's demise, and then reported about Microsoft refuting such stories. Well now we've come to tell you that the Zune is officially dead. Announced on the official Zune support website, Microsoft has ...
Zune is dead, long live Zune Engadget - Sean Buckley - 4 Oct, 2011 Like Zune's own Business Development Manager once said, all consumer electronics products have a lifespan, and today the (not so long) lineage of dedicated Zune hardware expires not with a roar, ...
Microsoft 'will not be producing Zune players,' and that's the final word This Is My Next - Sean Hollister - 4 Oct, 2011 This morning, the Zune HD mysteriously disappeared from Microsoft's Zune website, prompting rabid speculation that the hardware was no more. Later, the multimedia player was restored to its place of former glory. Now, however, the official Zune support ...
Microsoft Changes Subscription Plans; Zune HD Fading Away MocoNews - 4 Oct, 2011 Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) isn't alone in changing its subscription media pricing but the response to this one is likely to be a lot less vocal, in part because current subscribers were grandfathered in and, in part, because it's Zune. ...
Microsoft removes, then re-adds Zune HD to its website [u] Apple Insider - Sam Oliver - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft temporarily removed references to all Zune hardware from the official Zune website Monday, an apparent error that was initially viewed as the final nail in the coffin for the media player that failed to gain traction against ...
Microsoft restores Zune HD page, not axed yet SlashGear - 4 Oct, 2011 When Microsoft unveiled its Zune Pass price drop with a new splash page showing the service working for PCs, Windows Phones, and the Xbox, the company appeared to have pulled any reference to its Zune HD mp3 player. This quickly sparked reports that it ...
Microsoft Launches $10 Zune Music Pass, Expands to Canada Tom's Guide - Marcus Yam - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft today launched a new price plan for its Zune Music service. The new unlimited streaming pass is $9.99 per month, which gives on-demand access to more than 14 million songs and tens of thousands of music videos. The new $9.99 pass will replace ...
	Microsoft restores Zune HD page, calls removal a mistake GeekWire - Todd Bishop - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft's Zune HD is experiencing its own special brand of purgatory. But it's not officially dead … yet. The Redmond company caused a stir today when journalist Ed Bott pointed out that the company had removed references to the Zune HD music ...
Zune's dead… 9 to 5 Mac - 4 Oct, 2011 As noted by tech journalist Ed Bott on Twitter, Microsoft has removed all references to Zune hardware on the official website dedicated to the personal media player. The other sections of the site have remained intact, including parts related to the ...
Microsoft removes hardware products from Zune website [update] Zunited - Michael Collado - 4 Oct, 2011 Microsoft updated the official Zune website today to reflect the new Zune Music Pass, which was announced late last week. The Zune Music Pass will now be $10 a month and include music videos but has dropped the 10 MP3s to keep. ...
The Zune Is Gone (Updated: It's Back!) Gizmodo - 4 Oct, 2011 Something's conspicuously missing from the Zune's website: The Zune. Zune Music Pass and software for Windows and phones remains, but the oft (and unfairly) maligned MP3 player itself has vanished. Is the Zune officially dead? Update: No. ...
Microsoft delivers Zune player's last rites CNET - Steven Musil, Josh Lowensohn - 4 Oct, 2011 Speculation about the fate Microsoft's troubled digital device was rekindled today when it mysteriously vanished from Microsoft's Zune Web site. Then magically reappeared. Microsoft representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ...