Microsoft released its first Zune 30GB music player, a competitor to Apple's popular iPod, in 2006. No widespread glitches have been reported this week in its second-generation 80GB or 120GB models.

Microsoft released its first Zune 30GB music player, a competitor to Apple's popular iPod, in 2006. No widespread glitches have been reported this week in its second-generation 80GB or 120GB models.

Microsoft's soon-to-be-released iPod competitor the Zune will include some free music including audio selections from The Thermals, Band of Horses, The Rakes and The Adored. It will also feature music ...

Years ago, I purchased a Microsoft Zune music player, and later became frustrated that it wouldn’t work with a Macintosh desktop or notebook—unless I ran Windows in a virtual machine.

In other words, Microsoft has improved its own media player, but not much more -- there's not much about the Zune HD, at least in its present form, that screams "game changer." That is ...

A music streaming service from Microsoft that was introduced in 2006 as Zune Music, along with the Zune music player hardware. Later rebranded as Xbox Music, in 2015 it was renamed once again as ...

On the software side, applications that reside in the user's computer, such as iTunes, Windows Media Player and RealPlayer, are used to organize a music collection, play audio files and rip music ...

Windows Media Player not only allows you to store and view music, pictures, or video files but sync them to a portable device for enjoyment on the go. In addition, you can share the content with ...

The Windows Media Player substitutes the old and abandoned Groove Music app. It features a more modern user interface with "rich artist imagery," a mini-player with Compact Overlay support ...

There was a brief time in the early 2000s when we carried cellphones, wallets, keys, and a bespoke digital media player loaded with a small selection of our music libraries. Devices like iPods ...

The now defunct Zune brand never made an appearance on iOS, and for good reason, but Ender Labs’ Track 8 trendy reimplementation of the Windows Phone 7 music player on the iPad had left us considering ...

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