Zune MP3 music player gets a $50 price cut from Microsoft

Microsoft and Apple have been competing with each other for years, so it comes as no surprise that Microsoft have cut the price of their Zune MP3 music player by $50. The timing of this announcement does seem suspicious as Apple has announced price cuts and upgrades to much of their range.

Microsoft made the anouncement just hours before Apple had their conference, so not we will be paying $199 for the 30 GB Zune digital music player. Although Microsoft has said that they have been planning this price cut for months. The Zune was released last year as direct competition to the Apple iPod, Microsoft met the target of selling one million units before the end of June, however they have a long way to go as the Apple have sold 100 million of their iPod since the launch in 2001.