Microsoft Zune
($249.99)
www.zune.net
The reviews are in, and decidedly mixed, on Microsoft's challenge to the iPod. The Zune is cool looking, with a big display and 30 gigs of space for music, pics, and movies. But will anyone really care about its most unique feature: the ability to share songs with other Zune users within a 30-ft. radius? Some analysts have predicted sales of 3 million units in the first year of the Zune's release, but for Microsoft even to move 2 million would be a huge feat — and that number still would be just a fraction of iPod sales.
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