Darius Wey
11-27-2006, 11:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/8026/zunes-tune-is-sweet-despite-issues/' target='_blank'>http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/8026/zunes-tune-is-sweet-despite-issues/</a><br /><br /></div><em>"Today’s tune is Zune, and it’s being written none too soon. It was nearly two weeks ago when Microsoft Corp.’s new music, movie and photo player named Zune fulfilled widespread predictions that it was going to debut with a thud. Let me say first that my take on this milestone event in Windows history comes amid a bit of heat. I guess I’ve been persona non grata at the Zune side of Microsoft for the past few weeks after I questioned the ethics of the company’s effort to immolate iPod by creating in Zune a virtual carbon copy of both Apple’s world-beater music player and the exclusive online store where iPod owners shop for new music."</em><br /><br />For every negative review, there's a positive review. And here's one of the positive ones. The Zune may not be an iPod killer yet, but it's definitely not out of the race either. Check out what <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/8026/zunes-tune-is-sweet-despite-issues/" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a> had to say.