Just having some random thoughts, but were wondering why MS didn't call the Zune, "Xune" instead. But still pronounced "Zune".
It fits in better with XBox, DirectX, etc logo branding. Kinda like "Tune", but with the X-branding...
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That's an awesome idea! Maybe because the player will be selling on international markets and most people in other contries wouldn't know that "Xune" in English sounds like "Zune"
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Because it misses the X-factor
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aspnix wrote:That's an awesome idea! Maybe because the player will be selling on international markets and most people in other contries wouldn't know that "Xune" in English sounds like "Zune"
They didn't see any episodes of "Xena: Warrior Princess"?
BitFlipper
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jamie
Niner since 2004
interesting...
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BitFlipper wrote:
aspnix wrote: That's an awesome idea! Maybe because the player will be selling on international markets and most people in other contries wouldn't know that "Xune" in English sounds like "Zune"
They didn't see any episodes of "Xena: Warrior Princess"?
BitFlipper
No that was the episode they watched before launching the XBOX.
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TommyCarlier
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They were going to call it Xune, but some of the other letters filed a lawsuit, claiming the letter X had a monopoly position as primary consonant in Microsoft product names.
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Angus
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TommyCarlier wrote:They were going to call it Xune, but some of the other letters filed a lawsuit, claiming the letter X had a monopoly position as primary consonant in Microsoft product names.
Nice one.
Thinking about it, I am surprised they did not follow the naming convention; maybe this is a sign of a change. Should we expect the ZBox, and DirectZ?
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jamie
Niner since 2004
also interesting: both domains are cheaply available...
http://www.xune.com/ or www.zune.com
* doesnt look like anything huge is going on with them
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