Dell hit with shortage of brown Zunes

Well, with more iPods sold, the higher the need for Hide-A-Pod: The ultimate iPod and iPhone anti-theft device . . . Hide it in a Zune!

Check it out. That's where the brown Zzzzzunes are going to end up... hideapod.com

when you consider that no one thought to make any more after their dismal sales. To be fair, that particular brown color was chosen as one of this year's official design colors at the conference that spans all of the design industries. However, many of said colors aren't all the attractive, just different to make people want to get the "new" items.

Guess there's no accounting for taste when it's powered by the profit-first mentality.

Much?!

lol! Maybe it beats never selling them, but I'm guessing, not by much. WOW™

To cope with the problem Dell is substituting all brown Zune orders with white or black ones, which they note are functionally identical.

I can't believe MS actually managed to make three different color Zunes and make them functionally identical.

And can we STFU about the stupid-assed 'hide-a-pod' crap. Most people would argue thieves are a stupid lot. As such, they'd have no problem stealing a zune or an ipod. And I would venture they don't bother paying too much attention to what they're taking until they get away and have a chance to peruse their ill-gotten gains.

Of course, it would be really funny if people actually wanted a zune (well, someone's buying them, even at a loss) that they stole your zune protected ipod.

...I could probably squeeze out a few "brown zunes" here in a little bit.

my gosh. what's a 30 gig 1.8" hard drive worth? talk about buying market. Just like the X Box, MS sporting a money looser just to try and grab market.

Something is actually selling - and they run out.

Doofuses.

A real story would list how many Zunes were sold. Maybe they had 15 to begin with and they're sold out -- not news. If they had 15,000,000 and sold out, then it's news. Facts, please....

Numbers people-we need numbers. Unofficially it has been reported that Dell was in possession of 3 Brown zunes. This brings the total sale of G1 zunes to 16 since they were introduced a year ago.

Way I figure it, media should make this a top story considering it contains about the same level of facts found in this one. Talk about doing anything to prop this stillborn player up.

BTW: Just had a chance to try out the iPod touch. Apple's Hyperion to MS's satyr. Now-Apple-give us more of the same in different configurations.

Brown is a very hip color right now. Offering a brown Zune is really the only thing MS got right.