Well, Stitch, for now at least order has been restored to the Universe. The Zune is at number 8 for MP3 players on Amazon, and there is only one SanDisk above it. The rest are iPods. For a while there, the Zune was a shocking number 2!! For whatever reason, prices tend to slip on Amazon, and the Zune was down to about $149, which is pretty good for a 30 Gb player. But now the iPods are kicking butt. I think your anaysis was right - Apple has a lot of outlets to sell iPods, not the lease of which is its own Apple online store, which is every bit as easy to use as Amazon. You know, it's even as easy to buy an iPod at the Apple retail stores. It's so freaking easy! Power to the iPod!!!
p.s. Macbooks are selling like hotcakes. It's an Apple Universe, man!
3 comments:
I agree that there are more outlets for the iPod, but even more of a factor is that unusual price cut that the Zune had for a while - gotta admit that $160 is going to draw some folks to the Zune, even if the unit is not nearly as good as the iPod.
-Le
At $160, is MS making any money off of these Zunes? I'm sure we have all been suckered into buying the cheaper immitation of a product only to regret it later. Sorry Zune buyers, you should have paid a few dollars more and got the real deal.
Amen, Stitch. Microsoft doesn't care if they're not making any money. But the iPod is very affordable these days, so people who want a good player will definitely look at the iPod.
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