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Microsoft said on Thursday its new Zune music player will be sold at a price matching Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod. Zune's launch date and price are November 14 in the U.S.A for $249.99. Many people have asked about the Zune Marketplace: A ZunePass (giving you access to millions of songs) will cost you $14.99 per month. If you want to buy a song individually it'll cost you 79 Microsoft Points (or 99 cents). Microsoft also announced it will sell a music subscription pass for $14.99 a month, allowing users to listen to any of the songs on Zune Marketplace. It pledges to offer 2 million-plus songs at launch. After the pass expires, users will not be able to access those songs. Good news for you: Each Zune device will come preloaded with an array of songs, music video, images and short films,Microsoft said.

Ah yes. The infamous nano killer. Will it be shortlived will be anyone's guess and somehow Microsoft can't initiate new trends anymore. They just keep on following it and some how try to capitalize on it later like a hungry monopoly.

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