●●● From Techrights

Zune is quite a well-known failure from Microsoft. It failed to gain traction and below are some of our posts on the subject, starting from 2009.

●● 2009

The End of the Road for XBox, Zune, No New Products
Windows Mobile, Vista, and Zune Injure Microsoft: Time to Go, Say Journalists
Farewell, Zune?
Zune and Xbox Still Circling Down the Drain After Long Downtime
Microsoft Fails with Gadgets and Moves on to Toys
Microsoft Unable to Spread Through Gadgets
Zune Management Abandons Still
Zune and Windows Mobile Fail at Rebirth
Microsoft Pink is Already Declared Dead and Danger Dies with Permanent Data Loss
Microsoft’s Gadgets and Consoles Still Ridiculed and Avoided

●● 2010

Failures in Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile Mark “Microsoft’s Downward Spiral”
Zune and Windows Mobile Are Going Away
Zune is Down 54% This Quarter

Windows Phone 7 Falls on Its Face and Microsoft Still Wants Patent Royalties on Linux Phones (Zune-like phone)

Windows Phone 7 Falls on Its Face and Microsoft Still Wants Patent Royalties on Linux Phones
Microsoft’s Gadgets/Hardware Business is Collapsing (Zune, Xbox, Mobile)
Latest Failures in Windows Mobile, Zune, and Xbox 360
Microsoft Sued for Patent Violations in Zune

Microsoft Kin Fails, Aggravates the Public (Microsoft’s new Zune-like phones fail to impress anyone, even huge proponents of Microsoft)

Microsoft Kin Fails, Aggravates the Public
Microsoft’s Phone Business as Dead as Zune, But Apple Too Loses Its Mind
Latest Microsoft Hardware Failures: Kin, Xbox, and Zune
Wal-Mart Removes Microsoft Zune From Shelves — Source
KIN is Dead, Zune May Naturally Jump the Shark Next
“Walmart is No Longer Carrying the Zune“ and Microsoft’s IronPython is in Trouble
Two Percent Market Share for Microsoft
Time to Throw in the Towel on Zune, Which Becomes a Public Embarrassment

●● 2011

Zune is Now Dead, At Least As a Brand

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