thehstrybean
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? After Sorkin describes the Zune and all of its glorious limitations (during which Miles O'Brien remarks, "Lot of fine print there") including, "And, even worse, if you've bought songs on Napster or some of the former Microsoft-compliant devices [services], also doesn't work here [Zune]. So, you have to start your library all over again..." Soledad asks, "So who do they think is going to buy this?"
? Sorkin trying to gin up an "iPod Backlash" theory
? Soledad, quickly tired and bored with Zune, asks, "May I show you my new iPod shuffle?"
? Sorkin perks up, "Now that's the thing, that's the thing... that's a lot sexier than this, right?"
? Soledad shows her new iPod shuffle - this is during the Zune introduction segment, mind you - and says, "Hello? Hello? Look at this it weighs nothing, it literally is the size of a matchbook and weighs that. So, why would I buy that, heavy..."
? Sorkin, "You know Microsoft, in the end, I'm sure they'll come out with something... I don't know if it'll be that pretty (referring to the shuffle that Soledad is clipping neatly to her lapel)... but something - isn't that neat, oh my God (referring to Soledad's iPod shuffle on her lapel)...
? Miles O'Brien asks, "Why don't they [Microsoft] get some decent design people to make thing look better?"
? Sorkin responds with pained sigh and, "I, I..." as Miles O'Brien says of Zune, "It's clunky, it's clunky." Sorkin concludes with, "No comment."
