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The Zune may soon be a device of the past as it continues to plummet in sales.  The almighty iPod and iPhone seems to keep consumers wanting more Apple and less Microsoft.  According to a report filed with the SEC, the revenue of the Zune for the 4th quarter was less than half of the previous year.  As a matter of fact the “Zune platform revenue decreased $100 million or 54% reflecting a decrease in device sales.”

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Microsoft’s response to the iPod has been the center of many, many jokes.  Earlier today, the Microsoft Zune 30 GB had a major outage.  People are calling the Zune blanking out today as “Zune2K9″ according to Gizmodo.  A report at Gizmodo states that:

Apparently, around 2:00 AM today, the Zune models either reset, or were already off. Upon when turning on, the thing loads up and… freezes with a full loading bar (as pictured above). I thought my brother was the only one with it, but then it happened to my Zune. Then I checked out the forums and it seems everyone with a 30GB HDD model has had this happen to them

All of the complaints on major Zune forums are consistent regarding the issue.  You can read about them on ZuneScene and Zune.net.  Gizmodo has also released a do-it-yourself fix to the problem.

Microsoft’s official response to the situation is:

We are aware that customers with the Zune 30GB are experiencing issues with their Zune device. We are actively working now to isolate the issue and develop a solution to address it. We will keep customers informed on next steps via the support page on zune.net (zune.net/support).

Stayed tuned to see what happens going forward.