Associatedcontent: In the world of MP3 players or digital media players, many people consider the iPod the cream of the crop. While the iPod is a nice piece of hardware and the likely market leader, it receives stiff competition from anyone not wanting to be tied down to iTunes or general Apple software.
FleshEatingZipper writes: On the morning of May 11th, 2012, Robbie Bach stood before the Northwest Entrepreneur Network while a PowerPoint projection burned bright behind him. The 50-year old former Microsoft executive was graying at the corners while a “Hello, my name is…” sticker began to peel off his shirt. “If I had hindsight, 20-20, and could do Zune over again,” he started, “we would skip portable media players completely.”
WMpoweruser - Despite Microsoft blaming a publishing mishap for the Zune HD page being pulled from the Zune.net site, a post on the Zune.net support site officially confirms the device has been discontinued.
enConnected - Since man first walked out of caves, set fire to their turkeys at Thanksgiving, and shocked us with talk of winning, one question has been asked; when will the Zune HD get basic productivity apps? How about today.
Good article but it doesn't cover the fact that HD Video is only in HD when connected to the optional A/V Dock which retails for $90.
I just picked one of these up for my wife because Newegg.com had a special where it was $232 with upgraded headphones and the A/V dock was included. Great deal. Saved like $110...And I don't have to deal with iTunes. Win-Win for me.