Microsoft cuts Zune price as Apple ups ante for iPods
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
On the day Apple revealed its first Wi-Fi-enabled, touchscreen iPod, Microsoft's rival to Apple's wildly popular multimedia player got a little less expensive.
The Zune device from Microsoft now costs $199, $50 less than its original price tag. Microsoft announced the price cut on its Zune Insider blog on Tuesday, a day before Apple was rumored to be introducing new iPod models at an event in San Francisco, which the company did indeed do.
Naturally, Microsoft did not mention Zune's archrival in its blog post, saying that the price cut had been in the works for some time.