Microsoft Zune Player
The software giant pitched the Zune digital media player in 2006 as an iPod killer, and even though the device earned positive reviews, Microsoft was far too late to the party to catch up with Apple's dominant market position.
While rumors of the Zune's demise had been swirling for some time, despite Microsoft's repeated denials, the company announced in October that it would cease production of all Zune hardware. Microsoft will continue to support the Zune software platform for Windows Phone devices, but the Zune player experiment proves that even the mighty Microsoft can't launch a product five years late and hope to supplant the market leader.
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