Zune Reality Log

Zune is quite a well-known failure from Microsoft. It failed to gain traction and below are some of our posts on the subject, starting from 2009.

2009

 * The End of the Road for XBox, Zune, No New Products
 * Windows Mobile, Vista, and Zune Injure Microsoft: Time to Go, Say Journalists
 * Farewell, Zune?
 * Zune and Xbox Still Circling Down the Drain After Long Downtime
 * Microsoft Fails with Gadgets and Moves on to Toys
 * Microsoft Unable to Spread Through Gadgets
 * Zune Management Abandons Still
 * Zune and Windows Mobile Fail at Rebirth
 * Microsoft Pink is Already Declared Dead and Danger Dies with Permanent Data Loss
 * Microsoft’s Gadgets and Consoles Still Ridiculed and Avoided

2010

 * Failures in Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile Mark “Microsoft’s Downward Spiral”
 * Zune and Windows Mobile Are Going Away
 * Zune is Down 54% This Quarter
 * Windows Phone 7 Falls on Its Face and Microsoft Still Wants Patent Royalties on Linux Phones (Zune-like phone)
 * Microsoft’s Gadgets/Hardware Business is Collapsing (Zune, Xbox, Mobile)
 * Latest Failures in Windows Mobile, Zune, and Xbox 360
 * Microsoft Sued for Patent Violations in Zune
 * Microsoft Kin Fails, Aggravates the Public (Microsoft’s new Zune-like phones fail to impress anyone, even huge proponents of Microsoft)
 * Microsoft’s Phone Business as Dead as Zune, But Apple Too Loses Its Mind
 * Latest Microsoft Hardware Failures: Kin, Xbox, and Zune
 * Wal-Mart Removes Microsoft Zune From Shelves — Source
 * KIN is Dead, Zune May Naturally Jump the Shark Next
 * “Walmart is No Longer Carrying the Zune“ and Microsoft’s IronPython is in Trouble
 * Two Percent Market Share for Microsoft
 * Time to Throw in the Towel on Zune, Which Becomes a Public Embarrassment

2011

 * Zune is Now Dead, At Least As a Brand