Coming Zune -- Microsoft baffles...

Repeat after me in your best Krusty the Clown voice "What the hell was that?"

Good news: Microsoft, our other favorite monopoly is going to produce their own media player that the media is touting as an iPod killer, thus going after our first favorite monopoly.

Bad news: Microsoft is teasing the audience with a cryptic, misguided, baffling, bizarre, horrorshow, amateurish, juvenile, and freakish looking website.

For those of you who were overwhelmed with my possibly unforgivable adjectival excess, just replace the entire string above with daft.

Still, I couldn't be happier about getting an alternative to the iPod that will be well supported by third parties. Imagine a world where there are entire Best Buy aisles of Zune accessories in addition to the plethora of iPod accessories. It makes me giddy.


qv: comingzune.com

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About Phil Yanov

Phil Yanov is a Technologist, Columnist and Public Radio Commentator.

He is the founder of Tech After Five as well as the founder and President of the GSA Technology Council and the IT Leadership Council.

His personal technology column appears in Greenville Business Magazine and the Columbia Business Journal.

He co-hosts the Your Day technology shows heard on NPR radio stations across South Carolina and is a frequent contributor to technology stories appearing on radio and television.