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Obvious answer
C'mon, it's so obvious. Given how much the Zune is an attempt to copy the iPod, you just have to look for the closest thing to Bono. Change one letter, and you've got it, Bozo the Clown.

As far as the wifi goes, it's totally a non-starter. It's the one differentiating factor and it's been totally crippled as to be useless. I'd go one step further and say that even without the DRM, it's still pretty useless. iTunes has had sharing for years, and no one uses it. Everyone turns it off, as you don't really want a bunch of strangers looking at your playlists. Why would anyone suddenly want this with Zune?

The key to the iPod is, as Mies van der Rohe taught us, less is more. As Steve Jobs said, the trick was taking things out of the iPod, not adding in more things.
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Obvious answer  tic swayback | 10/26/06
Missing the obvious  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/26/06
Not only that . . .  jlhenry62 | 10/27/06
looked at Apple's recent patent filings lately?  doctorSpoc | 10/26/06
I agree with you, but  georgeou | 10/26/06
iTunes is not required  tic swayback | 10/27/06
Hey, tic . . .  jlhenry62 | 10/27/06
Not so, you can download updates directly  tic swayback | 10/27/06
at least Sandisk is trying bring something else to the table..  doctorSpoc | 10/27/06
Agree  dave95. | 10/30/06
Sandisk doesn't..  markdoc.geo | 11/21/06
Dude... You missed the OBVIOUS...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/27/06
Nice sentiment but it won't work.  Tigertank | 11/20/06
This article is exemplary of Microsoft's big problem  Tigertank | 11/20/06

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