The Zune Generation

All you really need to know is that both the PS4 and the Xbox One represent a significant leap over their predecessors. Some people in the industry are suggesting that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4

In July 1979, Sony brought music from traditional speakers and household radios to a portable cassette tape player - The Walkman. At that time, music was not considered being personal or private but rather being shared among a group of people, journalists doubted that anyone would want to buy a tape player without a record function just because it was handy. However, the first batch completely sold out at the end of August and the demand of the Walkman continued to rise dramatically afterwards, copious new models of the Walkman were released, and by the time of 1995, the total number of productions of the Walkman had reached 150 million (Johnson, 2011). These results demonstrate that the Walkman was a gadget that earned the love of many people and it successfully changed the attitude of people towards portable and personal music. The concept of

In what follows, we will present a qualitative comparison of the Apple IPhone to the Blackberry Storm. Blackberry has been around the game longer than the IPhone has been out, but Apple took a bigger leap in

As sales of Nintendo’s Wii and DS dominate the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and PlayStation Portable, respectively, the pressure continues to mount on Sony and Microsoft to move to the next level in the ongoing console wars. Sales of the Wii in 2008

Luckily, a couple days later, Toys R Us had the Zune for $99 (The Black Friday deal)! It was available in only brown. I bought 2! I sold one on Ebay and made a profit!

How soon we forget about some of the most ridiculous products made by the critically acclaimed technology company Apple. As good as they have been, and continue to be today, they have been known to create some head scratching products. I don't think this ever bothered Microsoft, though, and I am sure that they were laughing at every single one of these three failures.

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During the time no one has seen a phone released before that had so much new technology implanted in it. As Steve Jobs explained it, “The device was introduced as an iPod with a wider screen, controlled by touch instead of physical buttons. In short, it was a mobile phone and a device to communicate with the internet.” (“The History of the iPhone”) This is why the phone was so successful when it released in 2008.

Microsoft offers the latest in software updates for its consoles but software can only go so far and will not improve processing speeds or graphic resolution. As time goes by the Xbox is susceptible to being outdated by something far more innovative with quicker and more powerful hardware. If a more innovative and appealing device emerges within the coming years the Xbox will need to bring more to the table to maintain its market share and retain its customers from switching platforms. Not having any hardware upgrade is a significant issue that can present many issues for the future of the Xbox One down the road. Another significant show stopping issue for the Xbox One is the price. Although the high price keeps profit margins up, the high price on the product is limiting the amount of market share that the Xbox One is capable of capturing, especially when our biggest competition is offering a very similar console at $100 cheaper. Mobile devices are also a significant threat to the console market. These devices are with us at all times and have the ability to be played on anywhere. As mobile devices become more and more powerful they will be able to produce similar gameplay that consoles offer. Take the mp3 player for example. Before cell phones were able to store and stream music the mp3 was the device the people used for their music listening needs. Currently the mp3 has been

Microsoft first released its “Xbox” gaming system in 2001, and developed new versions of the Xbox in 2005 with the Xbox 360, and in 2013 with the Xbox One.

Sony has a 10 or 15GB hard drive planned to come out during June of 2002.

While other MP3 players held only about an hour of music, the first iPod had the capacity to store up to 1,000 songs. According to Yoffie & Kim, Apple was continuously innovating their iPod for the next five years (2010). Apple allegedly held more than 70% of the MP3 market in the United States by 2010.

In 2005, the Mac mini was introduced into the low-end market. Apple also updated the Xserve G5 and introduced the iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle was Apple's first launch into the market of low-end flash-based digital music players. Apple finally turned its attention to the low-end market, the only digital music market it had yet to dominate. The iPod shuffle was no larger than a keychain flash drive, and could be used as such in addition to playing mp3 and mp4 music files.

It is easily rational to assume that music is something every human experiences in some way everyday, and is it reasonable to assume that the majority of people in global north countries possess at least 1 mp3 file. It may be, however, inaccurate to assume one purchased that mp3 file. Since it’s invention, the mp3 has opened new markets of digital music play, overshadowing the past markets of physical record sale. New copyright laws were developed to evade the ease and massive scale of common, everyday piracy that grew out of the wide range use of mp3. Meanwhile, full markets grew out of this concept of free digital music, causing the

Comparing to other competitors’ superiority, Sony should improve its R&D, design, marketing and innovation of product and services