alaTest has collected and analyzed 3653 user reviews of Microsoft Zune 1st generation from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Comments about the sound and performance are overall positive. The price and design are also appreciated, but there are some less positive views about the reliability. There are some mixed views about the portability.

Microsoft's Zune hasn't had the US whooping and hollering with joy since its November launch. But does it deserve the insults, and could it yet take on the iPod?

Microsoft's Zune hasn't had the US whooping and hollering with joy since its November launch. But does it deserve the insults, and could it yet take on the iPod?

As you are aware, Microsoft has been the only brand out of all the other manufacturers to date to offer a new free user interface firmware update to existing

Zune 3.0 offers a visually interesting spin on music recommendations, but you have to pay for the full experience.

The Microsoft Zune is one of those products that you will want to avoid at all costs; at least this first generation.

Despite our personal reservations on the topic, if you're rocking a Zune, we say more power to you, and we thought we'd let you know about this simple method to upgrade that little player of yours to 40GB. Ironically, iPodMods did the honors: turns out...

Microsoft Zune Car Pack (second generation)

If you still want to buy a Zune after reading our review, you'd better not count on filling it with music from Microsoft's Zune Marketplace.

Rumor has circulated around the net, courtesy of anonymous Verizon employees and Gizmodo, placing the street date of the anticipated Blackberry Storm at November 14. Why any company would want to keep the release date of such a product secret is...