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Picking a Portable Media Player:  Going Non-iPod and the Improved Zune II

For the last several years, I’ve often wondered if the companies competing with Apple in the MP3 player space were blind, deaf, and dumb.

Apple products weren’t just better – they generally slam-dunked the products that competed with them.  One of the most disappointing efforts was Microsoft’s first Zune. While MS did a good job with accessories, stores and product specifications, well… let’s just say the actual product wasn’t very attractive, and my first reaction upon seeing it was that it wouldn’t sell very well. (I’m actually understating my reaction, and I’ll likely use this as an example of bad executive oversight for much of the rest of my life.) But hey – that was then and this is now, and the world is vastly different this year.  Read more...