Zune Trivia
Services & Features
Zune vs iPod
Innovation Solution and Blue Ocean Strategy
100

Introduced in 2006, five years after its competitor, this product was too late to challenge Apple's dominance in the MP3 market.

What is Zune?

100

Launched alongside the Zune HD in 2009, this online store offered music, videos, podcasts, and apps for Zune devices.

What is Zune Marketplace ?

200

In 2006, this unconventional color was the first to be introduced for the original Zune, setting it apart from other portable media players of its time.

What is Brown ?

200

The monthly music subscription service for Zune.

What is Zune Music Pass?
200

The Zune HD was released to compete with this product.

What is the Apple iPod Touch?

300

This sleek portable media player, hailed for its OLED touchscreen and HD Radio support, was launched in September 2009.

What is Zune HD?

300

The Zune Pass subscription allowed users to permanently keep this number of tracks per month from the subscription catalog, even if they canceled their subscription.

What is 10 ?

300

This online music service, launched in 2004 as a competitor to iTunes, allowed users to purchase and download individual tracks or entire albums.

What is Msn Music ?

300

Which market approach does Blue Ocean Strategy advocate for: creating new market spaces or competing in existing ones?

Creating new market spaces (Blue Oceans)

400

Introduced by Zune in 2006, this feature allowed wireless song sharing between devices, but had severe DRM limitations.

What is "squirting"?

400

In 2008, this number represented the cumulative sales of a Microsoft product, which aimed to challenge the dominance of the iPod.

What is 2 Million ?
400

Name one key feature of Zune HD that differentiated it from competitors.

OLED screen, HD video, HD Radio.

500

Microsoft wanted Zune to be this kind of player.

What is a High-end leader?

500

Prior to the launch of MSN Music, Microsoft acquired this music recommendation service in 2000, integrating its technology into the platform.

What is MongoMusic?

500

This former Microsoft executive admitted that entering the music market years after Apple was a strategic mistake.

Who is Robbie Bach?

500

Name one key feature of Zune HD that differentiated it from competitors.

OLED screen, HD video, HD Radio.

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