Live Side: Along with the Trial Pass option, it looks like Zune Pass in the UK will cost £8.99/mo, with a 3 mo. subscription costing £26.97.
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.”
MobileTopSoft Writes: "Good news, Microsoft did the unthinkable recently, something that could see Zune Pass finally competing with the likes of iTunes and Spotify. Unfortunately, the new changes come with a price, one that many subscribers will not take lightly."
Whatever. Those protected WMA's all seem to accidentally turn to mp3's right before the play rights expire. :P
Per FleshEatingZipper: "Today, the news is finally rattling out that Microsoft is retiring Zune. As you may know, I have a certain affinity for the device. Being a long-time iPod fan by the Zune’s debut in 2006 (with a dead iPod, mind you), I vowed that as soon as Microsoft brought an MP3 player to market, I’d be on it. And I was. So what’s in the future for Zune?"
