The Zune player, which was predicted of the future of the “iPod killer”, is rapidly lagging not only from its main competitor, but also from other manufacturers of mp3 players.
In the Top 10, sales of technology Amazon.com Zune stayed only a few days after launch. Now * only one Zune model is represented in
the top-100 sales (30GB, black, 92nd). At this time, various iPod models occupy 6 places in the Top 10, the Sansa M240 from Sandisk is located at 7 and 16 places, and Zen Vision: M from Creative - at 21.
The near future Zune looks even sadder. Experts predict that during the Christmas sales will be bought about 15 million players from Apple, while Microsoft can only count on 300-500 thousand.
Observers associate this state of affairs with sharply negative press reports about the brainchild of Microsoft. But this does not upset the developers. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, a representative of the corporation said that everything exactly corresponded to their expectations.
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* As of 11.28.06 21:00 Moscow time
Source:
BetaNews.com