Microsoft arrived five years after the iPod with a brown music player and wireless sharing that became useful whenever two Zune owners occupied the same room. It launched for $249.99 in 2006; by 2011 Microsoft had stopped developing new players. The device was interesting. The timing was embalmed.
Sources: Microsoft launch announcement · Reuters report
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