Zune is a discontinued line of digital media products and services marketed by Microsoft from November 2006 until its discontinuation in June 2012.
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20 Facts About Zune
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Zune was the provider of music streaming for United Airlines in-flight, after a partnership in 2010.
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Zune started as a line of portable media players created in cooperation with Toshiba.
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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.
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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.
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Users must have a Zune Pass subscription to play music in the application, and only Zune Pass content is available.
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Zune software was then succeeded as a desktop sync app by the Windows Phone App for Windows Phone 8.
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The Zune 30 was initially available in black, brown and white.
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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.
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The Zune 80 came bundled with a USB connection cord and premium headphones.
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The Zune HD has HD Radio and the ability to display video in High Definition through a docking station .
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Standard Zune devices come with basic headphones and a proprietary USB data cable.
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The Zune software connects with the Zune social and keeps track of files swapped with other users.
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Zune Software was succeeded by the Windows Phone App as a desktop sync service for Windows Phone 8.
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Zune Marketplace was an online store that offered music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, music videos, movie trailers and mobile applications.
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Content can be viewed or purchased on Windows PCs with the Zune software installed, Zune devices, the Xbox 360, the Microsoft Kin phones, or Windows Phone phones.
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Zune has expanded its brand efforts by creating a Millennial-friendly website and campaign focused on emerging artist talent: Zune Arts.
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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 Zune beat out Myspace, the PalmPilot, feature phones and older versions of Internet Explorer.
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