It's a shame that with so much effort put into the Zune, it seems that promoting it and advancing it as a viable music platform was done so half-assed, like MS has done with everything else in recent memory. They seem to really be trying with WIndows Phone, and I think that's where the Zune software component will live from now on. If they're smart, they'll release new hardware down the road with the same software - it will be more than the Zune ever was since it will support all the same native apps the current phone platform does.

They have a fantastic opportunity right now that it's shame they're missing out. There doesn't seem to be anything worthwhile with Android on it in the non-phone portable media player game. At least nothing that can touch (no pun intended) the iPod.