I don't know a lot about the Zune's social networking features but they are what they are, a little bit of a boost if that. They certainly can't hurt.
The zune also has various advantages to the ipod for example;
-It can play FM radio
-It has a community for Zune users, forums and so forth which further unify the buyer
-Zune has a marketplace where you can buy millions of songs, not just rip them from a CD like the ipod. Everybody wants that "really cool" song that would sound great on their portable player, and so the zune has a ready made market.
-Microsoft is also about to use the same network for the zune and Xbox live, meaning that video downloads, and such will probably be available soon. This will also allow microsoft to save some $$$ from the alternative of having two different systems for each product ( 360 and zune), thereby letting M$ to plow more $$$$ back into the product.
Again, i'm surprised that it hasn't sold more, but that's probably because the zune has had to go up against the ipod which ain't small taters.
Thanks to kenobi after I got him to ban my old account (dallas) after someone hacked into it and being ok with me coming back under a slightly different username. I appreciate our communication in the PMs. Also I want to give a big thank you to vgchartz for being one of the cooler websites around.
Oh, and I'm still the next Michael Pachter
