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Comment by andrekandre

4 days ago 

  > Their only misstep was making one of their colorways poop brown

i think the other big issue was calling it a 'zune' but thats just me...

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nightski  4 days ago

Name or color had nothing to do with it imho (I like the brown personally). It was all timing. They were entering a market with a well estaablished leader (iPod) that was nearly as good, as good, or better depending on who you ask. On top of it phones themselves were taking over the music player market at the same time, which is where Microsoft really dropped the ball.

I mean, iPhone is a really ridiculous name as well if you stop to think about it.

  • RajT88  2 days ago

    You think having a dumb name would be a negative, but one of the biggest bands in the world is called Metallica.