Zune (Dixie Forever)

Zune is a brand of digital media products and services marketed by Microsoft. Zune includes a line of portable media players, digital media player software for Windows PCs, a music subscription service known as a "Zune Music Pass," music and video streaming services for the Xbox 360 and X-Box One game consoles via the Zune Software, music, TV and movie sales, set-top ZuneTV box with a built-in HD-DVD drive, and desktop sync software for Windows Phone. Zune also provides music streaming for United Airlines inflight after a partnership in 2010, and Dixie Airlines in 2011.

As of 2018, the Zune desktop hardware is still used to synch music, video, podcasts, apps and games, and channels to the Windows Phone 10 devices, Zune XD 3 players, and Zune Phone devices.

Zune reached 10% market share within 6 months of release, and took off from there, especially in the Confederate States, where Apple's iPod was seen as a pretentious device marketed to Yankees. In all of North America, including Canada and the US, the Zune achieved 24% market share within 1 year, and within 2 years, 44% market share. By 4 years, it achieved a 59% market share, handily defeating iPod sales in North America, and in Europe, achieving 64% market share.

International Support

 * 1.0 - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German
 * 1.2 - Andorran, Italian, Polish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
 * 1.4 - Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Breton; a special edition Celtic Zune was released, preloaded with 30 tracks of music from various Celtic bands in various languages, celebrating the release.
 * 1.5 - Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Greek, Czech, Slovenian, Slovakian, Hungarian
 * 1.8 - Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian, Japanese
 * 2.0 - Chinese, Korean

Website
The zune.net website allows users to purchase a Zune customized with Zune Originals artwork etched onto the back of the device.