Microsoft are rushing to get their new iPod killer media player, the Zune, to market before the Christmas shopping season picks up. Apparently, however the name ‘zune’ in Quebecois sounds embarrasingly close to a certain taboo word. I’m not sure parents there will be asking their kids if they’d like a ‘zune’ for Christmas.
Ken Carroll
It does indeed, that’s pretty funny.
Here is another article on it:
http://www.wired.com/news/colu.....page_next1
I don’t see any advantage whatsoever. Looks like an iPod clone. Are there any additional features? M$ has no history of innovating, so I’m going to guess “no”.
I heard you can send songs wirelessly to others that have one, and they can play the song 3 times before it’s disabled. Which seems a little bit pointless really.
I’m in Québec and I initially did not get it.
I read “zune” in French which sounds like “zÜn(e)” or “zvn(e)” in Pinyin.
If I read “zune” in Pinyin (and in English I suppose), then it comes out as “zoune” which yes after some thought is a French “taboo” word. I guess I’m getting too old for this silliness
How about ‘zune’ (zun) in Mandarin? -> 墫 (goblet; bottle; wine-jar) or 鐏 (butt end of spear). Would this cause controversy, or maybe Microsoft will market the product under a different name in China.
Marc (马克 for now) in Canada.
Send songs wirelessly to others? Like two people with PDAs have been able to do for years? But just think how long it would take to transmit songs by that method. Nobody would bother. People using PDAs simply loan their SDCard for the copy operation. But wait, if it’s Microsoft it must be something that’s existed before. I suggest they call it the “Palm”.