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Posted by Ravdeep Hora
Monday, October 02, 2006, 01:03 AM

It’s about time Microsoft revealed the official pricing for its Zune music player. Drum Roll, please… According to Microsoft, the Zune will debut at $249.99 with an accessories line right off the bat. The accessories will range from $19.99 and $99.99 for the following products:

• Zune Home A/V Pack ($100 - dock, remote, AV cables, extra battery, sync cable, adapter)
• Zune Travel Pack ($100 - Dual Connect remote, premium headphones, bag, cable, and adapter)
• Zune Car Pack ($80 - FM tuner, car charger)
• AV cable ($20)
• AC adapter ($30)
• sync cable ($20)
• car charger ($24)
• dock (with AV output, but no AV cable for $40)
• wireless remote (for control of zune dock, $30)
• Dual Connect remote (for inline control and splitting the audio out for two people, $30)
• Zune FM Transmitter (with autoseek, which finds the optimal station and, at $70, the optimal way to sap your cash),
• gear bag (which, um, contains all these friggin' expensive accessories, itself $30)
• ... and premium earphones (sound isolating canalphones for $40)

So, if you thought Apple accessories were getting out of hand, well, don’t worry, Microsoft is going to be just like Apple and work with its partners to flood the market with an abundance of useless accessories that hardly anyone would go for.

Oh, I almost forgot. Zune will go on sale starting November 14, 2006.

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The Zune will become the darling of IT departments who will force corporate secretaries to record the meeting's minutes.

LOL

Posted by: Anonymous October 2, 2006 08:57 PM

John Dingler:

I don't know about that, but I think Zune will definitely kill the iPod on a Microsoft campus. Remember Steve Ballmer's kids can't use Google or iPod, and I think Microsoft will implement the same policy at its campus for employees as well. :)

Take care,
Ravdeep

Ravdeep,
Ha ha ha. Yeah. If Balmer can marshall of his employees and relatives to use the Zune, then just maybe he may dent the iPod, like right away. *S*

About 15 zune accessories are available at http://www.zune-accessories.org/
Including dock, cable, bag, charger, etc.
Will be Zune hot like iPod?

John Dingler:

Oh, I think it can be more than a mere dent in a decent sized campus in Redmond, WA. :)

Zune Accessories Details:

Thanks for pointing out the website. Zune will never be as hot as the iPod, though you may never know. The problem with MSFT is their philosophy of entering the market is wrong. They do it to beat others, not to innovate to lead and develop a revolutionzing product.

Take care,
Ravdeep

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