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Microsoft's ZUNE
billywows Elite	17-Sep-2006 00:11 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	From what I have read of the coming Zune, most analysts doubt it's an iPod killer .... But Zune will turn out to be Zen killer instead - to take over the No. 2 spot in the MP3 market.
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singaporegal Supreme	16-Sep-2006 17:24 singaporegal About Contact Quote this Post! Style: Technical Mood: Yells: "Female TA nut"
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	I don't think the market is reacting well to Creative having the Zune as competition. Its come out quite clear in the charts that Creative is on downtrend again.
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chipchip66 Master	15-Sep-2006 20:44 chipchip66 About Contact Quote this Post! Style: Flexible Mood:
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Just saw the article, very similar to ipod and Zen. I wonder what user interface they are using? I think Creative will be one of the first to buy and check it out!!
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billywows Elite	15-Sep-2006 20:37 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	MSFT's Zune unveiled today ..... ------------------------------ Microsoft steps into digital-media player fray Software giant unveils hotly awaited Zune device, service http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B3601D379%2D8AD3%2D42B1%2DA71F%2D509A0C830531%7D&siteid=
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billywows Elite	28-Aug-2006 16:59 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Came out today's paper too .... Creative is dead meat now! Its down 50 cents now. ------------------------------------ Toshiba teams with Microsoft for Zune Last Update: 8:40 PM ET Aug 25, 2006 REDMOND, Wash., Aug 25, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Japan's Toshiba Corp. will make an FM tuner and wireless network capacity for the Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s rival to the popular iPod music player. The Zune, which Microsoft aims to release before the Christmas holidays, will let users receive and share photographs as well as music, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Also, the device will allow users to stream music to up to four other nearby devices. REDMOND, Wash., Aug 25, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Japan's Toshiba Corp. will make an FM tuner and wireless network capacity for the Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s rival to the popular iPod music player. The Zune, which Microsoft aims to release before the Christmas holidays, will let users receive and share photographs as well as music, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Also, the device will allow users to stream music to up to four other nearby devices.
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billywows Elite	23-Aug-2006 07:44 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Motley Fool Double Take: Apple Juices SanDisk By Tim Beyers (TMF Mile High) August 22, 2006 Here we go again -- another challenger to Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) seemingly impenetrable iPod franchise. On Monday, SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK) unveiled a new eight-gigabyte music player for roughly $250, while lowering prices on other models. That's a potentially serious blow to Apple, whose iPod nano carries a maximum four gigabytes of storage and sells for $249. Apple investors leaned on the sell button after reading the news, as the shares closed down roughly 2%. Perhaps these Chicken Little wannabes think that SanDisk has permanently altered the economics of the music-player business? Or that the upstart might prevent Apple from ever again attaining meaningful margins in its highest-growth business? Well, they could be right. SanDisk is no chump. It's a world leader in NAND flash memory, the slim, sturdy storage inside devices like the iPod nano. Being a supplier, it can cut costs from the supply chain and pass savings to consumers. In addition, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory have produced meaningful cash flow from royalties, which should help fund any price war that ensues. But "price war" is the operative phrase here. SanDisk's assault on the market has thus far earned it a 10% share of the music-player market, according to press reports. Cost advantages could increase its share, but I doubt many gains will come from Apple. SanDisk hasn't eliminated the iPod maker's core advantage: the seamless tie between the iPod and iTunes. iTunes is, in fact, essential. Other devices can't access the store for downloading; its unique content provides a moat around the iPod, funded by Apple's blossoming free cash flow. Expect Apple's advantage to increase even further if the Mac maker finds a way to license movies for downloading, which I expect it will. SanDisk's new player is undeniably cool, and it's doubtlessly going to win some converts. Music-store partners Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS), and RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) are also likely to be thrilled to have another device for which to sell songs. But none of this means a new battle for the soul of the digital music business has begun. It hasn't and won't until old rival Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) finally whistles a new tune. Wake me then.
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billywows Elite	23-Aug-2006 07:40 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Today's paper reported this new MP3 competition .... another blow to Creative! MSFT's Zune MP3 launching this year end too. Wonder if Creative already has something up (or down) its sleeve? -------------- SanDisk lifts competitive stakes vs. Apple iPod: WSJ By Robert Daniel Last Update: 3:38 AM ET Aug 21, 2006 TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- SanDisk, the producer of flash memory, is making a fresh competitive thrust at Apple Computer's iPod music player, The Wall Street Journal Online reports. SanDisk will unveil a $250 music player with 8 gigabytes of capacity, twice that of the comparable iPod, the paper reported. SanDisk is also cutting prices on its other music players and will introduce a model costing under $100, the paper said
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tanglinboy Elite	02-Aug-2006 07:34 tanglinboy About Contact Quote this Post! Style: Combined Mood: Yells: "hello!"
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Creative has a PE ratio of 855.0 !!!! Its at the top of the list of High PE stocks!
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allantanhc Veteran	01-Aug-2006 11:02 allantanhc About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	This looks like a sinking ship. Go in now is only for those who are brave.
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tanglinboy Elite	01-Aug-2006 10:33 tanglinboy About Contact Quote this Post! Style: Combined Mood: Yells: "hello!"
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Still falling... good time to go in? Now near 52 week low
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scotty Senior	23-Jul-2006 21:30 scotty About Contact Quote this Post! Mood:
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Creative is in deep trouble... I wonder how they're going to fight this uphill battle now.
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billywows Elite	23-Jul-2006 21:18 billywows About Contact Quote this Post!
x 0 x 0 Alert Admin	Microsoft looks to take on Apple's iPod Software giant plans release products under new 'Zune' brand this year By Michael Paige, MarketWatch Last Update: 5:01 PM ET Jul 21, 2006 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it is developing a new family of digital music and entertainment products that include both hardware and software under a project called Zune, pitting it against Apple Computer Inc., maker of the wildly popular iPod. Microsoft, the world's largest software company, said it plans to release the first products under the Zune brand this year. The news confirmed widespread speculation that Microsoft was developing a device that would compete with Apple's iPod. See archived story. Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., didn't provide details on specific products it's developing under the initiative. The iPod and related iTunes digital-music and video store, which have helped to reinvigorate Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple's fortunes, dominate the market for handheld devices used to play back digital-music and other entertainment files. Apple claims a 75% share of the market for such devices, according data from market-research firm NPD Group. "We see a great opportunity to bring together technology and community to allow consumers to explore music together," Microsoft's general manager of marketing, Chris Stephenson, said. Microsoft, which delivered an upbeat quarterly financial report and forecast late Thursday, is spending heavily as it looks for growth in areas outside its core Windows operating system and Office application businesses. The company plans to spend about $2.4 billion more in its current fiscal year compared to the prior. See full story. Stephen Baker, director of IT research at NPD, said the company essentially has been in the market for digital-music players through software and hardware partnerships "and they've had a lot of opportunities to go after the iPod." "I think they would be better served helping their hardware partners build better products," he added. "That would be cheaper for Microsoft, too." Baker said he thought it unlikely that Microsoft would be able to top the designs of other companies that make iPod rivals, such as SanDisk Corp, Creative Technology Ltd. or Samsung. Those rivals have only managed to stake out a slim slice of the market, with SanDisk taking a 10.5% share of the digital-music player sales in June, according to NPD. Creative trailed even further behind with a 3.7% market share, while Samsung took 3.2.% of the market in June. Microsoft shares climbed $1.02, or 4.5%, to close Friday's session at $23.87. Apple's stock inched forward by 22 cents, or 0.4%, to end at $60.72. Michael Paige is a reporter for MarketWatch in Los Angeles. Reporter Rex Crum contributed to this article from San Francisco.
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