10 Black Sheep of tech

Everytime we hear about a new MP3 player, it's either an iPod knockoff in some way or it's sold as the magic bullet that will end the iPod dynasty once and for all. The Zune's debut came with plenty of fanfare, chief of which was its Wi-Fi song-sharing feature. It's incredibly geeky and probably as cool as exchanging business cards via the Palm Pilot's infrared port. Unfortunately, this debutante from Microsoft fell flat on her face when her hero feature turned out to be in dire need of rescue. Early adopters soon realized there weren't enough people to share songs with. And by the time there were a million Zune users, the 100 millionth iPod had just been sold. Today, Microsoft is still touting the Zune on its site. So we guess it ain't over till the fat lady sings, or loses her Wi-Fi connection.

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