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Microsoft's new "iPod killer" has a name: Zune Live.
They really need to fire whoever does their product naming. Industry spies and insiders say it looks like this:
Among what is rumored here are the interesting ones:
-WiFi built in so the player can update/download without a PC(? ... or work wirelessly through you PC), and will allow people to "trade" music, though no one knows how that will work out legally.
-Larger video screen than the current iPod Video.
-MS has been rumored to be in talks with iPod accessory makers and supposedly undercutting Apple's iPod accessory licensing fee (i.e. you have to pay a licensing fee to put the "Made for iPod" logo on a box or product).
-Will use Windows Media Player 11 as the base software, meaning Vista will have Urge/Zune Live support built in like OS X has iTune support built in.
-and this is the big one ... rumor has it that MS will pay for a download/license for every piece of music you have purchased from iTunes. Meaning, the installer will check to see if iTunes is installed, and if it is it will find all of the music you have purchased through iTunes and then download the same titles from Urge and copy them to your player.
Should be an interesting MP3 player war this holiday season. Especially if the G6 iPod rumors are true.
Jammrock
They really need to fire whoever does their product naming. Industry spies and insiders say it looks like this:
Among what is rumored here are the interesting ones:
-WiFi built in so the player can update/download without a PC(? ... or work wirelessly through you PC), and will allow people to "trade" music, though no one knows how that will work out legally.
-Larger video screen than the current iPod Video.
-MS has been rumored to be in talks with iPod accessory makers and supposedly undercutting Apple's iPod accessory licensing fee (i.e. you have to pay a licensing fee to put the "Made for iPod" logo on a box or product).
-Will use Windows Media Player 11 as the base software, meaning Vista will have Urge/Zune Live support built in like OS X has iTune support built in.
-and this is the big one ... rumor has it that MS will pay for a download/license for every piece of music you have purchased from iTunes. Meaning, the installer will check to see if iTunes is installed, and if it is it will find all of the music you have purchased through iTunes and then download the same titles from Urge and copy them to your player.
Should be an interesting MP3 player war this holiday season. Especially if the G6 iPod rumors are true.
Jammrock
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