26 Facts About Microsoft Zune

Microsoft Zune was the provider of music streaming for United Airlines in-flight, after a partnership in 2010.

Microsoft Zune started as a line of portable media players created in cooperation with Toshiba.

Microsoft Zune aimed to challenge and beat Apple, whose iPod line held an enormous market share.

In 2008, Microsoft Zune shut down the MSN Music licensing servers for PlaysForSure only two years after promising users the servers would be available for five years.

Microsoft Zune stated that the problem was caused by the internal clock driver written by Freescale and the way the device handles a leap year.

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Microsoft Zune Pass customers in the United States could now download 10 tracks to keep per month in addition to the existing subscription-dependent unlimited music downloads.

The Zune had failed to capture significant market share after five years against the Apple iPod, and a recent study by NPD Group indicated that the Zune did not make the list of the five best-selling portable music players in the U S The iPod has been more successful because of simplicity and had better ratings.

In June 2012, Microsoft announced plans to discontinue all "Zune" products, and instead, Microsoft would distribute its digital media content and services under the Xbox Music and Xbox Video names, available on their line of products, including Windows 8 PCs and tablets, Xbox 360 game console, and Windows Phone smart phones.

In November 2015, Microsoft retired the Zune music download and streaming service.

Users must have a Microsoft Zune Pass subscription to play music in the application, and only Microsoft Zune Pass content is available.

Microsoft Zune software was then succeeded as a desktop sync app by the Windows Phone App for Windows Phone 8.

The Microsoft Zune 30 was initially available in black, brown and white.

Additional file support for H 264 and MPEG-4 formats was included, whereas the older Zune 30 requires these formats to be transcoded to WMV prior to sync.

The Microsoft Zune 80 came bundled with a USB connection cord and premium headphones.

The Microsoft Zune HD has HD Radio and the ability to display video in High Definition through a docking station .

Standard Microsoft Zune devices come with basic headphones and a proprietary USB data cable.

The Microsoft Zune software connects with the Microsoft Zune social and keeps track of files swapped with other users.

Microsoft Zune Software was succeeded by the Windows Phone App as a desktop sync service for Windows Phone 8.

Microsoft Zune Marketplace was an online store that offered music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, music videos, movie trailers and mobile applications.

Microsoft Zune Marketplace was originally only available in the United States.

Additionally, Microsoft launched an attempt at viral marketing with its comingzune site, complete with several videos in succession.

Microsoft Zune normally follows a platform strategy, as exemplified by the PlaysForSure system.

Microsoft Zune wanted to go beyond Apple's efforts and promote the tagline "the social" and wireless sharing as key differentiators.

Microsoft Zune has expanded its brand efforts by creating a Millennial-friendly website and campaign focused on emerging artist talent: Microsoft Zune Arts.

In January 2009, Microsoft's quarterly earnings filing with the SEC indicated that Zune sales had fallen $100 million from 2007 to 2008 during the fourth quarter of the calendar year.

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In 2012, Slate ran a reader poll inviting them to select a piece of defunct technology worthy of a reappraisal, where the Microsoft Zune beat out Myspace, the PalmPilot, feature phones and older versions of Internet Explorer.