Comments on: Steve Ballmer downplays Zune phone

The Microsoft CEO says a Zune phone is "not a concept you'll ever get from us."

[Lee in San Diego]

That much is true

That a well designed and easy to use product is somethingt that
you would get from MicroSoft.

[close5828]

You're kidding, right?

Sadly, the same people who made a great product like the XBox 360 are responsible for the monstrosity that is the Zune.

Let's see....sell it for the same price as an iPod, sell accessories for just as much (if not more than) the iPod, and put a wheel-shaped directional-pad that cannot rotate, and you tell me why the Zune is failing?! Money was spent on developing this thing...money was spent on people who were paid to develop it... ::shaking head::

However, the Xbox 360 is polar-opposite of the Zune; it is powerful, high-def, Xbox live, etc.

Pity that J Allard can't make an MP3 Player as good as the Xbox 360, despite being the PM for the Zune? :-\

[Sniche]

Steve Ballmer Zunephone unable to outdo iPhone

If modeled on Vista, it would take twice as long to make, would
cost four times much and would have to have SP1 added before it's
launch, but we havn't put it in the too hard basket yet.
love SB..