Zune HD: Who will be buying?

[1337 Gamer]

heruamon said:

1337 Gamer said:
I agree netflix would be AWESOME! but the video marketplace content for rent or own would be a great step forward in and of itself. And people say M$ dosnt innovate. As for buttons they find a way to make virtual buttons or sell an addon controller that plugs into the port on bottom and use that. OR use a wireless 360 controller :) now that would be cool

Since last spring, M$ has been dropping ALOT of money...to the tune of several hundred million dollars into this and also into the OS for mobile devices.  6.5 is the latest step in that direction, but 7.0 is REALLY when M$ will unveil its response to the Iphone/Ipod Touch developments.  EDD has been spending alot of funds over the past year and a half, and many just looked at the surface numbers to say 360 was still losing money, but really, it was M$ spending alot of money to develop these new OS.  It's certainly no slam dunk for M$ to succeed...but people need to keep in mind that if you're a developer, and programming for Windows Mobile 7, is similar to programming for Windows &, is similar to programming for Nexbox...guess what...

i agree this is a smart move for M$ to make. This is the closest were gonna get to an xbox portable and it will be cost effective for developers because programming with XNA and XBLA will allow them to launch on 4 platforms!!! The PC, the xbox, the mobile phone, and the Zune HD. M$ is very clever, much more clever than they are given credit for