Archive for April, 2009

KOMO News Testers-approved cheaper alternatives to the ipodKOMO News, WATesters also liked the iriver Spinn for its cool features, including a touch screen and bluetooth. The 4-gigabyte model costs $170. They also gave a thumbs-up to the Microsoft Zune for its customization and full-color video. At 4 gigabytes, the Zune… More: continued here

Teens reject Microsoft's ZuneRegister, UKWhile 92 per cent already owned an MP3 player, 86 per cent already had an iPod. Just four per cent owned a Zune, meaning Microsoft beat Sony and Sandisk for second place but that it also tied with the "other" category. That'll make tough reading for … More: continued here

Business Briefs: Sony vs. Tenenbaum, Piper Jaffray, LalaBillboard Business News, NYFollow the links to both MP3 files and YouTube streams. (Recording Industry vs. the People) — More details have emerged from Piper Jaffray's biannual teen survey. Only 4% of teens surveyed owned a Zune MP3 player. Sony and Sandisk came in with 2% each … More: [...]

CNET News Survery: Kids want iPodsPocket-lint.com, UKWhile only 19% of those said they planed to buy a new digital media player in the next 12 months a staggering 100% said if they did it would be an iPod over others players on the market such as Microsoft's Zune MP3 player or those from SanDisk or …Teen [...]

Siliconrepublic.com DRM still sucks, even after it's deadCNET News, CAThis isn't just a point of principle with me–I have a Zune player that automatically adds all the songs in my iTunes library, including AAC files, but which cannot see or play DRM-protected songs. Today, while doing some shopping for songs I love but …Play iTunes music [...]