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...Zune follows in the footsteps of the successful Xbox, but unlike the videogame business, where there are only a few companies capable of launching a platform at any given time, the Zune enters a field already littered with MP3 players. Nearly every MP3 player that's not an iPod can connect to a monthly subscription service: any new flash player from Samsung, iriver, SanDisk or Creative will synch with Napster, RealNetworks' Rhapsody, Yahoo's Y! Unlimited or MTV Urge. In fact, even Samsung's newest Cingular phone, appropriately dubbed the Sync, can do this...
...nano but the SanDisk Sansa and many others. Today's hard drive business is all about video playback, and the Zune certainly offers that, but Apple's movie and TV store will keep them ahead of Zune's music-only retailer. (Microsoft's new movie and TV store for Xbox is incompatible, though ironically it will use the same Microsoft Points currency for transactions...
...Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game last year—a mere drop in the bucket of in-state rivalries—a fan brought a 55-inch plasma screen TV and his own generator to a field outside the stadium, where he began a simulated OU-OSU game on his Xbox...
...encourage you to go out and get one, even if you're also planning to buy Microsoft's Xbox 360 or Sony's PlayStation 3. Just be careful, because Wii is physical...
...retail, Sony may soon find itself in a price war with Microsoft. Given its year head start, Microsoft could afford to cut prices on the 360 by up to $100 this spring. Xbox Live, the online service, has proved popular with gamers-and Microsoft could be close to announcing movie downloads for it, a possible killer app. Sony has similar aspirations for its online offering, which is getting a major upgrade with the PS3, though for now it's playing catch...